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(In)Formality: how to get your degree AND make friends

(In)Formality: how to get your degree AND make friends. Neil Taylor English Language Support Programme . Aims of coming to uni:. To get a degree 2.To have a good time, make lots of friends, meet the girl/boy of your dreams, fall in love and live together happily ever after. Bad news.

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(In)Formality: how to get your degree AND make friends

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  1. (In)Formality: how to get your degree AND make friends Neil Taylor English Language Support Programme

  2. Aims of coming to uni: • To get a degree • 2.To have a good time, make lots of friends, meet the girl/boy of your dreams, fall in love and live together happily ever after...

  3. Bad news... • ielts 6.5 = not good enough • TWO ‘ENGLISHES’!!!

  4. Aims of coming to uni: • To get a degree = formal • 2.To have a good time, make lots of friends, meet the girl/boy of your dreams, fall in love and live together happily ever after... • = informal

  5. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • In my opinion, Chelsea will win the Premiership this year • 2. Informal English • I reckon Chelsea’ll win the Premiership this year

  6. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • In my opinion, Chelsea will win the Premiership this year • 2. Informal English • I reckon Chelsea’ll win the Premiership this year

  7. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • In my opinion, Chelsea will win the Premiership this year • 2. Informal English • I reckon Chelsea’ll win the Premiership this year

  8. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • Good morning John! It is rather cold today, don’t you think? • 2. Informal English • Alright mate! Bit nippy out, isn’t it?

  9. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • Good morning John! It is rather cold today, don’t you think? • 2. Informal English • Alright mate! Bit nippy out, isn’t it?

  10. Two ‘Englishes’ • Formal English • Good morning John! It is rather cold today, don’t you think? • 2. Informal English • Alright mate! Bit nippy out, isn’t it?

  11. Academic English? • Mr. Simon Johnson and Dr. Sally Albarn did the experiment in 1982. But the experiment didn’t come up with any clear results cos they only interviewed a few people (about 20). To make the experiment better, you should interview more people (500 should do the trick!). This would give us a lot better results.

  12. Academic English? • Mr. Simon Johnson and Dr. Sally Albarn did the experiment in 1982. But the experiment didn’t come up with any clear results costhey only interviewed a few people (about 20). To make the experiment better, you should interview more people (500 should do the trick!). This wouldgive us a lot better results.

  13. Academic English • The experiment was undertaken in 1982 by Johnson and Albarn. However, it proved inconclusive due to the relatively small number of people interviewed (approximately 20). To improve the experiment, it is suggested that a larger number of people (approximately 500) should be interviewed. This should produce far more accurate and reliable data.

  14. Academic English • The experiment was undertaken in 1982 by Johnson and Albarn. However, it proved inconclusive due to the relatively small number of people interviewed (approximately 20). To improve the experiment, it is suggested that a larger number of people (approximately 500) should be interviewed. This should produce far more accurate and reliable data.

  15. Academic English: don’t use... • about more and more get • like lots of/ a lot of loads • in my opinion I want I think • Smith mentions all in all to sum up • First of all/ in the beginning • Last but not least/ at last • So/And/But at beginning of sentences • Exclamation marks!!!

  16. Academic English: don’t use... • Vagueness: • e.g. things, good, some people, sort of, kind of, nowadays… • 2. Imagery/ metaphor (e.g. every coin has two sides; a cliff we must climb; several voices are heard)

  17. Informal English • REAL ENGLISH

  18. What?!?!?!?! • Fancy a quick brew? • What you up to tonight? • Where you off at the weekend? • Time for a pint?

  19. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  20. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  21. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  22. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  23. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  24. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  25. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  26. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  27. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  28. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  29. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  30. A real email (sort of) • Dear Miss Katie, • It gives me great pleasure and honour to write to • you. I was really chuffed and thrilled to bits after • I phoned you. I just wanna say cheers! Your • university’s really cool cos all your teachers are • dead fit. • Thanks a million, mate. • Arnold • x

  31. Phrasal verbs • To shut

  32. Phrasal verbs • To shut up

  33. Phrasal verbs • What’ve you come up with? • She’s always going on about how fantastic Greenwich is. • I wanted to live in Covent Garden but I’m going to have to make do with Hammersmith as central London’s too expensive

  34. Formal vs Informal • Writing Speaking • Never contract Always contract • No phrasal verbs Loads of phrasal verbs • No slang Loads of slang • Grammatically accurate Not grammatically accurate • No vagueness Vagueness ok • I/my/you/your etc = bad I/my etc = good

  35. Some Golden Rules of Academic Writing • Formality - no informal expressions • - no phrasal verbs • - no contractions • - no vagueness • 2. Accuracy - check for common mistakes (eg?) •  3. Organisation/structure •  4. Don’t try to be Shakespeare!

  36. Who are we? • ELSP

  37. ELSP

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