This is about how any language has different varieties and their names. How is it divided? On what basis we classify the variety of languages?

1. Varieties of English Language
Dialect Accent
Register Idiolect
Style
Pidgin
Creole
Sociolect
Acrolect
Basilect
Mesolect

2. What language will you pick up to teach in
your classroom?
1. American
2. British
3. South African
4. Canadian
5. GIE
6. ETC
Teaching is a challenge nowadays as your students are exposed to Internet.

3. Dialect: changes in a language on the basis of
geographical boundaries
At the level of Spelling Colour color
At the level of words cock Rooster
At the level of Pronunciation class class
Schedule schedule
At the level of usage and grammar I’ll see you soon I’ll be right back
A few months ago, A few months back
Double negative is possible in American English!

4. Register: Changes on the basis of field or
profession
● Medical English
● Business English
● Legal English
● Political English
Love
In Tennis: A score of Zero
Literature: an emotion
Isolation
Solitude
Cardiac arrest/ heart
attack

5. Idiolect: An individual’s variety of language
● Their habit of using some words or structure
● Their chat on social media platform is a signature of their language identity
● Their spelling , Handwriting, individual intonation and accent

6. Style: refers to the way of expression you use
to different individuals
Sit down have a seat please
Can you hold on please May I bother you for holding on this please?
What’s your name? Would you mind telling your name, Sir?
Don’t block the way! Excuse me, May I go first?

7. Pidgin & Creole: Contact Language
● When speakers of two different languages come in the contact of each other for trade and commerce
purposes, their languages are pidginized and form a new variety of mix language, we call it Pidgin
● When the next generation is born and use it as their first language, it becomes Creole.

8. Any Question or feedback?
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