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• Language


  Goes beyond just describing real situations, it primarily aims to form the components of culture
• Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Language primarily aims to form the components of culture
• Language may be defined as the expression of thought utilizing speech sounds
• Language


  The expression of thought utilizing speech sounds
• Language


  A system of communication by sound through the organs of speech and healing, among human beings of a certain group or community, using vocal symbols possessing arbitrary conventional meanings
• Mario A Pei and Frank Gaynor said language is a system of communication by sound through the organs of speech and healing, among human beings of a certain group or community, using vocal symbols possessing arbitrary conventional meanings
• Language


  Came from a Latin term 'Lingua'
• Language associates with human vocal and auditory means of expressing ideas and feelings. It focuses on words and structure
• Macro Skills


  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Viewing
• Listening


  A prerequisite to understanding
• Listening


  A skill of grasping and decoding information during the exchange of messages
• Speaking


  A skill that makes us superior to other species
• Speaking


  A complex cognitive and linguistic skill that involves words and sounds
• Functions of Speaking


  • Interaction
  • Transaction
  • Performance
• Reading


  A multifaceted process involving word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and motivation
• Reading


  Making meaning from print
• Reading requires


  • Identify the words in print
  • Construct an understanding of them
  • Coordinate identifying words and making meanings
• Types of Reading


  • Oral reading
  • Silent reading
• Writing


  A macro skill that should be mastered by language teachers. It entails control of language variables
• Steps for Writing (DROSR)

  • Decide the Topic
  • Research and collect information
  • Outline and plan
  • Start writing a simple draft
  • Review, edit and format
• Viewing


  A skill that allows students to pause and reflect and think about the images they are seeing and analyze or evaluate further these visuals for better use
• Viewing


  Includes giving meaning to the images or visuals and gives an avenue for students to understand things and gain knowledge through information
• Visual Literacy


  An important skill and requirement in this age and time. It refers to the ability to learn visually by thinking and solving problems presented in the visual domain
• Communicative Competence


  The knowledge one has on morphology, phonology, syntax including how and when to use these appropriately in utterances
• According to Canale and Swain (1980), communicative competence is the overall system which includes the skill and knowledge one needs for communication
• Your first language will be tattooed in your brain forever
• Your primary language is the language in which you feel most comfortable expressing yourself
• The first language of a person is his native language as well
• What we learn in school is usually the second language
• A second language may not become a person's first language
• Your first language is usually the language you learned and spoke in your home
• A lot of people have English as their primary language because it is a global lingua franca
• A person or community can choose his or her second language
• L1 is learned while L2 is acquired
• A person cannot decide his first language
• Filipino cannot be considered as a lingua franca
• First Language


  The language used in households
• First Language


  The language learned and used by a person from birth until critical period
• Children effortlessly and naturally learn with 100% proficiency within 6 years from birth by listening to the people that surrounds them