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Formal vs Informal Ms. Shuler 6 th Grade English Language Arts Heyward Gibbes Middle School What’s up? May I Help You?

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What’s up?. Formal vs Informal. May I Help You?. Ms. Shuler 6 th Grade English Language Arts Heyward Gibbes Middle School. Why is Language Important?. Communication Culture Adds knowledge Expression Can you think of any other reasons?. Home Language. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Formal vs Informal

Ms. Shuler6th Grade English Language ArtsHeyward Gibbes Middle School

What’s up?

May I Help You?

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Why is Language Important?

• Communication• Culture• Adds knowledge• Expression• Can you think of any other reasons?

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Home Language

• How do you speak at home? Around friends and family?

• Spoken around family and friends• Does not follow grammatical rules• Also called informal language• Relaxed, comfortable

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Examples

• “Wanna go to the store?”• Come here.• Ay what’s up?• She ain’t go to work today.• He off tomorrow so we going to the beach.• I dunno.• Share with your neighbor some terms, phrases or

sayings you say outside of school around family or friends?

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Standard American English

• Follows grammar rules• Spoken in settings such as school, work,

professional settings, interviews, and/or meetings with physician, tax preparer, or managers.

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Examples

Thanks for joining our team.H e l l o M r. P r e s t o n .

We a r e m e e ti n g to d i s c u s s y o u r wo r k .

What are some instances where you would use S.A.E

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Formal or Informal?

• You call your dad at work and his boss answers the phone.

• You are asking someone out on a date• You are talking to your parents at the dinner

table• You are trying to convince the assistant

principal to change the date of the detention you were given.

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Change to Formal

• Hi• Sure!• Will ya?• Ya gotta do it!• What do you want?

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It’s Cool!

• You should remember to adapt your language to the setting you are in at the time.

• What’s the difference?

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Final Thought

• If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela