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Culture Diversity and English

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Culture Diversity and English

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CULTURE DIVERSITY AND ENGLISH

• ENGLISH ACCENTS AROUND THE WORLD


• LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• THE MEANING OF NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION
LONDON
• British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United
Kingdom.
• GRAMMAR : US I already ate.

Brit. I’ve already eaten.


• VOCABULARY: cupboard = closet
flat = apartment

lift = elevator

• SPELLING: US theater, center

• Brit. theatre, centre


AUSTRALIA
• Australian English is the country's national and official language as it is the first language of the
majority of the population.

• VOCABULARY : (AU) lollies


• (UK) sweets

• SPELLING : (US) color, (AU) colour


• (US) organize, (AU) organise
• GRAMMAR: (US) The class are happy
(AU) The class is happy
• The UK and Australia share the same spelling for the words, while the United States decided to
create their own spelling system.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• Non verbal communication : Kinesis & paralanguage

• Kinesis : use facial expression, gestures or eye contact

• Paralanguage : consists of extralinguistic noises accompanying language


COMMON FEATURES OF LANGUAGE & NON
HUMAN COMMUNICATION
• ARBITRARINESS : SPEECH SOUND
• PRODUCTIVITY : NEW MEANINGS
• INTERCHANGEABILITY : USE THE SAME COMMUNICATION TO SEND AND
RECEIVE MESSAGES
• DISPLACEMENT : ABILITY TO REFER THINGS THAT NOT PRESENT
• CULTURAL TRANSMISSION : LEARNING OF AN ELEMENT OF COMMUNICATION
• SPECIALIZATION : ABILITY TO TRANSMIT MESSAGE
THE MEANING OF NON- VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• Non – verbal communication is a process of using wordless messages to convey messages.

• IMPORTANCE : 1. Clarify even the toughest messages to understand


• 2. Difference in face reaction
• 3. More effective than words

• Non verbal codes – Codes of communication consisting of symbols.


• Form of non – verbal : 1.Body language & facial expression
• 2. Space
• 3. Time
• Difficulties : 1. Need to pay attention when you are communicating with someone
• 2. Use clear feedback to reduce misunderstandings
LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION

• STANDARD ENGLISH : The form of the English language widely accepted as the usual
correct form.

• NON STANDARD ENGLISH refers to any dialect of English other than Standard
English and is sometimes referred to as non standard dialect or non-standard variety.

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