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Language in Use
13-15
Unit index
I -Language-its nature and function
Using language to convey information Using language expressively
Al Words and actions
B1 Formal and
informal
A2 Reading and understanding
B2*
Making speeches
A3 Judging your audience
B3 Reading the News
A4 Reporting events
B4 Notices
A5* Language and the Law B5
Front page
A6 Reporting Parliament B6
Bias
A7 Operating instructions B7
Fact and fiction
A8 Words and diagrams B8
Persuasion
A9 New words B9
Advertising
A10* Observing and describing
A11 Summarising
A12 Making an abstract
A13 Sports commentating
Sound and symbol
Pattern
in language
C1* Speech and writing
D1 Sounds,
words, and meaning
C2 Making a script D2 Order
in sentences
C3* Distinctive voices D3 Words
in sequence
C4 Accent D4 Patterns
in language
C5* What is speech ?
D5 What is a rule?
C6 Intonation
D6 What
do we correct?
C7 Implications
D7 Expecting
the usual
C8 Words and gestures
D8 Marked and unmarked
C9 Dialogue
D9 Names
in the High Street
C10 Spelling
D10
What is 'difficult'
D11
Meaning
D12 Ambiguity and ambivalence
D13* Preaching
II -Language and individual man
Language and reality Language and culture
El Animal, vegetable, or mineral
F1 Nice/nasty
E2 Birds and beasts
F2 Man's job/woman's work
E3 Reticence
F3 Tags
for people
E4 Half, please
F4 National characteristics
E5 Abstract, general, and particular
F5 Attitudes
from fiction
E6 Colour labels
F6 The language
of religion
E7 "Write me an essay."
F7 Weather forecasting
E8 Fiction and reality
F8 How we use slang
E9 Fiction and documentary
F9 Speaking 'correctly'
F10 Regional speech
F11 How writers exploit regional speech
III -Language and social man
Language and experience
G1 Telling the tale
G2* Watching games
G3 Slanting the news
G4 Making predictions
G5 Making up questionnaires
G6 Catch phrases
G7 Writing the rules
G8 Technical terms
G9 The language of school subjects
G10 Writing up
G11 Praise and blame
G12 Reviewer and audience
G13 Language and art
Language in individual
relationships
H1 Family names
H2 Personal names
H3 Playing many parts
H4 Changing jobs
H5 Keeping up appearances
H6 Being natural
H7 Pub and club
H8 Keeping one's distance
H9 Being tactful
H10 Taking a hint
Language in social relationships
J1 Belonging to a group
J2 How adults see teenagers
J3 Crowds
J4 Social talk
J5 What is conversation ?
J6* Conversation between friends
J7* Family talk
J8 Being interviewed
J9 Interviews on television
J10 Talking on the telephone
J11 Taking messages
Language in social organisations
K1 Schools and colleges
K2 School traditions
K3 Negotiating
K4 Applying for a job
K5 Starting work
K6 Communicating
K7 Letters
K8 Speech-making
K9 Projecting an image
K10 Informing the public
K11 Reports from interviews
*These units require use of a tape-recorder.