Language Registers, Lexical Chunks

1. A G U E S S I N G G A M E I N W H I C H O N E P L AY E R T H I N K S
O F A W O R D , P H R A S E O R S E N T E N C E A N D T H E
O T H E R T R I E S T O G U E S S I T B Y S U G G E S T I N G
L E T T E R S O R N U M B E R S , W I T H I N A C E R T A I N
N U M B E R O F G U E S S E S .

2. Amnesty is the act of an authority,
most of the time the president of a
state, to make a decision that a person
or a group of people will not be
punished or will be freed from prison.

3. On July 4, 1902, US President Theodore Roosevelt issued a
proclamation granting amnesty to Filipinos who participated
in the "insurrection" against Spain and continued it against
the United States. Then acting Civil Governor for the
Philippines Luke Wright issued the local proclamation
disseminating the conditions for pardon and clemency to
insurrectionists.
The proclamation to grant amnesty was in consideration of
established peace in the country and the end of insurrection
against the U.S. This does not include areas inhabited by Moro
tribes.

4. Forty-four years later, on July 4, 1946, the United States
recognized Philippine Independence. Since then, July 4 was
celebrated by Filipinos as Philippine Independence day, until
President Diosdado Macapagal decided to commemorate June
12, 1898 instead, the day Emilio Aguinaldo declared Philippine
independence from Spain, in Kawit, Cavite. June 12 is
celebrated today as "Araw ng Kalayaan" (Freedom Day).
President Ferdinand Marcos, Macapagal's successor, restored
the importance of July 4 by declaring it Philippine-American
Friendship Day.

6.  The class will be divided into five (5) groups.
 Each group will be tasked to decide which
prisoners should be released.
 You will be given a specific list of nine prisoners
and you will have to choose only six to be released
in jail.
 Discuss each case and be prepared to justify your
choices in the end
 You will be graded based on a criteria.
 You will be given ten (10) minutes to do so.

7. DICTION 40%
CONVICTION 30%
CONVENTION
S 30%

8.  Lexical chunks are words grouped together to serve
a common purpose in a statement.
For your activity please make use of the following:
 In view of the fact…
 The main reason why…
 Due to…
 As how…
 …because of this…
 …on account of this…
 …that’s the reason why…

9. Prisoner 1 (m) 20 y/o SYSTEM HACKER
Prisoner 2 (m) 55 y/o MURDERER
Prisoner 3 (f) 33 y/o DRUG DEALER
Prisoner 4 (m) 24 y/o STUDENT ACTIVIST
Prisoner 5 (m) 40 y/o COMPANY THIEF
Prisoner 6 (f) THIEF
Prisoner 7 (m) TERRORIST
Prisoner 8 (m) FRAUD
Prisoner 9 (f) THIEF

10. DEFINITION AND TYPES

11. Language register is the level of
formality with which we speak or
interact by making utterances.

12. STATIC REGISTER
FORMAL REGISTER
CONSULTATIVE
REGISTER
CASUAL REGISTER
INTIMATE REGISTER

13. Static register is “frozen” in time
and content. This means that it
RARELY or NEVER changes.
Examples: Preamble, Pledge of
Allegiance, etc.

14. This type of language register
usually follows a common accepted
format. It is usually impersonal.
Examples: speeches, sermons, etc.

15. Consultative register is a
professional style of communication; it
adheres to some societal expectations.
Examples: conversation between doctor
and patient, lawyer and client, etc.

16. It is the informal language
that we commonly use when we
are talking to our friends/peers.

17. The language used is
private and is reserved only for
close family or intimate
people .

18.  Now, for your activity:
 Group 1 – oral speech (assume that you will deliver the
speech in front of the president, convince him as to why he
should release your chosen prisoners)
 Group 2 – news cast (your group should have news anchors
and a live reporter to interview the president about his
‘goodwill’)
 Group 3 – role play (present the scenario in jail when the
prisoners found out about the list of the prisoners to be
granted amnesty by the president)
 Group 4 – telephone conversation (tell your opinion to your
spouse about the president’s ‘goodwill’ whether you praise or
criticize the act)
 Group 5 – storytelling (assume that you are a teacher, your
task is to retell the news about the president’s ‘goodwill’ to
your students)

19. Make sure that you use the
appropriate language registers
for each scenarios. You are not
allowed to bring any paper in
front.

21. _____1. It is the level of formality when we
speak.
_____2. It is a private language between
close family and couples.
_____3. It often follows a common and
accepted format.
_____4. It is also called informal register.
_____5. It is professional in nature.

22. Please provide your own
examples for each type of
language register.