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El registro idiomático culto en la lengua inglesa en el estudiante de lascarreras de idiomas de la UABCVirginia Guadalupe Díaz Ceballos 4Rafael Saldívar Arreola 5Universidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaThe difference between formal and informal English is not adifference between correct and incorrect, but a difference of what isknown as registerStudieverkstaden (2007)It is imperative that the students at the Language School, UABC, procure a high register of theEnglish language, for his/her ongoing bachelor degree´s studies, for English proficiencyexaminations, for foreign student exchange programs, and/or to continue with post-degreeprograms, whether by formal (English classes) or informal methods like reading, watchingtelevision, etc.What is register?According to the 2003 Merriam/Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary Register is a variety of alanguage that a speaker uses in a particular social context.Several words or phrases are used to convey this idea of levels of language, according to thesituation or context: Register, repertory of utterances, restricted language, levels of diction,varieties. Essentially they are synonyms. During the course of this work these concepts might beused interchangeably.The linguists’ perspective4 Estudiante de la Maestría en Lenguas Modernas, UABC. E-mail: vgdc13@hotmail.com5 Profesor de la Facultad de Idiomas, Mexicali, UABC. E-mail: rasaa74@yahoo.comMemorias en extenso. Congreso Internacional de Idiomas 2012.167