Investigator Yasmin..

Hi guys,
I'm back this year with a new project! Not only homework is going to be on my blog, but ideas for my investigation for A2 of my English course. In my first year I achieved an A overall for my AS exams. I was so pleased, but this year I don't want to lose it. So, continuing with my blog and creating a tip-top investigation is my plan for the year!

The first idea I had was to investigate whether males or females swear more. I believe that there is always such a big difference in the way women and men talk now, compared to 100 years ago. Females no longer are abiding by the requirement that they should speak with standard English and be reserved. They should use competitive language whenever they like and if they want to, they can speak however they like. Well, I mean within reason, if there's a small child nearby and male or female should not just come along blurting out as many swear words they can think of as children are very susceptible to new words and their parents may not want them to hear! But anyway, rambling away I am, back to topic! I guess the hypothesis would have been to find out if men use more expletives and competitive language with other men and that women always used co-operative language which is a theory by Jennifer Coates.

However, after having a meeting with my subject tutor it seems that may be a bit of a difficult project. I'm not one to just let advise go in one ear and out the other, thus, another option is just to look at pure female language to discover whether they use more competitive/non-co-operative or co-operative language. This, at first, was not what I was thinking of. I wanted to compare males and females to prove a point. Yet, the most important point for me, is being able to create a successful project and getting a good grade. Even if I have doubts at the start, I have full confidence in myself that I can create something great!

So, continuing with the idea I have started to answer questions in note form that could be a starting step to an introduction, including how I plan to collect my data, what data I will collect, from where? From who? When? How? So many questions!! I have written down my aims, predictions, and why I have chosen this investigation. I mean, the reasons are simple:

1. I want to find out if class/background/job/age have anything to do with co-operative language
2. I want to see if the only method that females use to have a conversation is to be supportive to every woman
3. It seems like an interesting, and achievable project.

The programme I have thought of doing is The Island. The Island with Bear Grills has a range of females from young to old and with all different occupies and personalities therefore I am removing variables and making sure my investigation is more fair and true to life.

At the moment I'm finding it difficult to choose whether to just choose 4/5 people to focus on and listen of for what types of language they use. I think I am going to watch at least 3 episodes of the show, which are 45 minutes long, before I decide on who to focus on.

Okay, well I'm now off to watch some clips and continue more research on the people on the show. See you later
Yas x