http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkaLKHkaVoo – One direction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6JUtn5oaC4 – The wanted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Up8RNHWKgA – The Saturdays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrrlSn7GvAw – Little mix

Media text - synthesising skills

Media text- Synthesising Skills

An extract from the middle of a parenting magazine; a guide for parents on helping their toddler to learn to speak...

Every child develops speech at a different rate, some may begin to speak earlier than others, however this is not a cause for concern.  The time it takes for a child to say their first word varies with everyone, however the average age is of one. Before this age, children do not tend to communicate through voice, but through babbling and cooing, as if they are trying to say something, but they have not yet developed the correct speech to so, they can’t talk straight and can’t walk straight. Parent normally respond to their child’s babbling by responding in what is known as ‘baby talk’ which is showing the child that you are acknowledging what they are trying to say. Single words are known as holophrases, and when a baby cries “mama” this could mean a number of different things, such as “I’m hungry” or “I want a toy to play with.”

Caroline Bowden, when interviewed explained more about the language step that children take when they turn 1, she explained that it is this age when children can point at a certain picture in a book when you name it, and can also point to a few body parts when asked to. She went on to say that at this age children can also understand simple questions such as “where’s daddy?” and “Where’s the puppy?” and can follow simple commands such as “Don’t touch that” and “touch the car”
This is also the age where children enjoy listening to stories and songs and rhymes, and seeing as this will also help with their language development, this is always a good and helpful thing to do. Playing certain games with your child will also help, it will allow you to create a strong bond with your child and of course it is a fun task for them and you as well! By making them take part in word related challenges, will force them to use their language skills, and this will lead to an improvement. However do not be worried if their language does not come on really well straight away, it takes time and it cannot be forced on them.

Methodology

To help me with my English Language Investigation, which is looking at the diference in language and layout between girls and boys toy adverts, I had to make sure i chose the right amount of data, and the most usreful data i could find to help me test my hypothesis and help my investigation.
To make sure I chose the most reliable data, i searched for the most popular boys toys, and teh same with girls toys. I chose the top 3 results and then went on to find the adverts for these results, this means I chose the most reliable data i could.

I do not havwe to worry about ethical issues when it comes to my data, because I made sure that the adverts I chose were well known brands which have already been published and sold in shops, and also showed on telly, this means i do not have to worry about asking for permission to use the adverts making my investigation have no ethical issues.

English Language Investigation

For my English Language investigation i am going to be looking at both girls and boys toy adverts and exploring how the language, colours and layout are different in both and why. To help me with my investigation I have chosen 3 boy adverts and 3 girls adverts to look at, which is fair as i have taken the same amount of samples from each gendered advert. TO make sure my data is reliable, i have made sure that they are well known brands which sell in shops, so I know that they are already published and have a well known branded name.