giovedì 12 novembre 2020
ENGLISH LESSON (N°1) FEDERICI
Written English
1. Linguistic competence
2. Different cultural perspective
3. Location (of the writer ex. Professional, unprofessional
ect)
4. Time (when the test were written)
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First step:
Competence in grammar, morphology, syntax and
phonetics
There are a lot of types of spoken English and to
use them we have to know the grammatical rules of
each. We have to know how to use the linguistic code in a
particular situation (pragmatics) ex. The context
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Second step: extralinguistic criteria (cultural
elements)
We use the English language in order to describe
something, talk about something.
We can offer a point of view while we’re writing. (ex. A news
paper article) if the writer gives a negative opinion about
something we will read and analyze the article in a different
way respect to a positive point of view. The point of view
makes a difference.
Language using includes acting, interacting, valuing, talking
in the appropriate way (formal context, business context,
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