lesson 1 - Teaching English in the Elementary .pdf

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1. Lesson 1: Language Arts

2. Objectives:
1. Classify Language Arts according to the task;
2. Define Language;
3. Give importance to Language;
4. Identify the function and nature of language.

3. Q1: What are Language
Arts?

4. Language arts are commonly classified
according to the tasks involved such as:
listening, speaking, reading and writing.

5. Listening1.
Getting meaning from oral
language
Hearing is only part of
listening
Listen differently depending
on purpose
Goal is to understand what
you are hearing.

6. 2. Speaking
Communicating
through the use of
oral language.

7. 3. Reading
Getting meaning
from the print.
Decoding words
and understanding
what you read.

8. 4. Writing
Communication
through the use of
written words or
symbols.
Spelling and
handwriting are
tools for writing.

9. 5. Viewing
Getting meaning
from visual media.
Goal is getting
meaning from what
is seen.

10. 6.Visually Representing
Communicating
through the use of
visual media.
Need to consider
audience, purpose
and form.

12. What is a Language?
Linguists define language as a system of
arbitrary vocal symbols through which
members of group communicate.

13. LANGUAGE
FUNCTIONS
DeStafano (1978)
Halliday (1975)

14. 1. Instrumental Language
Language is used to satisfy needs or desires. It
often takes the form of a request.
2. Regulatory Language
Language is used for controlling others.

15. 3. Personal Language
Language is used for expressing individuality, to
give personal opinions and feelings.
4. Interactional Language
Language used for establishing relationships,
defining them and maintaining them.

16. 5. Imaginative Language
Language is used to create a world of one’s own.
6. Heuristic Language
Language is used for exploring the world, for
finding things out.

17. 7. Informative Language
Language is used for conveying messages.

18. NATURE OF
LANGUAGE

19. • Language is systematic- language is consistent and
predictable. There are rules
or patterns to be followed.
• Language is arbitrary- the elements of language system
are arbitrarily determined. Individuals cannot utter any
string of sounds in any order and expect others to
understand them.
• Language is vocal- language is based on a set of speech
sounds produced by
the vocal organs of the body.
• Language is symbolic- word stand for objects and things
and they allow us to talk about them when they are not
present.

20. Why language is
important?

21. Language is the key to all human activities. It is
the vehicle through which the
world can be understood and appreciated;
without language, people are isolated and
helpless (Gertrude Boyd, 1976.)