Technology is changing our language rapidly as we can see from the masses of new words that appear to describe new technologies. Back in the 1980s when we were happy to get a 16k rampack for our ZX81s we were used to floppy disks and memory cassettes, but in the 1990s it was all CDs, DVDs and USBs.
We often see old words repurposed too, so now we find terms like icon, desktop, avatar and mouse used in ways quite different to their original meanings.
One constant in all of this though is the user of the technology: you and me, in other words. And it's the ways in which we use technologies to express our identities that one of the conference speakers, Angela Goddard will be looking at.
Focusing her attention on online exchanges she'll be looking at the ways in which we interact and create personas online, thinking about the ways in which new technologies offer us the chance to express ourselves in new ways. With Facebook and Twitter becoming worldwide means of communication and taking the place of traditional media forms, it's a focus that's increasingly important to language experts and Angela Goddard will be taking a close look at how this is developing.
Whether you're doing AQA B with the ENGB1 Language and Technology question, or AQA A and have started thinking about Language Change on the ENGA3 paper, it's going to be an informative and interesting session.
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