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Slide1
ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
Cambridge 2017
Slide2NAUGHTY OR NICE?
If
I
was
you
,
I´d
see
a
doctor
about
that
cough
.
I´m
understanding
maths
a
lot
better
.
Every
child
needs
their
mother
.
My
bike
got
stolen
the
other
night
.
Can
I get a
Coke
,
please
?
Who
were
you
talking
to?
Thank
you
so
much
.
Slide3NAUGHTY OR NICE?
If
I
was
you
,
I´d
see
a
doctor
about
that
cough
.
I´m
understanding
maths
a
lot
better
.
Every
child
needs
their
mother
.
My
bike
got
stolen
the
other
night
.
Can
I get
a
Coke
,
please
?
Who
were
you
talking
to
?
Thank
you
so
much
.
Slide4QUESTION TAGS
You
´
re
French
, ... ?
You
take
sugar
in
your
tea
, ... ?
I´ve
seen
you
before
, ... ?
You´d
come
if
I
needed
help
, ... ?
We
must
exchange
numbers
, ... ?
You´d
better
spell
it
for
me
, ... ?
You
didn´t
do
it
on
purpose
, ... ?
Let´s
meet
later
, ... ?
Slide5QUESTION TAGS
You´re
French
,
aren´t
you
?
You
take
sugar
in
your
tea
,
don´t
you
?
I´ve
seen
you
before
,
haven´t
I
?
You´d
come
if
I
needed
help
,
wouldn´t
you
?
We
must
exchange
numbers
,
mustn´t
we
?
You´d
better
spell
it
for
me
,
hadn´t
you
?
You
didn´t
do
it
on
purpose
,
did
you
?
Let´s
meet
later
,
shall
we
?
Slide6UNIVERSAL TAG
You´re
French
,
innit
?
You
take
sugar
in
your
tea
,
innit
?
I´ve
seen
you
before
,
innit
?
You´d
come
if
I
needed
help
,
innit
?
We
must
exchange
numbers
,
innit
?
You´d
better
spell
it
for
me
,
innit
?
You
didn´t
do
it
on
purpose
,
innit
?
Let´s
meet
later
,
innit
?
Slide7LESS & FEWER
There
are
less
cars
in
Paris
than
there
were
two years ago.
There
are
fewer
cars
in
Paris
than
there
were
two
years
ago
.
Slide8LESS & FEWER
Slide9LESS & FEWER
Listen
to
Scott
Thornbury
and
complete
the
short
text
„The traditional rule is that you use
LESS with uncountable nouns, like ___________, _______________ or ____________, and FEWER when reffering to things that you can count, like ____________ , ______________ or _____________ . But it´s not always that simple, for example, we´re much more likely to say „The journey took less than
two
hours
“ or „
People
with
incomes
of
500 USD or
less
.“
In
any
case
,
this
distinction
has
only
been
in
place
since
the
_________ .
Before
that
,
there´s
plenty
evidence
of
writers
using
LESS
with
countable
nouns
. In
frequency
terms
,
FEWER
is
still
the
preferred
choice
when
we´re
talking
about
countable
nouns
,
like
cars
,
but
it´s
probably
better
to
see
this
as
a ___________ ___________
rather
than
a
question
of
right
or
wrong
.
FEWER
,
the
traditionally-correct
usage
,
sounds
a
little
more
formal
than
LESS
, so
would
be
more
appropriate
in ____________ ____________ or _____________ .
But
, in most
contexts
,
either
of
the
sentences
would
be
equally
acceptable
.
Scott
Thornbury
:
Which
is
right
:
less
cars
or
fewer
cars
?
At
http://
www.macmillandictionary.com
/
learn
/
real-vocabulary
/
Slide106 WAYS TO
USE
LIKE
I
was
like
„
OMG
!“
I
was
like
(shrug).Mum´s like „When are you going to tidy
your
room
?“ And
I´m
like
„
Chill
!
I´ve
done
it
already
!“
I´ve
been
writing
this
blog
for
,
like
, 5
years
now
.
So,
like
,
we
need
to
talk
about
,
like
,
the
thing
.
Like
,
it´s
been
nice
seeing
you
,
but
I
should
go
.
Slide11OLDSPEAK
I
was
thinking
„Oh my
God
!“
I
shrugged
and
said
„I
don´t
know.“Mum asked me when I was going to tidy my room and I
told
her
to
take
it
easy
and
that
I had done
it
already
.
I´ve
been
writing
this
blog
for
around
5
years
now
.
So,
umm
,
we
need
to
talk
about
,
err
,
the
thing
.
Well
,
it´s
been
nice
seeing
you
,
but
I
should
go
.
Slide12TWO CALIFORNIAN
´
VALLEY
GIRLS
´
A: „So,
like
,
what
do
you
want
to,
like, do today?“B: „I don´t know, like, it´s such a
beautiful
day
out
we
should
,
like
,
go
to
the
beach
.“
A: „
That
sounds
like
a
good
idea,
but
,
like
,
how
are
we
going
to get
there
?“
B: „
Like
,
let´s
call
Mike
and
see
if
he´ll
,
like
,
give
us
a
ride
.“
A: „
You
sure
that´s
,
like
, a
good
idea?
