A 10 lesson unit comprising a 67 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Global and World Englishes and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: David Crystal – World English: Past, Present, Future (1999) Jennifer Jenkins – Lingua Franca Core (2000) Nicholas Ostler – The Last Lingua Franca (2010) David Graddol – The Future of English? (1997) Bagele Chilasa – Hierarchy of Language (2011) Braj Kachru – Three Circle Model of World Englishes (1985) Jean Paul Nerrière – Globish (2004) Pidgins and creoles William Stewart (1965) and Derek Bickerton (1973) – Post-Creole Continuum Bettina Migge and Isabelle Léglise – Attitudes towards creoles in the Caribbean (2006) Einar Haugen - Code Switching (1954) David Crystal – Tri-English (2000) Tom McArthur – Circle Model of World English (1987) Peter Strevens – World Map of English (1980) Barbara Seidlhofer – Teaching English as a Lingua Franca (2004) Stress-Timed and Syllable-Timed Languages Rhotic and Non-Rhotic Accents Lisa Lim – Language Ecology Mark Pagel – The Future of English (2011) David Deterding and Andy Kirkpatrick – Influence of Technology on World Englishes (2011) British Council – The Future of English: Global Perspectives (2023) Lynne Murphy – British and American Politeness Features (2013) Yohai Hakak, Sophia Bosah, Kwaku Amponsah and Kei Long Cheung – Australian Politeness (2022) McMaster University – Canadian v. American Politeness in Tweets (2018) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-64. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language Change Language and Technology Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition - Speech Language Investigation

A series of lessons on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The World’s Wife’, planned for the IBDP Language and Literature course (for first examination in 2021). This unit was taught as preparation for the students in the IO Oral Examination, therefore this is a focus on Global Issues explored within the poems. The unit title is: ‘Representations of Identity and Gender’. Please note - Powerpoints were originally created on Google Slides and therefore there may be some slight formatting features that need fixing in Powerpoint. Includes: Lesson Powerpoints for the following 10 poems: Little Red Cap Thetis Mrs Sisyphus Mrs Aesop Mrs Midas Medusa (with a worksheet for groups/students to explore some secondary reading about interpretations of the myth of Medusa) Delilah (with an article about masculinity to connect) Anne Hathaway Pilate’s Wife (with a question task sheet) The Devil’s Wife In addition, a worksheet for students to research the context for the poems before studying them is included. Lesson Powerpoints include a clear lesson question (e.g. How does Duffy explore the consequences of greed and avarice in ‘Mrs Midas’?. There is usually guiding questions for student annotations, and often ideas for global issue connections or optional Learner Portfolio task ideas.

This PowerPoint is a ready-to-use, exam-focused guide for Language Change and Diversity (Paper 2). It includes 102 slides, covering 14 lessons (6 weeks). It explores: Origins & Spread of English – From Anglo-Saxon roots to global dominance. Global Englishes – Case studies like Singlish, Denglisch, and Franglais. Key Theories & Models – Kachru’s Three Circles, McArthur’s Circle, Strevens’ Map. Language Attitudes – Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism, Aitchison’s metaphors. English as a Lingua Franca – Features, code-switching, and global communication. Debates & Future Trends – Linguistic imperialism, Globish, Multicultural London English. Includes interactive tasks, videos, essay scaffolds, and a knowledge organiser—perfect for engaging students and hitting AO2.

This is a quiz that contains around 37 slides of the best language quiz for world culture day to play with students where they will need to guess the language - it also comes with a hint. All in all it contains around 14 different languages from around the world that then offers a little bit of information about the country to help promote the countries location and culture! Enjoy!

Analysis and persuasive writing activities ideal for a KS3/ KS4 homework task for a non-fiction unit/ AQA Language Paper 2 revision with full instructions, paragraph structures, success criteria and WAGOLL modelled examples. This project focuses on Michael Sheen’s persuasive speech in support of the Welsh football team in the 2022 World Cup. Resource tasks: Read the speech. Highlight and annotate any persuasive techniques on the sheet. Select one quotation from the speech and write a short analytical paragraph to answer the question: How does Michael Sheen use language to persuade and motivate his national team? There are structures and a modelled example on the sheet to follow. Write a short persuasive speech to rally support for a team for the 2022 World Cup from a country of your choice.

