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Language Settings We use language in formal and informal situations and in different forms — spoken and written . Different cultures have different "rules" in a discussion or a debate . What is acceptable in one culture may not be acceptable in another . 1 Read the different situations below and decide how you would categorize each . Mark the place in the diagram on Student Work Puae 21 . Q An argument with a friend S > A mobile phone message to a friend c A discussion between students and a teacher about grades < 3 An email to a friend & An email asking an expert a question f A public lecture g A message on the kitchen table Jh A letter applying for a job 2 Where would an Internet forum and a debate fit into the diagram on Student Work Page 21 ? 3 Watch a discussion on television in English and find some of the differences in the ways people express opinions during a debate in English and in your language . ? Write the name of the program and the topic of discussion . ? Use the table on J > yFFr 77 f WP / f l . WJm 21 to mark the differences , Expressing Opinion 1 . It is common to let a person finish before speaking . 2 . People support their opinions with facts . 3 . People support their opinions with personal stories . 4 . People use body gestures to show what they think . 5 . People refer to something that happened in history . English My language Both 4 What are some of the differences in the ways people debate in English and in your language ? Discuss . In informal settings , people usually speak and write spontaneously . In formal settings , people usually plan what they say or write .
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