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D3.2 Awareness of Sociolinguistic Conventions: identify sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities where the target language is spoken, and use them appropriately in their written work in the target language (e.g., use appropriate salutations and levels of formality when writing invitations for a special event to friends, the school principal, teachers, or a local government official; incorporate regional or national idiomatic expressions into a script for a commercial; conduct online research to identify regional expres- sions, and compare them to expressions specific to their own community in a summary chart; create
a storyboard or write a skit highlighting ways in which expressions with the same meaning vary from region to region; write menus, including prices, for different types of eating establishments in a target-language community)
Teacher prompts: “In what ways can regional expressions be surprising or confusing to a non-native speaker? What example can you give? How do such expressions expand your cultural knowledge?” “What are some similarities or differences between common target-language expressions and expressions used in your own community? What did you find interesting about the differences, and what do you think they reveal about the cultures?”
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