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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 is the apparent 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 an occasion when you misjudged the register needed and created a faux pas? Share your experience of such a situation with the other students. 2 In English there is no polite ‘Sie’ or informal ‘du’. What other methods do you think English speakers use to show an informal or formal register when they’re speaking? Create some pictures in which people are using the wrong register. Compare them in class and vote for the most creative ones. LISTENING 28 05 SPEAKING 29 a b Hey, ma’am, smile a bit. People are taking pictures. Sorry, dude, we totally forgot about the assignment. Can you cut us some slack 7 ? Browsing the internet, you have read the following lines in a blog post on teenagers’ way of communicating. WRITING 30 Anonymouse … This is what really worries me. The only way for teenagers to communicate seems to be by writing text messages in which they use a register of their own. Have they forgotten how to write properly? 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 specify what language teenagers use in text messages state that teenagers are able to use the right register if needed Write around 250 words. See Writing coach, Blog comment , p. 182. Strategies box To state means to express or declare your opinion clearly , formally and in a definite way. 7 to cut sb. some slack ( infml. ) : mit jmdm. nachsichtig/nicht so streng sein Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv