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LANGUAGE REGISTERS
Generation
Communication Generation Today Explanations on the
Before
Situations (as speakers)
(as speakers) changes / gaps
(as receivers)

- Both generations addressed

1.Home - respectful - respectful their parents with respect but
To - grateful - grateful today’s generation are more
Parents/Elders - reserved - vocal
open to their parents/elders it
- open
may be because the parents
of today’s generation are
more lenient for they’ve
already gone through the
phase where whatever the
parents says should always
be followed and they realized
To Siblings
- warm - reserved that letting their kids have a
- open - sentimental good kind of fun, will help in
- gentle developing their relationship.

- Today’s generation are

reserved when conversing
with their siblings and has this
awkward atmosphere going
on, in fact they are more open
to their friends than their
siblings.

- appreciative - Both generations are

- timid - respectful respectful when conversing
2. School - gentle - consultative with their teachers but what
- consultative - comfortable makes today’s generation
To teachers
- affable different is that students can
freely talk and approach their
teacher it could be due to the
fact that the teacher
sometimes tells the students
his/her outside-the-school
stories, thus establishing a
- respectful close relationship with the
- supportive students.
- respectful
- supportive - The reason behind these
 changes in today’s generation
- assertive
To is that the school
- straightforward
administrators administrators are doing
some actions to take the
opinions and suggestions of
the students. In today’s time
students feedback matters
3. The generation before are
Church/Religious - -warm - shy more religious that’s why
affiliations - appreciative - doubtful they’re warm towards the
- -attentive priests and nuns while in
To Priests / nun today’s generation people are
hesitant and afraid that they
might be able to say
something wrong and there
are also some news
circulating about priest/nuns
doing some bad things.
- Today, distance is not that
4. To Peers - shy - Friendly much of a problem when it
- secretive - Blissful comes to communication.
- distant - Vocal/open With the increase accessibility
- hesitant - Encouraging of social media, people in
different places even those
who are across national
borders can now
communicate easily and
frequently.

5. Work/Office - assertive Finding a stable job is very

- very - straightforward difficult in today’s time hence
To Bosses reserved - grateful\ today’s generation of
- Hesitant - polite employees work harder in
- complaisant order to keep their position and
- -Polite they are more straightforward
with their ideas and thoughts
knowing it could help the
To officemates business.

- encouraging
- competitive
- optimistic Unhealthy competition can be
- conceited
- empathetic observed between co-workers
- haughty
in today’s generation hence it
affects the way they
converse.