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Purposive Communication TASK 3.1.1 What Is Globalization?

This document discusses various aspects of communication across cultures and varieties of English. It includes tasks that ask the reader to identify true/false statements about globalization, intercultural communication, and differences between British and American English. Examples are provided of vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiomatic differences between American and Philippine/British English varieties. Comprehension questions at the end assess the reader's understanding of intercultural communication challenges and strategies.

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Purposive Communication TASK 3.1.1 What Is Globalization?

This document discusses various aspects of communication across cultures and varieties of English. It includes tasks that ask the reader to identify true/false statements about globalization, intercultural communication, and differences between British and American English. Examples are provided of vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiomatic differences between American and Philippine/British English varieties. Comprehension questions at the end assess the reader's understanding of intercultural communication challenges and strategies.

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Purposive Communication

TASK 3.1.1
What is Globalization?
Read the following statements carefully. Decide if each statement is true or false.
Write T on the blank if the statement is true, and F if it is false. If the statement is false,
re-write or revise it to make it true. Use the space provided after each statement.

_____ 1. Globalization began after the Internet was invented.


_____ 2. All globalization processes are economic in nature.
_____ 3. Because of globalization, modes and forms of communication have changed.
_____ 4. One effect of globalization is deepening poverty.
_____ 5. One effect of globalization is the rising cost of information technologies.

TASK 3.2.1
Communicating Across Cultures
Read the following statements carefully. Decide if each statement is true or false.
Write T on the blank if the statement is true, and F if it is false. If the statement is false,
re-write or revise it to make it true. Use the space provided after each statement.

_____ 1. Anyone who is a proficient speaker of a language will find communicating


across cultures easy.
_____ 2. Our emotions do not matter whenever we communicate with others.
_____ 3. There is no such thing as a right culture or a wrong culture.
_____ 4. All cultures have the same way of thinking about time.
_____ 5. Communicating across cultures happens in one’s own country because of the
diverse domestic workforce of many companies today.

TASK 3.3.1
British English vs. American English
Watch news on BBC and CNN International. Compare the two varieties of
English you listened to. Make a list of vocabulary items that each variety uses and
provide their counterparts.
BBC CNN
(British English) (American English)

TASK 3.3.3
Language Registers
Fill in the column by writing the expressions or vocabulary you commonly
encounter in the registers indicated below. Work with a partner.
Legalese Textese Other type (Academese)
e.g., commodification
e.g., whereas e.g., LOL (laugh out loud)
feministing
TASK 3.3.4
What Do You Mean?
With a seatmate, analyze each utterance--- its meaning, context, and register. Fill
in the table with your answers.
1. Just a sec, please!
2. Could you please hold on for a while? I will just call her.
3. I really apologize. I do not mean to hurt you.
4. So sorry for my mistake.
5. Am not interested in your party.
6. I can’t make it to your party. I’ll make it up next time.
7. Good morning, Mr. Alcaraz!
8. Hello, sir Alcaraz!
9. Our sincerest congratulations on your forthcoming promotion!
10. Congrats! You made it!
Register (Formal or
Meaning Context of the Situation
Informal)

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Check your understanding of the input by answering the following questions.
1. What is the importance of intercultural communication?
2. Are you familiar with some English varieties? If so, what are some vocabulary
words present in these varieties but are not present in the variety that you
speak? Aside from lexicons, are there other features that you are familiar with?
3. How do you become more aware of the language features of the post-colonial
varieties?
4. How do you think can you begin to communicate with people from other cultures
and avoid conflicts and misunderstandings?
5. Have you talked to people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds? Have
you experienced any difficulty? If so, how did you manage the conversation?
What strategies did you employ?
6. How do formal and informal registers affect the way one speaks? How do they
affect one’s way of writing?
7. What are other communicative situations in which one uses formal and informal
registers? Why do you think so?
8. Do you know of other types of registers similar to legalese and textese? How do
they differ from each other?

TASK 3.4.1
Varieties of English: Pronunciation
Below are two examples of varieties of English that focus on pronunciation.
Classify them accordingly and write them under the correct column.
1. elemenTAry vs. eleMENTary
2. istreet vs. street (street)
3. brids vs. bridge (bridge)
4. ass vs. asks (asks)
5. thought vs. tut (thought)
6. closez vs. closes (closes)
7. dat vs. that (that)
8. tin vs. thin (thin)
9. measure vs. meazure (measure)
10. chip vs. cheap (cheap)

American English Philippine English


TASK 3.4.2
Varieties of English: Vocabulary
Below are examples of two varieties of English that focus on expressions.
Classify them accordingly and write them under the correct column. Note that some
terms from the list are used by both varieties.
1. Underground economy vs. Black economy
2. Counterclockwise vs. Anticlockwise
3. Current account vs. Checking account
4. Housing development vs. Housing estate
5. Elementary school vs. Junior school
6. Labor union vs. Trade union
7. Expiry date vs. Expiration date
8. Rubbish vs. Garbage
9. Parentheses vs. Brackets
10. Drink driving vs. Drunk driving
11. Driving licence vs. Driver's license
12. Fortnight vs. Two weeks
13. Raincoat vs. Macintosh
14. Third-party insurance vs. Liability insurance
15. Whisky vs. Whiskey
American English British English
TASK 3.4.3
Varieties of English: Idioms
Below are examples of two varieties of English that focus on idioms. Classify
them accordingly and write them under the correct column.
1. A home from home vs. A home away from home
2. Knock on wood vs. Touch wood
3. A drop in the bucket vs. A drop in the ocean
4. Take it with a pinch of salt vs. Take it with a grain of salt
5. A new lease of life vs. A new lease on life
American English British English

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Check your understanding of the input by answering the following questions.
1. Cite certain situations when you encountered miscommunication while talking
with people of different nationalities.
2. As a conscientious student, what have you done so far to avoid
miscommunication and misunderstanding when communicating with people of
different cultures?
3. Looking at the three different approaches to intercultural communication, which
one would you prefer and why?

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