Adapting Speech to Context
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation while adjusting tone, vocabulary, and style for different audiences
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Does your child naturally speak differently depending on who they're talking to — for example, more formally with a teacher than with a friend at the playground?
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation while adjusting tone, vocabulary, and style for different audiences
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- Present the same information formally to a panel and informally to peers
- Adjust vocabulary and sentence structure when speaking to different audiences
- Identify contexts that require formal English and those where informal speech is appropriate
“Does your child naturally speak differently depending on who they're talking to — for example, more formally with a teacher than with a friend at the playground?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Speaking & Listening
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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