Harry/Teachers by Neil Hussey

2022-02-03 12:15:59 UTC

‘Department of Education states teachers in England must:’ - imperative, authoritative instructions from a government board, non-debatable.

2022-02-03 12:16:23 UTC

‘professional identity’ - presenting professionality as having hidden conditions, being educated isn’t enough, you need to sound the part too. <- Pinker – lang isn’t owned, who gets to decide these terms?

2022-02-03 12:16:39 UTC

'need to be “better understood” by the children they are teaching’ - presenting those who speak with regional accents/dialects as needing to change their speech to have a successful career. Use of collective noun ‘children’ has connotations of innocence, implying teachers with non-RP accents are ruining this & early school days.

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2022-02-03 12:16:45 UTC

'Estuary english' higlights the correct way of speech

Harry

2022-02-03 12:16:52 UTC

online and multimodal- comments imply that people have their own opinion on the debate also

2022-02-03 12:17:37 UTC

Usually people of high status use estuary english which presents the ideas of class

2022-02-03 12:17:39 UTC

Validity as it has come from someone who has conducted research. As she ‘analysed” Harry’s voice.

"being told to posh up"

2022-02-03 12:17:41 UTC

verb "told" connotes an imperative command that teachers must adhere to. Suggests corruption in the education system. The colloquial term "posh up" is used so it can be understood by a wide audience who won't know terms such as rp

2022-02-03 12:17:49 UTC

‘there is still a prevailing assumption’ - verb ‘prevailing’ implies that this is incorrect, despite the majority who are not concerned by the issue.

Text B

2022-02-03 12:17:59 UTC

“Language expert and author Judi James” - Expected to have a trustworthy and accurate opinion

2022-02-03 12:18:09 UTC

Text a: written by Baretta – published author & the person who did the study being referenced. Educated and well-versed in this subject.

Baretta’s knowledge and ideas power is see through possessive pronouns such as ‘my research’.

^ positions the reader to trust him and his conclusions, since he is the one who has done this research.

2022-02-03 12:18:45 UTC

Text b-
It is suggesting that prince Harry only spoke ‘top tier upper class English’ to impress his father therefore taking a turn on ‘un-royal’ tone and sounding more modern fitting to media (video chats and podcast)

"young people from less affluent homes are locked out of banking jobs"

2022-02-03 12:19:16 UTC

verb "locked out" suggests isolation and lack of opportunity. Parents reading the article will feel a sense of worry that their children will affect their future

Positions the reader into feeling like certain accents are foreign to them due to the change in time as everyone used to speak the same. The difference of accents change England into a more diverse country

2022-02-03 12:19:23 UTC

text b

2022-02-03 12:19:23 UTC

‘sparks fear’ verb sparks ignites how the debate is starting, introduces us to the debate straight away. noun fear presents the scare of traditions possibly changing

“Based on my studies” “ Based on the four studies I have conducted since 2014

2022-02-03 12:19:25 UTC

This positions the reader to trust the reader to trust the source, places an authoritative figure upon the writer inclining readers to trust the facts and potentially influence them into sharing their opinions. “Four studies I have conducted” this provides him an imagine of experience and joggers his prestige making his research seem highly reliable and places trust upon the reader

2022-02-03 12:19:28 UTC

text b- premodifier 'cut glass accent' represents the diamond effect and the exclusivity of the RP accent that only 2% of the population speaks. Maintaining this superiority of the Royal family.

2022-02-03 12:19:44 UTC

Text B is from the Express which is backed by the Labour Party meaning it will have a left leaning political bias

text b

2022-02-03 12:20:48 UTC

linguistic/ author Alexander Baretta makes the article seem more trustworthy and valid, allowing the audience to believe the ideas more

“Teachers with northern accents told to posh up” Posh up =- colloquial, usage of two to is an imperative, like a teacher. .

2022-02-03 12:21:46 UTC

Department of education – “demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy and standard English” Promote ideas of exclusionism, even within education

2022-02-03 12:22:02 UTC

text b- the abstract noun 'fears' positions the reader to be scared of the loss of accent

"defined them as a top tier upper class"

2022-02-03 12:22:33 UTC

the verb "defined" suggests a definitive stereotype- prescriptivist attitude. Hyperbolic "top-tier upper class" suggests a hierarchy that may make reader question their own accent and dialect