Stage 3 guidelines for speaking: Appropriate varieties

Here is an objective for learning appropriate varieties for speaking in Stage 3:

To control common varieties of the language: formal and informal registers and other important social varieties

Here are some strategies for learning appropriate varieties for speaking in Stage 3:

• Review

  Review insights gained through listening and reading and try to incorporate them into your speech.

• Analysis

  Analyze social situations of everyday life and how people act in them. Try to identify typical scripts. Identify variations of scripts based on differences in social relationships among the participants.

• Practice

  Use role-play techniques to practice playing appropriate roles in different social situations. Practice telephone etiquette and office etiquette.

• Asking for correction

  Convince a language associate (LA) or other friends in the society that you really want to be corrected if you use inappropriate or stigmatized varieties of speech in a social situation.

Here are some techniques for for learning appropriate varieties for speaking in Stage 3:

• The Dialogue techniques
• The Role-Play technique
• The Participant Observation technique

Here are some activities for learning appropriate varieties for speaking in Stage 3:

The Social Visiting activity

• The Shopping trip activity
• The Join in the Work activity
• The Eating Out activity
• The Public Transport activity
• The Telephone Procedures activity

• Sociocultural themes: Daily life
• Sociocultural themes: Social relations

• Generic module: Stage 3 guidelines for speaking: Appropriate varie...
• In overview module: Stage 3: Speaking modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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