Teaching Register to EFL Writers: Formality and Deference in Written Communication

Autor/in	Schlight, Richard
Titel	Teaching Register to EFL Writers: Formality and Deference in Written Communication
Quelle	In: English Teaching Forum, 58 (2020) 2, S.28-32 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-663X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Writing Instruction; International Trade; Business Administration Education; Electronic Mail; Teacher Attitudes; Business English; Cultural Context; Language Styles; Writing (Composition); Decision Making; Teaching Methods; Sentence Structure; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Business Schools; College Students; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schreibunterricht; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Lehrerverhalten; Business; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; Sprachstil; Schreibübung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Collegestudent; Korea; Republik
Abstract	While teaching written communication to international business school students in Korea, the author received an email from a student to lacked thoroughness and clarity. He decided to use the email as a learning opportunity for his students to rewrite it. He discovered that while the results were good, there was an inability to write in a register that was appropriate to the communicative task and cultural context. Register is an amorphous construct, but for the purposes of the lesson, it describes the balance between formality, deference, and the appropriateness of a writer's style to a given text. Finding the correct register for a text is a complex endeavor that includes, among other factors, sentence structure and word choice. But it also involves decisions about formality and whether to assume a deferential tone or to take a more authoritative stance. In this article, the author discusses challenges related to teaching register in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts and uses specific examples to suggest strategies to overcome those challenges. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, SA-5, 2200 C Street NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20037. e-mail: etforum@state.gov; Web site: http://americanenglish.state.gov/english-teaching-forum-0
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01