Zelmira Alvarez teaches English Grammar I and II and “Teorías del Sujeto y del Aprendizaje” at UNMDP. She is a member of the Education and Cultural Studies Research Group (GIEEC) directed by Luis Porta and of the Discourse Analysis Research Group directed by Martín Menéndez. She has participated in several research projects on good teaching practices in teacher education, narrative and biographical studies. Her main interests in research lie in the field of discourse analysis applied to the understanding of educational and classroom phenomena.This presentation intends to carry out a critical and instrumental analysis of the concept of register in reference to second language classroom discourse. Register is understood as the variety of language used to suit the situation where the interaction takes place. This key concept of functional linguistics contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between language and context, which can be of great help in the design and implementation of second language teaching courses. The functional variety of language is related to the possibilities that speakers/writers have to select the language variety they consider most appropriate for the type of situation where they are immersed. Consistency in register in a second language is not knowledge or skill that simply results from exposure to different types of register. Rather, it is something that must be especially fostered in the second language class through reflection (and practice) on the linguistic and discursive resources necessary to carry out different communicative tasks. It involves a construction that rests on awareness about the options available in the system and the contextual conditions that make that selection possible. The presentation includes the analysis of some sample corpora from teacher and students´ interactions in second language classes of different levels to exemplify the attention paid to questions of register in classroom work.
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