Men vs women talk lesson 1
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This document discusses exploring the differences between how men and women speak. It prompts the reader to reflect on their own experiences and knowledge about gender differences in spoken language. The reader is challenged to analyze a transcript of men talking and consider how gender affects their conversation and relationship. They are then asked to imagine rewriting the conversation with female speakers and changing aspects to reflect typical differences between male and female speech.
Men vs women talk lesson 1
- 1. Men vs Women - Talk L/O: Be able to Explore the differences between the way men and women speak Identify features of conversation in a transcript and reflect on how the sexes differ in the way they speak
- 2. Starter Feedback from homework Tannen and Lakoff post-its Spoken language what do you remember?
- 3. New information Do men and women speak differently? Reflecting on what you know about spoken language, write down your ideas Try and link your ideas to experiences you have had Can you come up with 5 statements you believe to be true?
- 4. Challenge Look at the transcript of men talking How does gender affect the conversation between the boys? What do you learn about their relationship through the way they talk to each other? What sort of things could we look for?
- 5. Development Imagine the same conversations but between girls Re-write the conversation but make the speakers female what do you change?
- 6. Homework Go to the blog and have a look Leave a comment Bring back a suggestion
- 7. Reflect What have you learnt about the way men and women speak differently? What did you do to learn this?