Social practices of the language
1st
Carrying out certain
Giving and obtaining factual information
Establishing and maintaining
transactions
of a personal and non-personal kind
social contacts
• Communicating in the classroom • Maintaining communication in or out of the classroom • Asking the way and giving directions
• Asking for and giving personal details • Asking and answering questions about personal possesions • Describing what people are wearing and/or doing at the moment of speaking • Asking and telling the time • Asking for and giving information about everday activities • Giving simple information about places
• Greeting people and responding to greetings • Introducing oneself and other people • Expressing preferences, likes and dislikes • Inviting and responding to invitations
• Buying and selling things
• Expressing (in)ability in the present and past • Describing people and animals • Discussing the body and one’s health • Making comparison/expressing degrees of difference • Describing accommodation • Expressing past events
• Giving advice • Making and answering offers and suggestions
• Giving warnings and stating prohibition • Expressing obligation • Ordering meals • Asking for and giving travel information
• Asking for and giving information about past memories • Describing what people were doing at a certain moment in the past • Discussing food and giving recipes
• Talking about future plans • Making predictions about the future • Expressing degrees of certainty and doubt
2nd
3rd
Figure 3. Social practices and functions of the language per grade
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