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Good morning!

ATTENDANCE

OED word of the year

2017: "youthquake"

2018: "toxic"

2019: "climate emergency"

2020: ....

What are some of the ways the year 2020 has changed the way you talk?

Brainstorm

Brainstorm a list of words or phrases (in Dutch) you're using more now than ever before or words that you have begun using since the start of the pandemic.

You might also consider how you’re using old terms differently (for example, “stay-at-home”). Slang, abbreviations, emojis and portmanteaus (blend words, like “infodemic,” “zoombombing” and “coronapocalypse”) are welcome!

First you write them down in a document on your laptop or in your notebook. Then you are going to enter them in a mindmap on the next slide. 

Your list

TASK

You are going to read an article about Oxford's 2020 Word of the Year and you are going to answer questions about what you read. 

This will be done on your laptop.

Instructions

Go to classroom

>Coursework

>29 June

>Read the questions that go with the article "Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate"

>Read the article "Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate"

>Answer the accompanying questions in a google doc on classroom so I can see your work

You have until the end of this lesson. Let me know if you have questions.

Good morning!

ATTENDANCE

"Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate"

The article's main point

Your favourite
new coinage/neologism

Facts from the article
about language change

Words you might
start using yourself
in the future

2017: "youthquake"

2018: "toxic"

2019: "climate emergency"

2020: ....

Your Final Writing Task

Write to the OED, expressing that you disagree with their decision not to choose one word of the year. Propose your own word of the year and argue its case (i.e. explain what the word means, why it is important, why it should be chosen, why it surpasses any of the other options, etc). Make it formal and polite - 100 words (classroom 29 June > Writing to the OED)