From Casual to Professional: Elevating Colloquial Speech in English

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

What did we do last week?

What do you expect from the lesson this week?

You work for an IT servicedesk.
How would you pick up the phone professionally?

How would you end the phone call professionally?

Today

From Casual to Professional: 

Elevating Colloquial Speech in English

Learning Objective

Understand how to transform colloquial speech into professional language.

What is Colloquial Speech?

Colloquial speech is informal language used in everyday conversations.

Can you give examples of colloquial speech?

Can you give examples of professional speech?

Examples of Colloquial Expressions

Examples: gonna (going to), wanna (want to), kinda (kind of).

Why Use Professional Language?

Professional language is important for formal writing, presentations, and professional communication.

Turning Colloquial Speech into Professional Language

Replace colloquial expressions with formal equivalents, e.g., 'I'm gonna go' becomes 'I am going to go'.

Assignment

Next slides have sentences you can practise with. 

Hey, what's up? Can you send me the details overe text?

I'm gonna need that report by tomorrow, okay?

Can you give me a shout when you're free?

Got a sec?

Let me know if you need anything, okay?

I'll hit you up later to finalise the plan.

Mind shooting me an email with the updates?

What's the lowdown on the budget for this project?

Let's get together next week to iron out the details.

I'm swamped right now, can we talk later?

Write 3 things that will stay with you after this lesson

De leerlingen voeren hier drie dingen in die ze in deze les hebben geleerd. Hiermee geven ze aan wat hun eigen leerrendement van deze les is.

Write 2 things that you would like to improve

De leerlingen voeren hier twee dingen in waarover ze meer zouden willen weten. Hiermee vergroot je niet alleen betrokkenheid, maar geef je hen ook meer eigenaarschap.

Stel 1 vraag over iets dat je nog niet zo goed hebt begrepen.

De leerlingen geven hier (in vraagvorm) aan met welk onderdeel van de stof ze nog moeite. Voor de docent biedt dit niet alleen inzicht in de mate waarin de stof de leerlingen begrijpen/beheersen, maar ook een goed startpunt voor een volgende les.