The Guardian- ban on tackling analysis

Text A is an online article from The Guardian, informing people about banning tackling in school rugby. The audience are people who read The Guardian and possibly parents of children. I would argue that these people are middle class due to the fact that The Guardian is a professional newspaper, which is always written to a high standard. To add to that, the newspaper is online so you would need a computer to access it.



Text B is an online forum, where people can express their views on Text A. The audience are also guardian readers. However, instead of just reading the article, they also get the chance to comment on it and express their own views and opinions and discuss the article.



Text A contains a range of occupational lexis such as Ministers, chief medical officers, children's commissions. These are all authoritative figures/positions of authority, which highlights the formality of the article.



Text B contains a range of colloquial lexis such as 'can't hack it', 'drivel'. This language highlights that the text is a forum of informal register.

The Guardian- exclamation mark rules

http://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2016/mar/07/new-exclamation-mark-rules-proof-the-government-wants-to-penalise-enthusiasm

Top 20 words in English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03hbx0s
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide us through the top 20 words in English

• Common- The, be, to, of, and
• Highlights- With, I, you, have
• Not interesting words
• No nouns, very few verbs
• Grammatical 
• And comes out at 'um' very often
• There's a reason they're forgettable- because you process them faster
• They are very important, hold language together and express meanings
• All english
• Anglo Saxon words