do you get the message!

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 8

DO YOU GET THE MESSAGE!

thinking about language

This lesson we will learn:

* why and how to use WhatsApp language

* the difference between een homograph, a homophone and a metonym

*  why communication is so difficult and how we can prevend problems.

What is the last
WhatsApp message
you sent?

The word Emoji means___________?

The emoji was invented in _________?

1. The UK
2. Japan
3. China
4. The USA

What problem did the Emoji's solve?

The limited space problem

The showing how you feel problem.

language is stronger when emotions can be seen

so make sure your body language and facial expression match the message you want to send

What emotions or pictures
do we miss in emoji's

The second reason why we do not always get the message

*words can have 'relationships' that we misunderstand

Words can be homographs: 

same spelling, different meaning

Location/surrounding

Where is the bat?

1. I left it with the balls in the dressing room

2. It was flying around a minute ago

Can you think of a
homograph?

Words can be homophones: sound the same, but spelled differently and with a different meaning

Meat

Meet

Mail

Male

Can you think of a Dutch
or English homophone?

Words can be metonyms: the use of a linked term to stand in for an object or concept

Can you think of an
English or Dutch metonym?

You cannot get the message if you do not get the words.

Homograph

Homophone

emoji

metonym

capital - capital

picture character

Shigetaka Kurita

1998

ant - aunt

buy - by

bored - board

can you give me a hand

the kettle is boiling

Scotland beat Ireland

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Choose an assignment. You can work alone or with someone else. Look at the worksheet for extra information:

1. Create a new emoji and use it in a whatsapp message that you write down. 

2. Write a short newspaper article with the use of a metonym

3. Create a cartoon with the use of a homograph or a homophone

What do you know now, that you
didn't know before this lesson

How NOT getting the message can get you in a lot of trouble.........

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