ACLCHU191
Elaborations
- exploring different levels of formality involving a range pf settings and participants
- viewing a variety of blogs and comparing language use in order to hypothesise about the age and gender of the authors
- comparing informal interactions such as live interviews with studio discussions about an issue on news and current affairs programs
- considering the impact of using formal language in establishing one’s authority or to display knowledge on a topic
- reading extracts of 古典小说, such as 《水浒传》, and noticing how language use differs from contemporary speech, for example, 史进道： 小人大胆， 敢问官人高姓大名？ 那人道：洒家是经略府提辖， 姓鲁， 讳个达字。 敢问阿哥，你姓什么？
- converting informal spoken language into formal register to suit particular purposes, and experimenting with terms such as 明文规定 and 众所周知