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Speaking 2.1.4 justify

Explain and justify own point of view Give reasons or evidence to support explanation

Speaking Content Standard 2.2 Focus appropriately

Use register appropriately in Appropriately refers to the successful communication of a message. The message itself may not necessarily be 100%
familiar contexts accurate, but the pupil has communicated his or her meaning successfully.
See also

 Speaking 2.3
 Writing 4.2.3
Speaking 2.2.1 formal and informal registers

Use formal and informal Register refers to style of speaking/writing according to the communicative purpose and social context.
registers appropriately in
most familiar contexts Formal register is usually associated with situations that are serious or involve people who are older or with whom the
speaker/writer is not familiar. Formal register includes the language of politeness (qualifiers, softeners, negative question
forms) and passive structures. A formal register is common in presentations, applications, letters and formal emails.
See also Informal register is commonly used in situations that are relaxed or involve people well-known to the speaker/writer.
Informal register is characterised by contractions, relative clauses without a relative pronoun and ellipses. It is common
 Writing 4.2.4 among siblings and friends and frequently used on social networks and informal emails.

most familiar contexts

Familiar contexts are communicative situations that pupils know. Examples include interactions that are related to topics
covered in the Close-Up textbooks for Form 3, such as conversations with family and friends, discussing how to protect
the environment or the advantages and disadvantages of a life style, communicating in shops and restaurants, talking to
a Doctor.

However, pupils in rural or remote areas and pupils who live in cities may be familiar with different contexts. Teachers
should use their own judgement here.

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