Like
didn´t
you
two
,
like
, just break
up
?“
B: „
Well
, I
mean
,
like
,
the
last
time
we
talked
he
was
like
„ I
think
we
should
see
other
people
“, and
then
I
was
like
„
But
Mike
, I
really
like
you
.“
A: „
Like
, oh my
god
, and
then
,
like
,
what
did
he
say
next
?“
Slide13LOL
LMAO
- (
I´m
)
laughing
my .... .... .
ROTFL
- (
I´m
) ...... on
the
.......
l
aughing
.ROFLMAO- (I´m) ........ on the ....... laughing my ..... ..... .That´s so lols.We were lolling so much
.
„
H
e
who
lols
last
,
lols
loudest.“
Slide14R.I.P. LOL
Complete
the
text
using
ONE
suitable
word
in
each
gap:Facebook says nobody uses LOL
any more LOL, the ______________ for „laugh out loud“ and once the universal sign of online amusement, is _____________ fast.If you use the word LOL, you are now totally out-of-date, old hat, finito. This is the shocking
_____________
of
a
Facebook
study,
which
looked
at
the
„artificial laughs“ used by people on the site- and found that LOLs are out of fashion, meaning that the term
is
on
the
________
of
extinction
.
___________,
cool
kids
go
with
a more
natural
„haha“ or a
sarky
„hehe“,
the
study _______ .
Only
1.9%
of
Facebookers
used
LOL
,
while
51.4%
said
„haha“, 13%
chose
„hehe“ and 33%
used
laughing
emojis
.
The
longest
„haha“ in
the
study
was
600
characters
long
. So, __________ to
this
research
,
only
a
tiny
___________
of
people
are
sticking
with
the
dated-sounding
LOL
.
Sources
:
The
Financial
Gazette
, 10/08/15, Metro
magazine
, 10/08/15,
www.seventeen.com
11/08/15
Slide15R.I.P. LOL
Complete
the
text
using
ONE
suitable
word
in
each gap:Facebook
says nobody uses LOL any more
LOL, the acronym for „laugh out loud“ and once the universal sign of online amusement, is fading fast.If you use the word LOL, you are now totally out-of-date, old hat, finito. This is
the
shocking
conclusion
of
a
Facebook
study,
which
looked at the „artificial laughs“ used by people on the site- and found that LOLs are out of fashion, meaning
that
the
term
is
on
the
verge
of
extinction
.
Instead
,
cool
kids
go
with
a more
natural
„haha“ or a
sarky
„hehe“,
the
study
revealed
.
Only
1.9%
of
Facebookers
used
LOL
,
while
51.4%
said
„haha“, 13%
chose
„hehe“ and 33%
used
laughing
emojis
.
The
longest
„haha“ in
the
study
was
600
characters
long
. So,
according
to
this
research
,
only
a
tiny
sliver
of
people
are
sticking
with
the
dated-sounding
LOL
.
Sources
:
The
Financial
Gazette
, 10/08/15, Metro
magazine
, 10/08/15,
www.seventeen.com
11/08/15
Slide16R.I.P. LOL
Slide17THE
INTERNET
IS
AMAZING
.
IT
TURNED
„
FRIEND
“
INTO
A
VERB AND „LIKE“ INTO A NOUN.
Slide18VERBING OF
NOUNS
Verbing
makes
what
we
say
shorter
,
snappier
, fresherIt can lend a more dynamic sense to ideasVerbs converted
from
nouns
are
all
REGULAR
(
past
forms
have
–
ed
ending
)
m
icrowave
google
ebay
breakfast
medal
red-card
podium
beer
parent
Slide19VERBING OF
NOUNS
Did
B
ritain
medal
in Rio?
Rooney
was
red-carded
in the last night´s match.Many kids today are not
parented
properly
.
Beer
me
!
Vodka
me
!
I
heart
Cambridge.
Do
you
salad
or
sandwich
?
Slide20Slide21IN EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
You
need
to .....
t
he
soup
a bit more.
Who´s
willing
to .....
t
he party?Your Amazon parcel has been .....I can´t ..... the file.My
parents
.....
m
e
50
pounds
.
Just ....
i
t
when
you´ve
read
it
.
Teachers
.....
t
he
school
disco
.
June
is over. We´re ......
now.I need to ..... my
CV before sending
it
.
Slide22IN EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
You
need
to
salt
t
he
soup
a bit more
.
Who´s
willing to host the party?Your Amazon parcel has been shipped.I can´t
access
the
file
.
My
parents
gifted
me
50 pounds.
Just
bin
it
when
you´ve
read
it
.
Teachers
policed the
school disco.June is
over. We´re Julying
now
.
I
need
to
sex up
my CV before sending
it.
Slide23INFLUENCES: THE
NET
AND
DIGITAL
COMMUNICATION
t
o email
t
o text
t
o (
un
/
de)friendto Googleto blogto eBayto Skype
t
o
favourite
Slide24KEEP UP-TO-DATE
WITH
www.quickanddirtytips.com
-
the
website
of
„
Grammar
Girl
“, linguist Mignon Fogartywww.macmillandictionary.com- see Word of the Week
articles
and
the
Real
Vocabulary
videos
(
with
Scott
Thornbury
)
www.urbandictionary.com
-
a
cornucopia
of
street-speak
(
some
very
slang and taboo items
)Read: A Little Book
of Language, David
Crystal
,
Yale
, 2010
Slide25Source:
Clare
Henderson
:
Aspects
of
Contemporary
English
Cambridge, 2017