L.O: To explore the language choices made in a bank. To become familiar with the mark scheme for Controlled Assessment. Week 3

With your partner, discuss and make a list of all of the terms and words you might hear in a bank. Consider conversations between customers and cashiers, managers and office staff. You have 5 minutes.

New term: Sociolect A distinctive style of speaking particular to a certain group of people. For example, Doctors have their own sociolect when talking about topics unique to them.

Read the example transcript that has been collected by a student. It is a transcribed recording of her father dictating minutes of a meeting. Who is the father talking to and why?

Annotate the text with examples of the following (Some examples may overlap with each other): Jargon (words you completely don’t understand) Specialist lexis (words you understand but are still associated with banks) Sociolect specific to the world of banking Instructions Formal language Modal verbs

Look at the mark scheme you have been given. This is what your teachers and examiners will use to mark your controlled assessment for the spoken language study. Highlight the words that you think are KEY to each band e.g. Band 5 could be ‘perceptive analysis’. What is the top mark you can get?

Band Sophisticated/i mpressive Perceptive analysis and evaluation of aspects of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes Sustained and sophisticated interpretations of key features found in spoken language data Sophisticated analysis and evaluation of key issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties BAND Confident/assur ed Confident explanation and analysis of how they and others use data and adapt spoken language for specific purposes Confident analysis and reflection on features found in some data Confident analysis of some issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language Band Clear/consistent Explanation of how they and others use and adapt spoken language for specific purposes Exploration of features found in some spoken language data Exploration of some issues arising from public attitudes to spoken language varieties Band Some Some awareness of how they and others use and adapt spoken language Some understanding of significant features found in some data Some awareness of public attitudes Band Limited Limited awareness of how they and others use and adapt spoken language Description of a limited range of features to be found in some data Limited awareness of public attitudes

Now read the student’s response to her data on her father’s minutes. Use the mark scheme to give the work a number out of 20 and put it in the right band. Be ready to explain why you have given it a particular mark.

Read the examiner’s comments and look at the mark they have given. How near were you?

Plenary What is the difference between these skills? Understand Explain Analyse