UNIT 4 FUNCTIONS

                                                               UNIT 4 FUNCTIONS

A function is a reason why we communicate. Every single time when people produce the language they talk with many reasons and purposes. Also,  it does not matter where are they. They use language for apologising, greeting, clarifying, asking inviting, refusing, thanking and more to communicate with others. So, as we can see all of these functions have a particular termination in "ing"forms of verbs, also it has levels of formality when we are closed with friends in that moment we use informal or colloquial language because we feel confident  with them, but we cannot use the same language with professors for one reason they need respect from us in other words we apply with them formal language(more socially distant). Students and professors  must use apropriate (suitable) language. I will make role - plays with my students where they have to apply functions of the language it could be formal or informal in different situations, I would like to create at the beginning of the class a minute with formal language so it means that students become an important person of any institution (teacher, actors, actress, singers, police officers) and make them an interview using all the time formal language and finally an activity  for teacher and students, so teacher should say an exponent and students have to guess if it is formal or informal. Remember all of the activities mentioned before must apply according student´s level.

                                                                 ROLE - PLAYS

                                                     A MINUTE WITH FORMAL LANGUAGE

                                                        TEACHER AND STUDENTS ACTIVITY

                                        REFERENCES FOR ADITTIONAL INFORMATION

• 2012books.lardbucket.org,. (2015). Functions of Language. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/a-primer-on-communication-studies/s03-02-functions-of-language.html

• Philosophy.lander.edu,. (2015). Common Forms and Functions of Language. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/form_lang.html

• Bloomington, I., Bloomington, I., Bloomington, I., & University, I. (2015). Communicative Functions or Purposes of Communication. Iidc.indiana.edu. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/?pageId=508