Szwec, Magdalena / Escritor
Have you ever felt that you know grammar rules and quite a lot of vocabulary but somehowÂ… you are not able to put it all IN PRACTICE in life situations and demonstrate it on the exam?
Are you confused when it comes to using expressions in a FORMAL vs. INFORMAL context?
Do you end up TRANSLATING the expressions from your native language as you donÂ’t know their EQUIVALENTS in English?
Hey, I got your back
Functional language is the language we use to perform various ‘functions’ in specific situations, such as inviting, giving advice, comparing, speculating or disagreeing, to name a few.
It allows you to COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY in different situations (buying a ticket, putting forward suggestions in a meeting, describing circumstances of a range accident to your superior or complaining in a restaurant). Do they sound like exam tasks in your role plays, formal letters or reports? ThatÂ’s because they are. ??
Functional language offers students the link to the real word by sounding more natural, but also directly targets exam English (e.g. how to politely disagree with someone).
