Let’s Check!

Activity 1. Identify whether the following underlined word is British English or American English by using the symbols BrE for British and AmE for American
English. Write your answer on the space provided. __BrE__ 1. The durian was really sweet.

__BrE__ 2. Seeing the rice terraces was truly amazing.

__AmE_ 3. The picnic to Boracay was a real experience.

__BrE__ 4. Tibo bought a pair of beautiful trousers.

__BrE__ 5. May I use your toilet?

__BrE__ 6. The building is tall, so let’s use the lift.

__AmE_ 7. Our office janitor is very conscientious in cleaning our workplace.

__BrE__ 8. Please throw your rubbish in the proper waste can.

__BrE__ 9. The plants were arranged beautifully in the groundfloor of the building.

__BrE__ 10. To avoid accident, please double check that your cooker is properly turned off before leaving your house.

Activity 2. Recall the three language registers, give a brief description about them, including their use. Use the table on the next page.

FORMAL

It is a writing or speaking style intended for an unfamiliar audience/reader. It's utilized in professional, "solemn or formal" settings like the workplace. Its
purpose is to show mutual respect as well as a general feeling of etiquette between speakers. It's also impersonal, in the sense that it's not made for a particular
individual and lacks feeling. Reports, official speeches, announcements, and professional emails are all examples of formal register.

INFORMAL

When writing to someone we know or conversing with friends, relatives, and peers, we utilize informal register. It's informal and easygoing, containing slang,
clichés, and local words. It is frequently encountered in daily situations, such as in personal e-mails, phone texts, friendly letters, and even diaries and notebooks.

NEUTRAL

It's used to convey facts or information and can be professional or informal, as well as positive or negative. It is utilized when you want to seem professional but
also want a larger audience to comprehend what you're saying. We use the neutral language register with non-emotional themes and facts, such as analyses,
publications, and even report writing and webpage copy or promotion.
LET’S ANALYZE!

Activity 1. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Language variation according to the users is called?

A. register B. dialect C. lingua franca D. pidgin

2. Which of the following is NOT a situational characteristic of language use?

A. Formality

B. Speaker's hometown

C. The relationship between conversation participants

D. The medium of communication

3. Which of the following statements is true about communication?

A. Humans are the only animals that communicate with each other.

B. Human language is 100% learned rather than biologically inherited.

C. Humans and all other large mammals use a symbolic communication system.

D. None of the above

4. When people speak different forms of a language in different social situations, the phenomenon is referred to as:

A. diglossia B. bilingualism C. adaptation D. neither A or B

5. What is one reason why languages disappear?

A. Some languages are inherently better than others, so people shift to speaking superior languages.

B. Some languages have higher prestige, so people shift to speaking languages that will allow them to get better jobs.

C. Some languages are harder to learn than others, so people learn easier languages if they have the opportunity.

D. Some languages permits status symbol and educational qualification, so people try to adapt it for easy access.

Activity 2. Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast the three registers of language.
 Formal
●most effective for professional communication
and messages to a stranger or a supervisor
●less personal
●Allows for the use of standard Language, more
complicated sentence patterns, including the use
of personal pronouns on a less frequent basis.
●Use the same formal and
appropriate scale as we use in
writing and speaking.
●As a language user, it is used
to communicate people in
Informal
various settings.
●it is used when writing
to friends and other people Neutral
●It broadens a language's
you know well. ●non-emotional facts and subjects It is
range and makes it more
●more casual and personal best suited for technical communication.
and spontaneous. acceptable for speaking and ●not required to be formal or
informal or positive or negative.
●Allows for the use ofwriting.
non -
●allows the used of polite English.
standard English forms, casual terminology, and
often simpler
sentence patterns.
In a NUTSHELL! In this section you will provide the very gist of the unit that you have learned. Create a short dialogue about what you have learned using the
bubble quote below.

In speaking, appropriateness and

context must be considered, as
I've learned that language differs well as the grammatical accuracy
depending on where you are, what of words in writing. It's also critical
culture you're from, and what situation to utilize the appropriate linguistic
you're in. To suit diverse register when addressing and
communication contexts, we utilize interacting with a particular
distinct varieties and registers of individual in a specific scenario for
language. To clearly explain the a clear objective, with the proper
message, we must use specific expression and behavior.
properties of language.
Questions & Answer List: In this part, you are encourage to write questions about the topic. You may communicate these questions to your instructor/professor
through Quipper or any prescribed social media platform. After you get the answers you may jot it down in the table below. This is to bridge the gap of learning
between vague concepts and your prior knowledge.

1. When chatting to someone we know who is already a professional, is it still possible to use the informal language register?
2. What impact will the various variants of English language have on other countries that do not speak the language?
3. Is it possible to modify the three primary varieties of English (American, British, and Australian)?