learning languages

WHY PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE?

• to communicate

• to signal their membership of particular groups

• explain their ideas

• because of society

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Regional variation in language refers to differences in ......

• GRAMMAR

• VOCABULARY

• PRONUNCIATION

• ALL OF THEM CORRECT

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

such as Australia and New Zealand,

there seems to be less regional variation – though there is evidence of social variation

• TRUE

• FALSE

Dialect chains are very common across the whole of .......

• EUROPE

• USA

• ENGLAND

• UK

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Dialects are ...... varieties which are distinguishable by their vocabulary, grammar and

pronunciation

• INTRA NATIONAL

• LINGUISTIC

• INTRA CONTINENTAL

• REGIONAL

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Where and why vernacular forms

tend to be learned?

• used in formal contexts

• at school

• used in informal contexts

• at home

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Harold Orton’s comprehensive Survey of English Dialects in the ......

• 1950s

• 1949s

• 1951

• 1948

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

........ group is usually evaluated on the basis of a range of features,

such as education, occupation, residential area and income level

• RP

• upper class

• social

• regional

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Who used I will not do it than I wont do it?

• England

• British

• American

• Scotland

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

People from different social classes speak differently, the big difference in grammar.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3