ESOL Wt/L2.5a

Choose appropriate register of language for genre, purpose and audience
(i) Judge the appropriate register for genre, purpose and audience accurately, e.g. a formal letter or work experience report, as opposed to a text or personal diary entry
(ii) Select language features according to the register of the text, e.g.
type of lexis and collocation
use of idiomatic expressions
modes of address
sentence type
grammatical forms (such as passive in formal text, contractions in informal text)
Example

Write an e-mail to a friend and an e-mail to a customer, thanking them for a recent letter and saying you will reply when you have more information, e.g.

To: Amerjeet Gordon
From: Margarite Brousseau
Subject: See you Sunday!
Hi there Amerjeet!
Got your e-mail about Sunday. Still not too sure how we're getting there. Will have to check re leaves on line and get back to you. Is that OK?
Mxx

To: Richard Hargreaves
From: Jumana Astreta
Subject: Information re payment schedule
Thank you for your e-mail re the payment schedule, which I have forwarded
on to salaries section. I have marked it urgent and hope they will reply by return.

Understand and consistently use an increasing range of lexis specific to genre and context