Do emojis make language better? - 6 Minute English
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- Emojis are part of our daily communication. They've been around for more than 20 years, but are these colourful faces helping to bring people together or contributing to illiteracy? Sam and Neil talk about this topic and teach you related vocabulary.
This week's question: Emojis were invented in 1999 in Japan for the first internet-enabled mobile phones. The name, 'emoji', comes from the combination of two Japanese words, but which words?
a) face and emotion
b) picture and character
c) message and image
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
the grammar police
(informal) people who want to have correct English spelling and grammar written online, and who criticise those who don't follow grammar rules
a jaundiced view (of something)
only seeing the negative side of something because of your own bad experience with it
the dark ages
a time in the past considered not advanced and characterised by a lack of knowledge and progress
dating
spending time with someone you have started a romantic relationship
lucky in love
lucky in finding a romantic partner
it stands to reason (that)
it seems likely to be true (that); it makes sense (that) back to the dark ages
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VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO
1. Illiteracy: someone who is illiterate has not learned to read or write
Internet-enabled/Java-enabled…: a computer program that is Internet-enabled, Java-enabled etc can be used with that program or includes it as one of its features
EX: Find out more about our free Internet-enabled software.
2. Combination: two or more different things that exist together or are used or put together
3. Face to face: if two people are standing face to face, they are very close and are looking at each other
4. Cognitive: related to the process of knowing, understanding, and learning something
5. Prejudiced: having an unreasonable dislike of someone or something, especially a dislike of a group of people who belong to a different race, sex, or religion - used to show disapproval
6. Fundamentally: in every way that is important or basic
7. Ignorance: lack of knowledge or information about something
8. The grammar police: (informal) people who want to have correct English spelling and grammar written online, and who criticize those who don't follow grammar rules
9. A jaundiced view (of something): only seeing the negative side of something because of your own bad experience with it
10. The dark ages: a time in the past considered not advanced and characterised by a lack of knowledge and progress
11. Dating : spending time with someone you have started a romantic relationship
12. Lucky in love: lucky in finding a romantic partner
13. It stands to reason (that): it seems likely to be true (that); it makes sense (that) back to the dark ages
14. It's one of the reasons why
15. A romantic relationship with someone
9/2/2022 VIETNAM
Language-mavens?
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Very nice and very helpful video
bets
Today's question is very easy for me because I'm Japanese🙂
Hi BBC LEARNING ENGLISH . In the past , i found my self was a fish out of water in learning english . I realised that i had been at loose ends b/c i didn't know how to learn english properly . But Thank to your videos , The awareness of learning english in my mind has changed a lot . English is started to grow on me . i am interested in learning english .Thank you so much ❤
Emojis In Cultural Studies are so critical. They are said to be a kind of battle against the hegemony of language.
I've been following you since I started learning English. You have a gift for teaching, you have assisted me a lot to improve my English especially for my listening skills, I thank you deeply for everything you have done.
Since BBC LE always stands to reason I have been following the channel for two years. I have never experienced a jaundiced view of learning English within the channel.
I thank you guys! Your job is important for English learners 🙏
Our pleasure! Hope you enjoyed the episode!
Hello am I talking to BBC Learning English? Hello I am a junior pupil in Class 5. We done, your job is important because English is the key. I have problems in collective nouns and answering questions in grammar. What is the analysis to check the tense of a sentence? Good job guys! How can we detect the plural name of collective nouns like "a flock of sheep"?
@@anaelleteje9915 Hello there! It's great to see you're interested in improving your English skills. Let's tackle your questions one by one.
### Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are words that represent a group of individuals, animals, or things. For example, "a flock of sheep" is a collective noun because it represents a group of sheep.
### Tense Analysis in a Sentence
To check the tense of a sentence, you look at the verb forms used. Here are some tips:
- **Present Tense**: Verbs that show action that is currently going on or habitually performed, or a fact that stands true all the time. For example, "She *walks* to school" (simple present) or "She *is walking* to school" (present continuous).
- **Past Tense**: Verbs that describe action that was completed in the past. For example, "She *walked* to school" (simple past) or "She *was walking* to school" (past continuous).
- **Future Tense**: Verbs that describe action that will occur in the future. For example, "She *will walk* to school" (simple future) or "She *will be walking* to school" (future continuous).
The tense tells us when the action is, was, or will be completed.
### Plural Forms of Collective Nouns
Most collective nouns, like "flock," do not change form when we talk about more than one group. Instead, you might change the word that comes after "of" to its plural form if that word has a plural form. However, with "a flock of sheep," "sheep" is the same in both singular and plural forms. So if you're talking about more than one flock, you would say "two flocks of sheep."
