{"id":243,"date":"2021-02-04T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/?p=243"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T10:00:30","slug":"the-nature-of-language-student-work-20-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/2021\/02\/04\/the-nature-of-language-student-work-20-21\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nature of Language &#8211; Student Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language &amp; Linguistics there are lots of opportunities to get creative with your assessments &#8211; from podcasts to film, digital exhibitions to posters, you will have lots of scope to learn new skills and get creative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our first year modules <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/degrees\/module\/?code=SEL1008\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/degrees\/module\/?code=SEL1008\">SEL1008: The Nature of Language<\/a> asks students to submit &#8220;anything but an essay&#8221; to demonstrate the Linguistics work they&#8217;ve been learning in the first semester. This is a really exciting project that allows students to get creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some examples of work students submitted in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Knaggs-short-story.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"244\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Knaggs-short-story.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/?attachment_id=244\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Knaggs-short-story.png 355w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Knaggs-short-story-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caitlin Knaggs<\/strong> produced an illustrated children&#8217;s story on bilingual language acquisition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/assignment1_childernsbook.pdf\">The Many Adventures of Bear: 2 Astronauts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/assignment1_childernsbook.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christian Sharrier<\/strong> recorded a video about Multicultural English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nature of Language - Multicultural London English\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHoepnSxiLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another student, <strong>Cerys Bodey<\/strong>, decided to write a poem series of &#8220;grandmotherese&#8221; based on a 2010 investigation by Shute &amp; Whedall that looks at how grandmothers speak to their grandchildren. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the poem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">It is understood that adult to child speech varies,<br>So this research is about acoustic enquiries.<br>Through high pitch and increased variability,<br>This \u2018motherese\u2019 speech is quite a facility.<br>While research suggests mothers increase their pitch,<br>Fathers are not quite as bewitched.<br>However, these results lack individual variation,<br>Not even to mention cross cultural fluctuation.<br>A study of sixteen parents, method same to this,<br>Indicates alternative ways to change in pitch.<br>Moreover, child rearing patterns change with time,<br>So surely \u2018motherese\u2019 speech will follow this rhyme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_Poems_200171308-1.pdf\">Grandmotherese<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_Poems_200171308-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Linguistics student <strong>Hannah Harvey<\/strong> wrote a children&#8217;s story about syllable discrimination in early literacy. The story follows a Portuguese princess who is struggling to learn words and syllables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_ChildrensStory_200272029.pdf\">The Princess of Portugal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_ChildrensStory_200272029.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Linguistics &amp; Japanese student created an interview about perceptions of regional accents &#8211; <em>and transcribed it into the International Phonetic Alphabet<\/em>, excerpt below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">A: would be (1) by saying the place (.) or the place of origin of the speaker(.) will have a noticeable or considerable difference on their respective (.) speech (.) production patterns (2) so their accentsor dialects(.) for example\/\/1<br>P: \/\/ah right so (.) yknow if theyre from Liverpool maybe theyd have some sort of different way of speaking or (.) <strong>acting<\/strong> (.) maybe=<br>A: =yeah sort of exactly yeah (.) so we also initially wanted to provide some <strong>basic<\/strong> information on (.) of a listeners perceptions of speech by:::: looking at their perceptual (.) space <br>P: their::::=<br>A: =haha yes it sounds fancy doesn\u2019t it (1) no[breathes]its just how one would distinguish a speakers language patterns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_Transcript_200327455.pdf\">Interview Transcript<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/files\/2021\/02\/Assignment1_Transcript_200327455.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this insight into the exciting work our students have been creating this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language &amp; Linguistics with email <strong><a href=\"english@ncl.ac.uk\">english@ncl.ac.uk. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language &amp; Linguistics there are lots of opportunities to get creative with your assessments &#8211; from podcasts to film, digital exhibitions to posters, you will have lots of scope to learn new skills and get creative. One of our first year modules SEL1008: The Nature of Language asks &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/2021\/02\/04\/the-nature-of-language-student-work-20-21\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Nature of Language &#8211; Student Work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7597,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,15,45,27,44],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offer-holder","tag-english-language","tag-language","tag-offer-holder","tag-school-of-english","tag-student-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7597"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/selll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}