Let’s talk about words! How much emphasis do you put on the choice of vocabulary in different circumstances? How do you feel when your carefully worded messages are misinterpreted? Do you pay attention to the language used in different news channels to describe the same news. Do you think the choice of vocabulary in a headline matters?Here’s a quote to consider; “There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them. Besides, to distrust words, and indict them for the horrors that might slumber unobtrusively within them – isn’t this, after all, the true vocation of the intellectual?” Vaclav Havel.
Come along to your public library for a fun chat on Thursday at 12.30pm or 4.30pm. Everyone welcome, (native English speakers free of charge) please ask at the information desk for further details.
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