TASK 2 : WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (35%)
I witnessed a conversation recently that was…… painful to watch 😅. It wasn’t a dramatic fight or a loud argument! It was just two people, trying to make weekend plans, and failing miserably. On one side was Alex, fluent in English, but heavily reliant on current slang and cultural shorthand: "Yo, what's the vibe ? You down to hit up that spot for some grub and binge on the show that’s straight fire ?" And there was Jordan, clearly speaking English as a second language, trying desperately to keep up. He was like a computer struggling with corrupted code. "Uh… vibe? What is ‘vibe’? ‘Hit up’ mean what? Go to place? What you mean ‘fire’ and ‘memes’ ?” The conversation went downhill faster than a sled on a snowy slope. Alex, irritated, concluded: "Dude, it's not that complicated! Everyone gets it, it's just how we talk. This convo's going nowhere." Jordan, dejected, apologized, even though the failure was not solely his. The moment stuck ...