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 68 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Technology and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Hiltz and Turoff – CMC (1978) Emmanuel Schegloff – Telephone conversation structure (1986) David Crystal – Textspeak (2004) Celia Klin – The role of full stops in text messages (2015) David Crystal – Netspeak (2004 and 2008) Eric Partridge – Dictionary of Abbreviations (1942) Crispin Thurlow – Sociolinguistic functions of text messages (2003) Tim Shortis – The Language of ICT (2000) John McWhorter – Fingered speech and texting (2013) Elizabeth Eisenstein – The Printing Press (1983) Jeff Jarvis – the positive impact of the internet on language (2023) Susan Herring – CMC and CMDA (2018) Christopher Werry – IRC and Netiquette (1996) Condon and Čech – E-mail discourse (2010) Amanda Roig-Marin – Cyber-neologism blends (2016) Evelyn Nien-Ming Ch’ien – The Democratization of English (2004) Hyejeong Ahn and Jieun Kiaer – Korean Pop Culture Words (2021) Philip Seargeant – The Emoji Revolution (2019) Michele Zappavigna and Lorenzo Logi – Emoji and Social Media Paralanguage (2024) danah boyd – It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens (2004) Gretchen McCulloch – Because Internet (2022) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 57-65. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 66 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Gender and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: The Deficit Approach – Robin Lakoff (1973 & 1975) The Dominance Approach - Don Zimmerman & Candace West (1975), Dale Spender (1980) and Pamela Fishman (1978) The Deficit Approach – Otto Jesperson (1922) Folklinguistics Criticism of Zimmerman and West - Geoff Beattie (1981) Gossip – Jane Pilkington (1992 and 1998) The Difference Approach – Deborah Tannen (1990) and Janet Holmes (1995) Criticism of Holmes and politeness – Sara Mills (2003) Women, Men and Language – Jennifer Coates (1993) Norwich Study – Peter Trudgill (1974) Gender Trouble – Judith Butler (1990) The Myth of Mars and Venus – Deborah Cameron (2008) The Gender Similarities Hypothesis – Janet Hyde (2005) Verbal Hygiene – Deborah Cameron (1995) The Whole Woman – Penelope Eckert (1990) Relational Aggression – Rosalind Wiseman (2002) Gossip - Deborah Jones (1980) Gossip – Holly Hom (2004) Gossip – Nigel Nicholson (2001) Powerless Language – William O’Barr and Bowman Atkins (1980) Gendered workplace language – Barbara Eakins and R. Gene Eakins (1976) Gendered workplace language – Carole Edelsky (1981) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-63. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 70 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language Change and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Lexical, Semantic, Phonological, Grammatical and Orthographical processes David Crystal – A Sea of Language Change and tidal metaphor (1999) Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistic Change Origins of Old English and Middle English Descriptivism and Prescriptivism Samuel Johnson – Dictionary of the English Language (1755) Robert Lowth – A Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762) Jonathan Swift - ‘A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue’ (1712) John Walker – A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791) Otto Jespersen – Great Vowel Shift (1909) William Caxton – Printing Press (1476) John McWhorter – Textspeak (2013) Jean Aitchison – Language Change Progress or Decay? (2012) Vocal Fry and Uptalk Martin Janssen – Lexical gaps (2012) Functional view/theory Linguistic determinism and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Charles Hockett - Random Fluctuation Theory (1958) Peter Trudgill – Language Myths (1990) John Humphrys – Prescriptivist grammatical change Lynne Truss – Eats, Shoots and Leaves (2003) Jean Aitchison – A Web of Worries (1996) Guy Deutscher – The Unfolding of Language (2006) James Milroy and Lesley Milroy – Complaint tradition (1985) Robert Lane Greene – You Are What You Speak (2011) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 59-67. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition Speaking

This scheme covers World English across all of Paper 2 for the AQA specification. It is largely self contained and has a series of example answers after every activity. There is a skills focus on question 3, paper 2 and an introduction to writing. Please note that this is more likely to take around 14 lessons as it is very detailed. The starter for lesson 5 is a crossword made from eclipse crosswords - this is free to download and I can send it over to anyone who wants it. Thanks and enjoy.

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 69 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including a range of transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Power and Occupation and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Shân Wareing – Types of Power, 1999 Pierre Bourdieu – Language and Symbolic Power, 1993 Norman Fairclough – Types of power, 1984 Erving Goffman – Face-work, 1967 Brown and Levinson – Politeness Theory, 1987 Howard Giles – Communication Accommodation Theory, 1973 Drew and Heritage - Institutional Talk and Inferential Frameworks, 1992 John Swales – Discourse Community, 1990 Sinclair and Coulthard – IRF Model and Teacher Talk, 1975 and 1992 Paul Grice – Cooperative Principle and Gricean Maxims, 1975 Almut Koester – Phatic Talk in the Workplace, 2004 Judith Baxter – Double-voiced discourse, 2014 Janet Holmes and Maria Stubbe - Power and Politeness in the Workplace, 2003 & 2015 There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 58-66. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision

Make your European Day of Languages memorable with this engaging mystery-style activity! Perfect as a cover lesson, team challenge, or cross-curricular activity, it encourages pupils to explore links between languages while solving a fun, interactive puzzle. Students take on the role of detectives to help a neighbour find his brother who is missing somewhere in Europe. Using his “bucket list” of possible destinations, students complete a series of language-based activities to gather clues, eliminate options, and ultimately uncover the final location. What’s included: • Scenario description and bucket list of possible destinations • 5 engaging activities covering: o Transport vocabulary in multiple languages o Interpreting departure boards o Language families o Matching countries to their languages o Odd-one-out quiz to reveal key clues • Extra activity: word search for early finishers • Full teacher guide with instructions and answers (ideal for a ready-to-go cover lesson) Recommended: access to electronic devices to help translate new vocabulary in various languages. Benefits: • Fun, interactive, and low-prep • Encourages research and critical thinking • Encourages teamwork • Suitable for KS3/KS4 Bring a sense of adventure into your classroom while celebrating language diversity across Europe!

