In this
case, let´s check what function is. For us, this is the reason whereby people
can communicate no matter if we are speaking or writing to express different
situations. For example we use functions to apologizing ("I'm sorry to
hear about your accident."), agreeing (You’re absolutely right.) or
disagreeing (That’s not the way I see it), refusing (He was glad I was free to
refuse him), greeting clarifying ,and thanking. For that reason, we can
say that the use of the language depends on the context and the language that we always use in order to
express a function its well known as exponent.
Into the language exponents express levels of formality because not always we
use the same expressions.
For example we say “let´s go eat” in order to talk
with friends, that is informal
language and this is colloquial too when exponents
are casual and conversational; but if we talk with a higher person we can say
“I would be very pleased if you could join
for lunch”, that is Formal
language. But also, we will have situations in which we can mix both
and it is called Neutral.
For that
reason, into the classroom students need to know the correct use of exponents,
teacher will give some examples to talk depending on the register and the lexis
that they will introduce in their daily classes. So, in this way students will
develop opportunities to practice vocabulary or grammar into a spoken or
written way. In the following link you will find a web page with more
explanation about this interesting
topic.
References
- Harmer, J. (2007). How To Teach English. Harlow: Pearson Education.
- Mary Spratt, A. P. (2011). The TKT Teaching Knowledge Test Course. Cambridge University Press.
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