33 Listen to some people talking in five different situations. 1 What register are the people using? 2 Where do these conversations take place? 3 What seems to be the relationship between the two people? 4 Why are they talking to each other? Discuss the following questions in small groups: 1 Can you think of a time when you misjudged the register you needed and made a faux pas? Share your experience with the other students. 2 In English, there is no polite ‘Sie’ or informal ‘du’. What other ways do you think English speakers use to indicate a formal or informal register in conversation? Create some pictures with speech bubbles showing people using the wrong register. Compare them in class and vote for the most creative ones. LISTENING 28 06 SPEAKING 29 a b Oi, mate, don’t look so miserable. This is an official pic. Sorry, dude, we totally forgot about the assignment. Cut us some slack9! Browsing the internet, you have read the following lines in a blog post about the way teenagers communicate. WRITING 30 Anonymouse Young people today seem to communicate almost entirely through text messages. Maybe I’m getting old, but honestly, their messages often feel quite rude to me. What worries me is this: if this is how they use language, how will they handle formal communication at school or work? reply You have decided to comment on the blog post above. In your blog comment you should: explain why many teenagers prefer texting to talking on the phone outline rules teenagers might follow when texting state reasons why teenagers are able to use the right register if needed Write around 250 words. See Writing coach, Blog comment, p. 182. 9 to cut sb. some slack (infml.): mit jmdm. nachsichtig/nicht so streng sein Strategies box To state sth. means to express an opinion or point of view in a clear and definite way. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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