Friday, April 24, 2015

Unit four Function




The next topic in unit 3 it is about Functions, it is the reason we communicate and it has a purpose in this case that can be for: Greeting clarifying, apologizing, inviting and advising. The language that we use to express a function is called an exponent and exponent also shows the different levels of formality, which can be informal that is more socially casual and the formal that is more socially distant, those words are used according to the situation or the person that someone is talking to. There are also neutral exponents this show when we want to be respectful but not too much casualness to the person we are talking to. Functions are really necessary in education because through this students may ask for help, for a thing they want or to express likes and dislikes this will help to express their taught in the correct way. 





References:
  • Functions, o.-T. G. (26 de 03 de 2014). youtube . Obtenido de youtube : https://youtu.be/LW7ziNQadvk
  • Mary Spratt, A. P. (2011). The TKT preparation .
Extra information:
  • Howard Jackson, P. S. (s.f.). An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language: Second Edition. Obtenido de An Introduction to the Nature and Functions of Language: Second Edition: https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=vN-4ijhzrLcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=functions+in+language&hl=es&sa=X&ei=mw87Vd3YLcSNNuqPgZgL&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=functions%20in%20language&f=false
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4 comments:

  1. I agree with you Carolina, learning functions are really important for students not only for completing a task, but to apply it communicatively.

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  2. I think that your explanation was clear because the terms that functions have are important because students can realize the way how they speack could be in a formal or infornmal way.

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  4. I comletely agree with you Caro, functions have an important role in the learnign process.

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