Fiona a is h £t Jo Tomlinson

6
collocation
2
dialect
1
language
a It's raining cats and dogs,
b Cockney
c German
d America is a melting pot.
e Happy birthday
f Our holiday was dead good.
U nderline the correct word in the sentences 1 -6 .
1 
A(n) 
d ia le c t/ accent
is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
2 People who cannot hear use 
sign la n g u a g e / sem aphore
to communicate.
3
R h e to ric / M e tap h or
is the s k ill or art of using language effectively.
U
The 
n uances/ connotations
of a word are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.
5 A 
tra n s c rip tio n / tra cin g
of a conversation or speech is a w ritten text of it, based on a 
recording or notes.
6 A person who is 
b ilin g u a l / illite ra te
can speak two languages equally well, usually 
because they learned both languages as a child.
In Unit 7 we looked at phrases fo r agreeing and disagreeing. However, som etim es people
use certain adjectives or adverbs to express th e ir opinion, and this is a n o th e r way of
understanding if speakers agree or disagree.
Read the dialogue and und erlin e the adjectives or adverbs that express opinion.
Angela: 
I thought the lecture on UK regional accents had some credible points about the 
ways in which English is changing.
Kevin: 
To be honest, I'm a little sceptical of some of the evidence. It seemed to me that 
th e ir predictions were insufficiently detailed.
Angela: 
Really? I thought the research methodology appeared to be logical. Maybe the 
researchers were just cautious with th e ir predictions for the future of English.
Now a n sw er the questions 1 -3 .
1 
Do Kevin and Angela agree?
2 Who had a positive reaction to the lecture and who was more negative?