| Sociolinguistic aspects: the linguistic markers of social relations, the norms of courtesy, the expressions of popular wisdom, differences of register. |
a) Present to others: physical appearance, personality, familiar and labour surroundings.
b) Express tastes and preferences.
c) Schedule activities. |
| discourse aspects: order sentences in function of the natural sequence, relations of cause and effect (or vice versa), and speech structure; order the speech in function of thematic organisation, coherence and cohesion. |
a) Prepare effective presentations.
b) Read and draft small compositions.
c) Narrate an event.
d) Explain the argument of a book or of a film.
And) Do and attend a telephone call.
f) Look for or explain the way to go to a place.
G) Go shopping, rent a house.
h) Travel, take a train or an aeroplane.
I) Other subjects of interest for the development of the life of the students. |
| Intercultural aspects: daily life, personal relations, values, beliefs and attitudes, body language, social conventions, ritual behaviour. |
a) daily life.
b) The personal relations.
c) Values, beliefs and attitudes.
d) Body language, social conventions and ritual behaviours. |
| Verbal strategies used to improve communication |
Repetition, paraphrases, use of general words, approximation, explanation, application of help. Use of words as "joker" or "filling". |
