Stage 2 English Pathways Language Study

Stage 2 English Pathways Language Study 2015

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Title of the LS

Language is the way people communicate with each other; it could be in written or spoken form. This can be undertaken by the use of words, expression even it symbols, or signs. For my language study the place that I have chosen in this study is my football club. I am involved with the club because I play there. I started playing football at the age of 5. I joined the club two years ago. My aim in this study is to look at the different use of language between the ‘A’ grade coach (Coach A) and the under 18 coach (Coach B).

The ‘A’ grade team is in division 2 and the under 18 is in the red Division. This means football clubs from around Adelaide are organised to play against

Coach ‘B’ is more chilled when he is talking to me and other players as coach ‘A’ is intense when talking to the players before the game, I think he does that because he wants me and the other players to be ready and get a jump start on who we are playing against, but coach ‘B’ is chilled and what the team to be relaxed before we go out. The languages between the two coaches are better much the same but they deliver it in different ways on game day. Both coaches are loud, clear and direct towards the players. Between the quarters the coaches are very different in the uses of languages they use when talking to the players as a team and one on one, coach ‘A’ talks about how we played as a hold team in that quarter and how what we need to do in the next quarter (to the team), as coach ‘B’ talks to most of the players what they have to work on for the rest of the game then he talks to the team but he leaves most the talking to the leaders, I think coach ‘B’ does this because he wants the under 18 players to improve on how they talk to each other. Coach ‘A’ just talks to the team because I think he wants everyone to play our roles in the team. The tones both coaches used are abusive as he screams out to the team at the breakers. Both coaches use a lot of different language towards each other through out the training session depending on how the training is going and how the team is going. When I wasn’t playing I watch the coach ‘A’ on the bench and find when the team is losing or playing bad and making some terrible mistakes he often express his negative feeling towards the other coaches on the bench, as coach ‘B’ write what happens and who made the mistake and talks to him at the end of the