Here are the suggestions for language investigations that we've come up with in our intro pack. If you've got any adaptations to these, or ideas of your own, please add them here. But remember, that on the new AQA A spec the focus has to be spoken language.
An investigation into the ways in which two children of different ages use spoken language in similar situations.
A study of the use of metaphor in a political speech
An investigation into how three different teenagers use language while involved in a puzzle solving task.
A study of the language used by gym instructors or football coaches
An investigation into how males and females use similar or different language when describing a picture.
An investigation into the language used by teachers in 2 different classes of similarly aged students/pupils.
An investigation into how candidates on The Apprentice use language in the boardroom.
A study of attitudes towards different regional or national accents.
An investigation into how different ethnic groups use particular slang expressions in conversation.
A study of how Creole is used in three different generations of the same family.
An investigation into the differences between how the same person tells a story in spoken English compared to in a written form.
A study of the language of cinema trailers
An investigation into the language used by a range of radio DJs to introduce songs
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