COMMUNICATION
Define the term DIRECT COMMUNICATION
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Define Sign language
a language meant for deaf people to communicate, with their hands
Language
a system of communication used by a particular country
Cookies, Cotton candy, popsicle
American
Which language is the hardest to learn?
Chinese Mandarin, Chinese
Define the term FORMAL COMMUNICATION
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What is the name of a language meant for the whole world?
Esperanto
Communication
exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium
What are US equivalents of these British words?
Petrol
Pants
Lift
Gas
Underwear
Elevator
How did English language get to America?
British colonization
Define the term FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
expressing feelings, thoughts on our face
Name 5 English speaking countries
Ireland, Canada, USA, Britain, Australia, Belgium, Alaska...
Body language
the conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated.
What are BRITISH equivalents of these American words:
sidewalk, soccer, taxi
pavement, football, cab
What is the original form of "Goodbye"?
"God be with ye."
Define the term NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION and give me 3 examples
not using words, sign language, emoticons, body language...
What is a palindrome?
Words that can be read the same forwards and backwards
Hannah, Anna, racecar ...
Symbol
character used as a conventional representation of an object
Rewrite this American english sentence into British english.
"I really like this gray color."
"I really like this GREY COLOUR."
grAy - American
grEy - English
Why do Americans write "TRAVELING, LABELED, BEHAVIOR"
and not "traveLLing, labeLLed, behaviOUr" ?
Together with becoming an independent country, they wanted to keep the language but for it to be different. That is when the first American Dictionary was written by a guy named Webster - he simplified the english for American speakers
How can blind people read?
How can deaf people talk to one another?
Braille alphabet
Sign language
Name 3 dead languages
Latin, Ancient Greek, Old English, Etruscan, Sumerian, Egyptian...
Morse Code
an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals.
What are the equivalents in US English?
Loo, Aubergine, Courgette
Toilet, Eggplant, Zucchini
What do these British slang words mean?
lad, lass, bloke, go bonkers, daft
man, lady, man/boy, go crazy, stupid