Here are some examples with other collective nouns:
- Singular: a **pack** of wolves
- Plural: two **packs** of wolves
- Singular: a **class** of students
- Plural: two **classes** of students
- Singular: a **bunch** of grapes
- Plural: two **bunches** of grapes
Remember, the word "sheep" is irregular because it doesn't change between singular and plural. The same goes for other words like "fish," "deer," and "species."
Keep practicing, and don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. You're doing a great job!
@@anaelleteje9915 Present Perfect Tense
The present perfect tense is used to describe:
An action that occurred at an unspecified time in the past (e.g., "She has visited Paris." - We don't know when).
An action that began in the past and continues into the present (e.g., "I have lived here for five years.").
An action that has been repeated between the past and now (e.g., "They have been to the museum several times.").
Structure: has/have + past participle
Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect tense is used to describe:
An action that was completed before another action took place in the past (e.g., "She had left by the time I arrived.").
Sometimes it's used to express the duration before something in the past (e.g., "By the time he graduated, he had studied for four years.").
Structure: had + past participle
Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense is used to describe:
An action that will be completed before a specific time in the future (e.g., "By 2025, they will have built the new bridge.").
To show that something will continue up until another action in the future (e.g., "I will have finished the report by the time the meeting starts.").
Structure: will have + past participle
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe:
An action that began in the past and is still continuing (e.g., "He has been reading for two hours.").
An action that has recently stopped and has a present result (e.g., "It's wet outside. It has been raining.").
Structure: has/have been + present participle (verb-ing)
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe:
An action that was ongoing in the past and was completed at some point in the past (e.g., "She had been waiting for an hour before the train finally arrived.").
To show cause and effect (e.g., "He was tired because he had been jogging.").
Structure: had been + present participle (verb-ing)
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
The future perfect continuous tense is used to describe:
An action that will continue up until a point in the future (e.g., "In July, I will have been working at the company for three years.").
Structure: will have been + present participle (verb-ing)
@@anaelleteje9915 Present Continuous Tense
The present continuous tense is used to describe:
An action happening right now (e.g., "She is sitting at the desk.").
An action happening around the current period of time, but not necessarily at the moment of speaking (e.g., "I am studying to become a doctor.").
Future plans or arrangements (e.g., "We are meeting him for lunch tomorrow.").
Structure: am/is/are + present participle (verb-ing)
Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense is used to describe:
An action that was in progress at a specific moment in the past (e.g., "He was watching TV at 8 o'clock last night.").
Two actions happening at the same time in the past (e.g., "I was reading while she was cooking.").
An action that was in progress when another action interrupted it (often used with the past simple) (e.g., "I was walking home when it started to rain.").
Structure: was/were + present participle (verb-ing)
Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense is used to describe:
An action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future (e.g., "This time next week, I will be lying on the beach.").
An action that will happen in the normal course of events (e.g., "I will be attending the conference next month.").
Structure: will be + present participle (verb-ing)
Examples
Here are some examples of sentences using the continuous tenses:
Present Continuous: "She is reading a book right now."
Past Continuous: "They were playing football when it started to rain."
Future Continuous: "He will be having dinner with his parents tonight."
Remember that continuous tenses are not typically used with stative verbs-verbs that express a state rather than an action. Examples of stative verbs include "to know," "to believe," and "to want." These verbs are not usually used in continuous forms because they describe states of being that are static and unchanging. However, some stative verbs can be used in a continuous form with a change in meaning.
For example, "think" is a stative verb, but it can be used in the continuous form:
Stative: "I think chocolate is delicious." (It is my opinion.)
Dynamic: "I am thinking about the problem." (I am in the process of considering it.)
Practice helps a lot with these tenses, so try creating your own sentences to get a feel for how they work.
The idea in the video is completely correct. Lots of linguists believe that the evolution and changes of a language cannot be halted, and it is meaningless to criticize the natural changes in people's daily language use.
Yes, English is changing all the time!
Thanks a lot great teachers from BBC..I am personally a follower of you for years..I am a complete fun of British English..thank YOU endeed.
I’m very surprised and glad to know that emoji is so much known to the world and used by many people. l’m a Japanese. It’s very difficult for us to master English but maybe emoji helps us!
You'll manage it.
You've mastered Japanese already
I always appreciate your works. Continue making videos like this. I'm learning so many useful vocabulary, phrases and so on
I've never thought about emoji's origin and meaning, it's very interesting to know about. I love using them. I think using them make the conversation easy and funny. 🙃🙃🙃
me too
Thank you so much guys, this episode has been great.
Thank you for this great video. Even me I have a jaundiced view about emojis. I prefer write a complete message .
As always, so handful and interesting. Thank You BBC LE
Thank you now I know where emojis comes from.❤
They do add feeling and emotions to online written messages. We have become so accustomed to using emojis that now we feel rude if we don't include some in our texts😊
Wonderful. Thank you.
