A critical investigation, using approaches drawn from case study research, into how Year 13 students’ understanding about language variation is developed through the study of accents and dialects in Britain

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Chan, Jun Bo

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2015-06-01

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This paper investigates how a group of Year 13 A Level English Language students’ understanding about language variation is developed throughtheir study of accents and dialects in Britain. Research has suggested that students find the A Level to be new, different and even unusual. By allowing students to draw on and develop from their own pre-existing knowledge to learn about and apply new linguistic terminology and ideas through a sequence of three lessons, students showed an increased awareness of the topic - within the wider subject of English Language.

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Secondary , English , Year 13 , language , accent , dialect

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/355684

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