CONTENTS:

 

Notes for Teachers

Argument for teaching dialect in schools:

What is dialect?

Grammar.

Sloppy speech.

 

How Did English Happen?

(see 'Origins of English' page)

Why Do Dialects Differ?

Yorkshire.

Word Recognition Experiment.

Anglo Saxon Place-Names/Quiz.

Viking Place-Names/Quiz.

 

RESEARCH

What is Research?

The Research Process.

Ideas for Small-Scale Research.

Audio & Video Recordings.

Sampling a Population.

Sources of Samples.

Reporting the Research.

Dialect Research and Information Technology.