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Tefl article - TEFL Difference between formal and non-formal language #278 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT


To discuss the differences between formal and non-formal language, it must first be clarified that this does not necessarily relate to the use of ?slang? terms or idioms. It invariably relates to the social setting of where the communication is taking place, such as a business meeting or social gathering, for instance a birthday party. As Yoshihiko Ikegami has identified many Asian peoples? learning Western languages find them liberating as they are not as rigid in themselves to certain ?situational types and participant relationships? [1]. This can cause the students to use terms, which native speakers would find inappropriate in certain situations however. This illustrates the richness of all languages but those with roots where hierarchical social structures have...  [Read more]

Difference between formal and non-formal language Dean Noble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT


To discuss the differences between formal and non-formal language, it must first be clarified that this does not necessarily relate to the use of 'slang' terms or idioms. It invariably relates to the social setting of where the communication is taking place, such as a business meeting or social gathering, for instance a birthday party.As Yoshihiko Ikegami has identified many Asian peoples' learning Western languages find them liberating as they are not as rigid in themselves to certain 'situational types and participant relationships' [1]. This can cause the students to use terms, which native speakers would find inappropriate in certain situations however. This illustrates the richness of all languages but those with roots where hierarchical social structures have been eroded ...  [Read more]

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