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 61 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets exploring the topic of Language and Region (UK) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: MLE & MBE Howard Giles’ Matched Guise Study (1970) Queen Mary University & The University of York Accent Bias Study (2020) David Rosewarne – Estuary English (1984) Peter Trudgill – Norwich Study (1972) Overt and covert prestige Paul Kerswill - Dialect Levelling (1999) Watt and Gunn (HSBC) - The sound of 2066 (2016) Howard Giles – Capital punishment study (1973) Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks – Accents of Guilt (2002) Rob Drummond – MLE, MUBE and MBE (2016) Amanda Cole – SSBE and research into MLE, RP and SSBE in London (2023) Isogloss General Northern English and the research of Strycharczuk, López-Ibáñez, Brown and Leemann (2020) Urban West Yorkshire English (UWYE) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 13, 37-38 and 51-58. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. This unit does not cover World Englishes and only touches briefly on Language and Ethnicity through references to MLE and MBE. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses Opinion Writing Language Investigation AQA Paper 2 Revision

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 67 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including texts for analysis) exploring the topic of Language and Social Groups (with lots of work on Language and Age) and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: Idiolect, dialect, sociolect and ethnolect Communication Accommodation Theory (Convergence, Divergence, Interpersonal & Intergroup Communication) – Giles (1971) Communities of Practice – Lave and Wenger (1991 and 1998) Social Network Theory Belfast Study – Milroy (1975) New York Study & Martha’s Vineyard Study – Labov (1966 and 1963) Follow up to Martha’s Vineyard Study – Blake and Josey (2003) Reading study and ‘Age and Generation-specific use of language’ – Cheshire (1982 and 2006) Emerging Adulthood in Sociolinguistics – Bigham (2012) Trends in Teenage Talk – Stenström, Andersen and Hasund (2002) Age in Sociolinguistics – Eckert (1997) Age identity in Japan and the US – Ota, Harwood, Williams and Takai (2000) Teenage Talk – Eckert (2003 and 1989) Teenage language in West Yorkshire – Ives Bolton Study – Moore (2010) Teenage Slang – de Klerk (1997) and Zimmerman (2009) Teenage Talk - Stenström (2014) The Language of British Teenagers - Martínez (2011) Use of tags – Berland (1997) ‘Like’ as a discourse maker – Odato (2013) Creative linguistic processes in teenage slang – Fajardo (2018) Elaborated and Restricted Code – Bernstein (1964 and 1971) Criticisms of Bernstein – Rosen and Labov (1972) and Ivinson (2017) Discourse Community – Swales (1990) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-64. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language Discourses

This colorful bulletin board set will help your students understand the different language proficiency levels from Novice-Low to Intermediate-High. In addition to the visuals needed to create the bulletin board, there are ideas for how to incorporate the bulletin board and proficiency levels into classroom activities from the very first day of school. Best of all, if the visuals get worn out, you will always have access to this file to print new ones for years to come. You will also have access to updates and/or additions to this resource. This Bulletin Board Set Contains: -Instructions for assembling -Picture of assembled bulletin board -6 Proficiency Parrots on Branches -6 Speech bubbles with text corresponding to proficiency levels -6 Proficiency level leaf tags (Novice-Low to Intermediate-High) -Hibiscus Flower Markers

From a collapsed timetable day on world culture. 1. Teams of 4-5 2. made flags for teams 3. Culture1 - printed and laminated. Placed around room and teams to find answers 8-10 min - make up questions from slides - 1 person away from table at a time. 4. Russian taster from resource on TES with alphabet and pictures of russian signs. Use mini whiteboards to get teams to spell words using Russian script. Make name plates of their names and school in russian. 5. Team Quiz with quiz sheets Total time - around 90-100 min

World Languages: Quiz PowerPoint quiz with 40 questions about languages across the world, with multiple choice or true or false answers.

A powerpoint featuring facts and figures, a video and a quiz on how useful languages can be when entering the world of work. No prior knowledge required. Facts and figures from CILT website.

Designed for the wall outside my classroom, this is a display to promote interest in MFL and to encourage pupils to discover more about world languages. It contains various facts about languages, old favourites such as % of English speakers worldwide and new ones about twitter etc.

English Language Paper 2 Q3 language analysis lesson designed for KS3 English students but could also be used for GCSE English Language students as well. This resource has a World Cup 2022 theme and explores an extract from Gareth Southgate’s open letter to England fans from 2020. We explore how analytical verbs can help us to improve our analyses and make our explanations and evaluations clearer and more detailed.Includes two pages of analytical verbs with definitions and examples, detailed student and teacher notes, differentiated and engaging activities and source materials that are useful for KS3 and preparing for Paper 2 Section A. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. **This lesson forms part of our KS3 Complete Pack. Email info@englishgcse.co.uk to find out more. ** AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package