APELC Class Notes
Fourth juniors and seniors, we trod the same ground as your colleagues Thursday. I wanted to post a clarifying taxonomy of languages registers for your notes (I failed to show the slide in third period, too):
- Frozen (Ancient, sacred, or historical texts; rituals);
- Formal (Diplomacy, presentation, ceremony);
- Consultative (Public, commerce, classroom);
- Casual (Friends at the mall, comics on stage, singers on CD);
- Intimate (Families at dinner, spouses, twins).
Awareness of the rules of various speech communities, an understanding of these registers and how they work within the culture of various speech communities, and a knowledge of different types of grammars (which I’ll enumerate Monday) will assist your experience with text as we encounter it in class throughout the year and in your private and public lives outside of school.
Don’t forget to sign-up for a revision conference. I’ll not accept papers without meeting students and going over papers.
See you all Monday.
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