A2 Coursework Ideas

A2 Course Work Ideas

Idea One:

Chat shows

-          Jonathan Ross with Lindsay Lohan

Russell Brand, Miley Cyrus, Kanye, Amy Winehouse (suggestions for 'big' personalities both male and female)

Big/extroverted personalities

Do big personalities exert more power regardless of status?

http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/extrovert-at-work-personality-traits-of-extroverted-people/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KluX-1Wps            (21.30-23.30 , could look at body language etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Dqa_K6blg          

 (Amy Winehouse exerts power through facial expressions/sarcasm leading the interviewer to back down and change what they are saying).

Language and Gender /  Language and Power

Idea Two:

Comparing Television Shows

The Office UK in comparison to The Office U.S.

US:
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=the-office-us&episode=s01e01

UK:
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=the-office-uk&episode=s01e01

http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2013/12/03/10-common-british-expressions-baffle-americans/