Spoken English Essay

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The purpose of this report is to outline the differences between speaking and writing in English, within a range of contexts including the classroom, home and a Christian church. Variations in English are also considered including Australian standard, Aboriginal and Chinese English. Within each context, it explains how speaking English differs by phonological components including phonemes, intonations and stresses used. Furthermore, the function would be informal and often a restricted code used. Likewise, the writing in English requires punctuation, grammar and spelling, whilst the register is more semi to formal with a more elaborated code used. Finally, the report shows how spoken and written English usage varies through examples of speaking and writing. Therefore, the report will illustrate that there are differences in the functions, registers and pragmatics of language within different contexts of speaking and writing in English.

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Spoken English
The classroom is an environment that is enriched with spoken English and is a fundamental element necessary for children to learn. Children bring a vernacular variety of spoken English to a classroom with diverse varieties influenced by the culture the child is …show more content…

The language function is to inform, announce and instruct (Fellowes & Oakley, 2014). An example of written English at home could be a simple yet direct note between two adults such as; “Gone to bingo, tea in the oven, home at 9 pm.” A similar situation is a child to parent texting an example would be ““what time R U pickin me up tnite” Texting grammar is shortened and abbreviated. A text example between two children is “Hey WUD cya tmoz at skool GTG”.This style of language has developed to suit the purpose of the quick communication of texting (Gee & Hayes, 2011). An Aboriginal English text example is; “Ay that game wos deadly tday

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