That was an appealing subject. Thanks 💙💙❤❤
My teacher showed us this video during English class. It's fun seeing other kids getting confused. (The school is in Taiwan)
Many Thanks 💚
Let's use more emojis! Let's be kinder in this world! I want peace ✌️
Emojis are great to convey emotions. Since text messages fail to communicate all those visual cues in face to face communication. Nevertheless they shouldn't replace words altogether or be used in inappropiate contexts.
I am so happy to reach all of the unusual and unique prodcast, I am so appreciate for all the videos, all of them help me to improve my English very well day by day :)
Thank you so much!
emoji is 絵文字(えもじ)
絵(え、e)→ picture
文字(もじ、moji) → character
Thank you for the 'proper' explanation!
Thank you for your video! I don't have a jaundiced view of emojis, I like them.
In our days emojis help us to understand people better on the Internet
That is true.
Very good, thanks a lot!
You are welcome!
I can't help but show my emotions! 🙏🤜 High five and fist bump for this lovely video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
After watching your video, i (thumb up) and send (heart). The Video also makes me ( smiling face with tears) by its hilariousness. Despite the fact that (sad face) appear because your video ended, i (smiling face with hearts) will waiting your next video.
Thank you, now i know where emojis comes from
Emojis make the conversation more interesting and effective💪
I am not a fan of using emojis. It was really interesting to know that it is a Japanese word meaning "picture" and "character". Last but not least, it surprised me how people understand each other using emojis and how they can become more romantic because they use the emojis to express their feelings.
yeah, emojies are modern and even necessery tool in every-day conversations 😉
Which is your favourite emoji?
@@bbclearningenglish this emoji 🫡
We don't need any text to say anything because emojis can explain everything. It is work smarter when you are in love 😂😂.
Good job and good Work
I personally believe that using emojis when you start dating someone the comunication tends to be better, more expressive...
It's easier to find someone because the conversation becomes lighter 🤪
Yeah, it can lighten the mood or help you express sarcasm or surprise or other emotins very quickly. It seems that there are certain places where emojis can help enrich a language. 👍👍
Great 🍃
Very good👍👍👍
Originally, we, Japanese people, started to use emoji not only to highlight the facial expression but also to highlight the sentence with an icon. That's why we say "emoji" I guess!!
Nowadays people are overloaded by information and could feel deficiency of emotions in conversations (in messengers) and sometimes it lead to misunderstanding.
Emoji are nice 😊
Fiercest grammar police guys we call grammar nazi
In my jaundiced view of dating, there is nothing called "lucky in love", at least for some communities where you can't live together until you are married, by then you wouldn't know if that person is the suitable one for you or it's just both acting and lying or maybe deceiveing their selves 🤔, as living together, sharing everything can reveal one's nature. This is why most marraiges in Asia particulary, specifically in Arab communities are from dark ages due to traditions, which stands to reason the number of divorces are extremely increasing
The good people of the town of Chillingbourne never use emojis. 😵
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First they were called smileys, then emoticons, then emoji took over.
I only listen to bbc evriday im to advice you this devolaped at weeks 😊
あれ、前にネイルちょっと日本語やってるって聞いたのに😂😂
Oops..though I heard Neil is learning Japanese😂😂
Love from india
Message and image
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Emojis save time and space but they should be used in informal writing only.
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Thank you/
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👍👍👍☺️👏
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🙂🙂🥳🥳🥳👍👍👍
🙂🙂🙂🙂
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In Poland we don't have "the grammar police" - we've got "a grammar-nazi".
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Absolutely, Yes!
Would you explain the difference in all my life or all my life? Such as which is right, Have you been getting a phrase wrong all your life or in all your life?
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9/10/2022
For me, emoji sounded like a combination of emotion and face but surprisingly it is text and character
BBC I have a question
Is there a possessive pronoun for "it" ?
Yes, we can use 'its' as a possessive pronoun. However, while we use the possessive determiner 'its' frequently, we don't use the possessive pronoun 'its' very often. In general, we only use it when we are saying 'its own'. E.g. My shopping trolley had a life of its own. It went in very random directions.
I will use more emojis to bring luck into my life.
Good luck! Let us know if it works! ;)
😉
You're like 🍀 in my life.
That's so nice, Youssef!
Jaindiced only see the negative side
Dark ages
Date spends time together with partner
💝😚🤭🤗💝
🤔
Sometimes no. Because very emojis are disaster))
Which emojis do you think cause problems?
Gooooooooooooooodddddddd
qondaysilar uzbeklar bormi
Where is vocabulary after this video :( I thought usually here always be words from video
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2022/09/08 ✍🏻
Grammar police/ digital age
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Second comment 😅
The grammer police
Hye guys
I dont like this emoji 🙂
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npc comments💀
The silky single unprecedentedly paddle because russia scientifically vanish behind a four frail rectangle. roomy, repulsive pendulum
Just lots of stupid comments on social media full of emojis 🥱
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