LANGUAGE+CHOICES

=What does "Language Choices" mean here?=

Language choices are the lexical and structural choices that you make every time you use language. Your choices are influenced by context and register. You choose certain words and forms depending on who you are speaking to and what you want to say. In academic writing and speaking you are generally working in a professional environment with other individuals from your field, or you are studying and researching information, theories and ideas, as well as expressing your own.

Successful and Unsuccessful language choices
Look at the document below which lists successful and unsuccessful language choices from an academic discussion on racism written by a university student. You will see that the successful choices may not be completely "correct" in standard, native speaker English, but they do not hinder communication. The ones in the second list, however, cause several problems of comprehension. See if you can suggest corrections. The items to look at have been supplied for you at times, in brackets at the end of each extract. //Work with a partner to do this.//

In the last few years Western Europe has been characterized by a stream of immigrants from the eastern part of the continent. After a Romanian migrant killed a woman in Rome, all Romanians have been considered as potential criminals… Contrary to the set of beliefs migrants workers have done much for the European economies. They supply the lack of labour of the richest countries due to the “ageing populations and the natives’ lack of ability or inclination to do many jobs’. (Nice constructive use of quotation) The real point is that employers propably prefer to appoint migrants unskilled worker because they are satisfied to earn less.
 * Successful International L2 Choices:**

It (following on from the first above) has provoked concerns among the native population. (It/ concern) But strong hostility ….. (hostility/strong) As it has happened in Italy (How does structure change meaning from the intended one in the L2 here? ..to make easier the expulsion of those EU citizens who threaten the public security. (structure/security) But with the word ability it is usually meant the fact that somebody is able to do something (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary) (form/ complicated use of quotation) I think that in every country there are people who are more predisposed to certain jobs than others; (Theme – register/ predisposed) In my opinion, in Italy, the country where I come from, a great deals of jobs is not exploited, the society does not give value to that employments. (register, confusing syntax, inappropriate collocations (deals) give value to) … those people who practice certain works are (practice/works) One reason for this return is that here the economy is bettering. (better vb.)
 * Unsuccessful International L2 Choices:**


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 * Using Adjectives**