2. • An investigation looking how early gender can
influence children's language?
• An investigation into how Horrible Histories use
language to entertain as well as educate.
• An investigation into how a four year old’s
language varies according to who she is speaking
to – a peer compared to her mother?
• An investigation into the political language of the
TV show Question Time
3. • How are the political speeches made by MT before
and after she was PM different linguistically? How
might you account for these differences?”
• How does TV host Jeremy Kyle assert power over his
guests through his use of language?
• "How does Professor Brian Cox attempt to make
science accessible to a public audience [through
his linguistic methods]?"
4. • An investigation into how language is used by
teachers to negotiate power among students of
different ages
• How do age and gender affect the re-telling of a
fairy tale?
• How does student/ teacher power negotiation
differ between a high set and a low set within the
same key stage group?
5. • An investigation into the ways in which the
language used in news broadcasts reflects historical
context.
• An investigation into people’s perceptions of The
Sun and The Independent and whether these are
reflected in the language these newspapers use.
• Investigating how gender influences language
choices when playing a computer game.
6. • An investigation into how the gender of celebrity
chefs affects their language choic
• An Investigation into how an adult’s interaction with
a child impacts upon their acquisition of language.
• 'An investigation into how the language of political
speeches has changed over time'
7. So …
• Select your area – gender, acquisition, change,
power, technology.
• Narrow your idea – think how easy will it be to
collect your data?
• Proposed titles due in ?
