The Most Relevant and Useful Aspects of Language Variation Study
Language and Use / Register
Language and use / register comments are interesting in that more than any other topic they include reference to the teachers’ context, either in terms of class type (comment 1), course type (comment 2), or more often, the country in which they work (comments 5), suggesting that teachers can make concrete links between the topic and these situations. We also learn that although this is an area that can potentially present problems for students it is also, according to the author of comment 4, quite teachable.
1. Because I work with ESP, awareness of use and register is very important.
2. Students can experience problems using English register appropriately.
3.The issue of register is essential to an understanding of how language is used. It’s my experience that many learners use the “wrong” language because they don’t know how language varies in different situations. Register is an issue which is quite teachable.
4.I hadn’t thought about register much before, so the course opened my eyes to it. The Korean language places a lot of emphasis on register, so it becomes relevant to teaching English here.
