auto week6

I was surprised to how many times I shift my oral and written language when trying to communicate with others. I think that my language shifts have to do with how comfortable I am around people. When I’m around my friends, I use many abbreviation and slang words. I also tend to curse and make a lot of facial expressions. When speaking to the kids that I tutor, I try to monitor everything that is coming out of my mouth. I also noticed that I shift my oral language around different customers. I’m a server at a small Italian restaurant. I noticed that I shift my oral language depending on how the customer talks to me. It a simple “I’m good, thanks” to an “I’m well, thank you”. My oral language also shifts when I’m at home; I speak to my parents in Spanish. When writing essay’s for classes I’m very instinctive about what I write. I always think about the words I’m using, this is why it takes me so long to write my papers. When I write e-mails, and comments on websites I use a lot of abbreviations. When speaking to friends and people that I’m comfortable around, I do it intuitively.