way2go! 7. Practice Pack, Arbeitsheft

14 UNIT 02 | It’s all relative Expand your vocabulary: Formal and informal register Use a preposition to form phrasal verbs that mean the same as the more formal expressions on the left. 1 to joke about something: to laugh something 2 to start discussing something different: to move to something else 3 to understand the meaning of something: to take something 4 to approach someone: to walk to someone Read two more paragraphs of the article ‘How did that register?’. Complete it with the verbs from the box in the correct form. associate be determine explain look make master observe require result show touch LANGUAGE 8 a b With the first language learned, register eventually becomes natural, while formality in a second language (1) more thought. Most children start developing a strong understanding of register and code switching at around the age of five through contact with a variety of social situations. However, lower income and education levels are (2) with a poor grasp of sophisticated speech. Research in the Journal of Children and Poverty (3) that children living at or below the poverty level usually only (4) the casual register. Students in this income bracket were (5) using the same register with their peers on the way to school as they do in the classroom with teachers. Such behaviour can (6) in miscommunication, ultimately leading to negative social consequences like disciplinary action. Interpreters can be more effective by (7) at the background of the individuals speaking and receiving their interpretations. Take, for example, a farm worker (8) a work accident to a doctor, speaking in a register inappropriate for exchanges between professionals and clients. To (9) the transaction go more smoothly, the interpreter could code-switch for the farm worker. If it (10) two farm workers speaking to each other for the joy of conversation, an interpretation of register wouldn’t be necessary. Register (11) on the personal experience of using language, and its use (or misuse) can (12) the outcome of a social interaction. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv