2017-03-28 TED: vocab for the video

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: read the article on p. 91-93 and answer the questions on p. 94.
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(Re)read the passage on 91-93 and underline the statements that use “while” to introduce contrasting ideas.
paragraph 3 - “while spoken language has existed for at least 80,000 years of human history, most experts agree that writing was invented only around 3200 B.C.”
paragraph 4 - “And while just about everyone learns to speak, not everyone learns how to write.”
paragrapn 7 - “While they are different forms of communication, writing and speaking influence each other.”
”The Decline of Language?” - “While concerns about linguistic decline may seem like a modern phenomenon, people have actually been complaining about falling language standards for centuries.”
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p. 95 part B - Which sentence has the same meaning as each of the above sentences?
Paragraph 3: a
Paragraph 4: b
Paragraph 7: b
The Decline of Language?: a
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p. 96 part A - Choose the correct words to complete the paragraph.
1 formal
2 mode
3 spontaneous
4 edit
5 conscious
part B - Choose the word or phrase tha thas the same meaning as the word in bold.
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
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register = the level of formality or informality in language
proofread = read a text and look for any mistakes to fix
Other words with “cline”: decline, recline, incline
brief = short (adjective)
brevity - noun
abbreviate (verb) = to make something brief/short
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p. 98-99 - Read the introduction to the video and answer the questions.
1 He studies how language has changed due to historical, social, and technological forces (especially texting).
2 He’s too old to do it well, because he was already an adult when texting became common.