Outcome Task Timing Date

Outcome 1: Language
Variation in Australian
Society
Essay
55 minutes
[50 marks = 100%]
Week 5B
Thurs 14th Aug
2ELAN1: P2
Outcome 2: Individual
and Group Identities
Short Answer Questions
& Commentary
Part A: 30 minutes
Part B: 55 minutes
[50 marks = 100%]
Week 8A
Part A: Mon 1st Sep
2ELAN1: P6
Part B: Wed 3rd Sep
2ELAN1: P4
Social National
Cultural Individual
Who am I?
How does my use
of language
reflect or
construct my
identity?
What am I?
How do others
define me based
on my use of
language?
Prescriptivism
Where do we often encounter prescriptive attitudes in todays society?
Descriptivism
Where do we often encounter descriptive attitudes in todays society?
Variety:
Accent:
Speech Community:
Dialect:
Dialects
Accent
Standard English
Origins of Standard English
Non-standard varieties of English
Attitudes: Standard V Non-standard
Social Attitudes:
Language and Identity: