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Teaching Language Functions Effectively

Teaching language functions is essential for effective communication in various social contexts, focusing on appropriateness based on formality and relationships. Instruction can be inductive or deductive, with activities ranging from receptive practices to free practice, including role plays and dialogue writing. This approach helps students internalize functions, enabling appropriate language use in different situations.

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Teaching Language Functions Effectively

Teaching language functions is essential for effective communication in various social contexts, focusing on appropriateness based on formality and relationships. Instruction can be inductive or deductive, with activities ranging from receptive practices to free practice, including role plays and dialogue writing. This approach helps students internalize functions, enabling appropriate language use in different situations.

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TEACHING FUNCTIONS

Teaching language functions is crucial for enabling students to


communicate effectively in various social contexts. Functions such as
giving advice, making requests, apologizing, expressing likes or
dislikes, and others, vary based on the formality of the situation and
the relationship between the speaker and the listener. Unlike grammar
structures, functions require students to focus on social appropriacy,
meaning their responses must be appropriate for the given situation.
Functions can be introduced inductively, where students identify the
function from examples, or deductively, where the teacher presents a
scenario and elicits the correct expressions from the students.
Activities for teaching functions include receptive practice, such as
identifying exponents of the function in texts or dialogues, and
productive practice, where students perform controlled practice like
transforming sentences or engaging in role plays. Teachers can also
use situational cues to prompt students to use specific functions in
real-world contexts. The process progresses to free practice, which
includes activities like dialogue and letter writing, as well as pair
practice where students interact using specific functions. This
approach helps students internalize functions, ensuring they can use
language appropriately in different contexts. Activities range from
controlled drills to more creative tasks like role plays, dialogue
writing, and simulations.

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