Men vs Women - TalkL/O: Be able to…

Explore the differences between the way men and women speak

Identify features of conversation in a transcript and reflect on how the sexes differ in the way

they speak

Starter

• Feedback from homework – Tannen and Lakoff – post-its

• Spoken language – what do you remember?

New information

• Do men and women speak differently?

• Reflecting on what you know about spoken language, write down your ideas

• Try and link your ideas to experiences you have had

• Can you come up with 5 ‘statements’ you believe to be true?

Challenge

• Look at the transcript of men talking

• How does gender affect the conversation between the boys?

• What do you learn about their relationship through the way they talk to each other?

• What sort of things could we look for?

Development

• Imagine the same conversations but between girls

• Re-write the conversation but make the speakers female – what do you change?

Homework

• Go to the blog and have a look

• Leave a comment

• Bring back a suggestion

Reflect

• What have you learnt about the way men and women speak differently?

• What did you do to learn this?