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I know that someone is speaking formally or informally because of ______ the tone of the person’s voice. ______ the speed of the person’s voice. ______ the language the person uses.

Their speech: formal or informal? Reminders to LL before listening : 1. The ways the 3 characters calling one another. (Mr. Smith, Dave, Tony) 2. The turns of introduction (who is introduced firstly? Mr./Prof. Smith) 3. The language used by the old person and the young guys. (Take notes!) Dave: Tony, I would like you to meet Mr. Smith./Mr. Smith, this is my friend Tony. Tony: It’s pleasure to meet you, Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith: Nice to meet you! (After a small talk) Tony: Excuse us, we’re going to catch a movie. It’s about that time. Very nice meeting you, Prof. Smith. Mr. Smith: Hey, same here. Have fun! (Shaking their hands) ∴Mr. Smith’s language is informal, but the young guys language is more formal.

Tony, I’d like you to meet Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith, this is my friend Tony. It’s pleasure to meet you, Mr. Smith. Nice to meet you, Tony.

Excuse us, … . Very nice meeting you, Prof. Smith. Hey, same here. Have fun!

Formal or Informal? F I F F I ______ speaking with a boss or manager at work ______ talking to your brothers and sisters ______ talking to your teacher for the first time ______ speaking to an older adult ______ speaking to classmates ______ meeting someone for the first time I F F I Depends

Formal and Informal Introductions Listening 1

Questions What is the situation in each conversation? What’s the relationship between/among the speakers in the conversations?

1 Informal Sam Susan

2 Formal Mr. Page

Anuschka Neuwald 3 Formal John Walker

4 Guy Informal Paula

5 Mr. McCabe Formal Jorge Silva a consoler

I know that someone is speaking formally or informally because of ______ the tone of the person’s voice. ______ the speed of the person’s voice. ______ the language the person uses. 

Characteristics of Language Formal Longer sentences Use of titles (Mr./Mrs./Ms./Prof./Doctor…) Formal words and phrases Informal Reduced sentence length Lack of titles Simpler language

Formal and Informal Dialogues Listening 2: Whose speech is not appropriate?

 At a Party Informal ______ Mark: Hey, George! This is Sal, my brother. It is certainly a pleasure to meet you, Sal. Nice to meet you.  ______ George: ______ Sal:

 Formal In the Classroom I’m Mr. John Macy, your grammar teacher. Yo, what’s up, Teach? ______ Mr. Macy:  ______ Mike:

 Informal In the Cafeteria Hello, Victor. I’d like you to meet a new classmate. This is Karen. Hey, Karen. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. ______ Stephanie: ______ Victor: ______ Karen:

 Formal At Home Patrick, this is my mother, Mrs. Doris Bluefield. Hey, Doris. How’s it goin’? Welcome to our home, Patrick. ______ Paul:  ______ Patrick: ______ Mrs. Bluefield:

Formal or Informal Greetings? Listening 3 Tips: 现将这部分的6个对话连续听2-3遍，请学生判断哪些对话是formal或informal，并给出原因：rate or tone or both?

Formal Informal In the museum In the supermarket In the Student Union At a holiday dinner At the front door In a professor’s office Formal Teaching Tips: 请LL听完全部的6个对话后，再进行讨论。 Informal

In a museum F Roy: Good evening, Dr. Jensen. Dr. Jensen: Good evening, Roy. Are you here to see the new exhibit? Roy: Yes, I am. I’m looking forward to seeing it.

In a supermarket F Mr. Frank: Hello, Estella. How are you doing? Estella: Oh, hello, Mr. Frank. I’m great. How are you? Mr. Frank: Just fine, thanks.

In the Student Union Infor Jeff: Hey, Lester! What’s happening? Lester: Jeff! Long time no see. What’s up? Jeff: Not much.

At a Holiday Dinner Infor June: Hi, Aunt Elena. Oh, you look great! Aunt Elena: Thanks. You don’t look too bad yourself. Come here and give me a hug!

At the Front Door F Mr. Escobar: Good morning, Ms. Marcel. Here’s your mail. Ms. Marcel: Good morning, Mr. Escobar. Thank you so much.

In a Professor’s Office Professor Iacco: Hello, Carmen. Carmen: Good afternoon, Professor Iacco. Professor Iacco: Can I help you? Carmen: Yes. I’m having some trouble with the homework.

I know that someone is speaking formally or informally because of ______ the tone of the person’s voice. ______ the speed of the person’s voice. ______ the language the person uses.    Informal speech: reduce sound

How to sound? How are you doing? How is it going? What is happening? How have you been? It’s nice to see you. How about you? /How ya doin’?/ /How’zit goin’?/ /What’s happ’nin’?/ /How’r ya?/ /How’v ya been?/ /It’s nice ta see ya./ /How ’bout you?/ Teaching Tips: T ask LL to listen and try to imitate the sound. T shows the right answers to LL. T ask LL to listen and repeat by themselves.

How to reply? Fine, thanks. What about yourself? How are you? How are you doing? How is it going? Fine, thanks. What about yourself? Good. And you?

How to reply? How have you been? Fine. How have you been?

How to reply? Nothing. What’s up (with you)? What’s up? What’s happening?

How to reply? Not much. What about you? What’s new?

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