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The focus for my school based inquiry was to examine the most common misconceptions that are held by pupils when learning about Time and to explore how teachers seek to address them in their teaching (see appendix 1e for sub questions).... more
Deeply embedded in the current education system is assessment. Within education, assessment is used to track and predict pupil achievement and can be defined as a means by which pupil learning is measured (Ronan, 2015). The delivery of... more
It has been argued that depending on gender language is used in different ways in society, and the fact that language is surveyed differently leads to the thesis that men and women have ‘differentiated communicative competence’ (Coates,... more
As with anything written or spoken the language that is used is always from somebody’s viewpoint (Wood-Wallace, 2011: 2) and due to the fact that there are a multitude of different lexical items and syntactical structures for the speaker... more
Whilst differences in British English accents can be traditionally evidenced through variances in pronunciation, syntax and lexical choices, justification for these preferences are more complicated and contentious (Cheshire et al, 1989;... more
"There have been many debates and disputes within linguistics, as well as within wider fields, attempting to explain how language is used, stored and accessed. This study examined the various proposed models that attempt to offer an... more
This report is a reflection upon the experiences of taking part in the preparation and presentation of a multidisciplinary research proposal on the topic of dissent. It is a summative write-up on how my group (group C1) worked together to... more
Everybody has an accent (Stockwell, 2003) and these can be determined by social class, geographical location and other social variables (Wells, 1982). Many previous studies have presumed that people are relatively accurate at recognising... more
Language is always constructed and communicated through the point of view of the producer; and since research is recorded through language (whether that be in written form or orally) it is therefore also composed from the researcher’s... more
The focus for my sequence of lessons was algebra, which was taught to year six children over a period of 3 days. The aims of the current critical commentary are to justify the thinking behind my plans (appendix B, C) by explaining the... more
This study focused on two of the most common lexical items in the English language, the conjunction ‘because’ and the verb ‘going’. It was an analysis of ten heterosexual boys aged between fourteen and nineteen and their usage, clippings... more