The English Language Newspaper Articles and Examples Thread

[stonecold]

POST ALL LANGUAGE RELATED ARTICLES & EXAMPLES IN HERE!

Try to build a big vault of examples which you can all use in you EngLang essays.

I wanted to make this contribution for all of you people doing EngLang in 2011 and beyond.

It seems most schools force students to keep a journal full of language related articles and examples.

I am uploading all of the articles + summaries for the articles I collected throughout 2010.  I think there are over 50 here at least.

Many of you will unfortunately be required to keep a journal such as this, which is a very laborious process.  Whilst it is certainly not a bad idea to collect and summarize articles, a far more effective and less time intensive approach would be to have a LogBook of the EXAMPLES/QUOTES ONLY, ready to be used in essay writing, rather than having to go through the articles.

So feel free to use these articles as a contribution to your cuttings journal.  I don't mind if you use the summaries too.  Just be careful that someone from your school doesn't use them too, because then you will get done for plagiarism.

I honestly don't want everyone wasting a day before every SAC like I did finding and summarizing articles to hand in when you could actually be studying.

Hopefully you will find these articles useful, and they will give you an indication about the sort of topics which are up for discussion in your EngLang essays. 

NOTE:  If you do not have WinRar or some other Decompression Software installed, then you will need to install it first.  Click here to download WinRar for Windows.

Download Cuttings Journal here

The initial folder has left over articles which I thought were average and didn't summarize/submit.  Each of the Term 1-4 folders has the articles + summaries underneath which I submitted for grading at the end of each outcome.  They are in no particular order in relation to the Study Design.

A collation of links members have submitted in this thread

From years ago (mainly 2011) so probably not very relevant

Aussie slang
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/yanks-stonkered-by-aussie-lingo/story-fn6ck8la-1225984126588

Political Correctness and Christmas
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/its-time-to-use-the-c-word/story-e6frg6nf-1225975634128

Political Correctness in Cricket
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/bastardry-of-political-correctness-stumped/story-e6frg7mf-1225974677813

Texting
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/management/generation-text-baffles-employers-20110104-19esv.html

Teenspeak/Neologisms
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/12/07/new-wave-linguistic-innovation/#more-1083

Grammar is a tool to enhance understanding
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/grammar-is-a-tool-to-enhance-understanding-20101220-192l4.html

Anderson: Time for plain English
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/anderson-time-for-plain-english/story-fn6br25t-1225979453772

LOL! Speaker proper English IRL is a CWOT
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lol-speaker-proper-english-irl-is-a-cwot/story-e6frea6u-1225972942290

What kinda of shape is Australian English in..
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/yoursay/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/what_kind_of_shape_is_australian_english_in/

http://www.theage.com.au/world/lexicon-of-war-has-a-new-buzzword-20110323-1c5sw.html

Neologism
http://www.theage.com.au/world/omg-muffin-top-make-the-cut-for-dictionary-20110326-1caq3.html

PC
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/special-reports/viewers-hit-back-at-comedian-denise-scott-over-autism-joke/story-fn856r6n-1226035189183

Tony Abbote Re: 'Shit happens' - Different opinions
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8208208/abbott-strife-over-diggers-death-comment
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8208682/public-support-abbott-over-shit-happens-comment
Take care if discussing.  It is a sensitive issue.

Sexual pun/Non-PC/Taboo
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/gale-outcry-puts-wind-up-sorry-brown/story-e6frf96x-1226029118069

Don't listen to the purism pedants, English is doing just fine
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-listen-to-the-purism-pedants-english-is-doing-just-fine-20110512-1ekl9.html#ixzz1OM0RcBbo

Corporate-speak sucks the life out of our education system
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/corporatespeak-sucks-the-life-out-of-our-education-system-20110530-1fcp6.html#ixzz1OM0ig8sF

Political Correctness
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/05/20/316665_robyn-wuth-opinion.html

Euphemism
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/05/16/231471_sue-belinda.html

English Immigration Testing
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/tougher-test-to-change-migrant-intake/story-fn6bqphm-1226072737909

Language Police (Swearing in Public)
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/swear-fines-a-nonsense-with-invective-so-ineffective-20110605-1fn7g.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/fitzgibbon-to-apologise-over-cat-meow/story-e6frf7jx-1226089985966

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/elliott-opens-can-of-worms-with-indigenous-comments/comments-e6frf9ho-1226097307091

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/akshully-the-word-from-the-halls-of-guvment-is-a-mangled-mess-20111020-1mab3.html

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/swearing-in-advertising-concerns-a-load-of-bs-20111104-1mz72.html

Hogg tweets Australia Day slur to Muslims
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/hogg-tweets-australia-day-slur-to-muslims-20120126-1qix9.html

On the Americanisation of Australian English and attitudes towards this.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/with-american-lingo-weve-imported-toxic-us-culture-20100805-11kmn.html

2015

Courtesy aqple:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/stockbroker-sacked-for-joke-tweet-think-i-just-hit-a-cyclist-but-im-late-for-work-so-had-to-drive-off-lol-20150106-12j7ck.html
This article could be used to look at the influence of language used in social media - how offensive language on the Internet leads to consequences. Could also provide some insight into semantics/pragmatics by looking into how a 'joke' becomes offensive. Although the example is not Australian, international examples could be relevant when it comes to the Internet and social media.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/we-all-have-our-inner-fascist-why-its-important-to-have-the-right-to-offend-20150121-12upiq.html
Could potentially be an insightful article to quote from when studying offensive language in unit 3.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/charlie-hebdo-hypocrisy-offensive-speech-demands-scrutiny-not-censorship-20150119-12t5m4.html
Another one about offensive language and free speech.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/is-the-innanet-ruining-teh-english-language_o/
Great article about E-communication and its influence on the English language.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/tweens_teens/180523/internet_slang_acronyms_meaning
Here is a list of teenage and Internet slang and abbreviations which can be used as examples.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/the-things-aussies-apologise-for-overseas/story-fnndib5x-1227188211341
Good article to look at and quote from when looking at Australian English and culture in unit 4.

Mod edit - bangali_lok: links collated

[HERculina]

can we use these for normal english too?

[HERculina]

why isnt the link working too?

[AccFur]

Its on megaupload. Type in the lettets on the right and wait then you can download

[HERculina]

but it doesnt have that box thing to type the letters in. it just says this:
Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available.
Reasons for this may include:
- Invalid link
- The file has been deleted because it was violating our Terms of service.
 

[AccFur]

Me too , I think it didn't get uploaded properly. stonecold will just re up quickly lol

[werdna]

Hmm doesn't work for me either. Do we need to register?

[stonecold]

Sorry guys.  All fixed.

And I don't think this would help you with English too much.

[shinny]

Yum, stickied.

[Hutchoo]

Thank you so much, stonecold!
Your folders are very neat

<3 Thanks, pal.

[Niskii]

Thanks a lot for this!

Although I haven't actually started English Language yet I'm sure this will be a great resource when I do next year, from what I've heard about the subject

[shinny]

Came across this article this morning when reading the paper. I assume it'd be useful for Eng Lang. Interesting read regardless.

[Ghost!]

Your the best stonecold :3

[Ghost!]

Oh, what mark did you get?

[stonecold]

For this Journal I recieved

Unit 3 Outcome 1: 9.5/10
Unit 3 Outcome 2: 10/10
Unit 4 Outcome 1: 10/10
Unit 4 Outcome 2: 8.5/10

Stuffed if I know what the criteria was though.  I am adamant my teacher gave out whatever marks she felt, and used this as an excuse to alter the SAC marks to whatever she liked/whoever she favoured.