English / Level 7 / Language / Language variation and change
Content description
Understand the way language evolves to reflect a changing world, particularly in response to the use of new technology for presenting texts and communicating
Elaborations
exploring languages and dialects through building webcam relationships with schools across Australia and Asia
investigating changes in word use and meaning over time and some of the reasons for these changes, for example the influence on spelling and vocabulary of new forms of communication like texting, emoticons and email
