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SoL #11 Language in Society02 (How do we use language (Registers…
SoL #11
Language in Society02
L2 teaching methods
Synthetic
approcah
:memo: Grammar
translation
:bulb: Teach the units of language at phonological, grammar, and lexical level
Analytical
approach
:memo: Communicative
language teaching
:bulb: Teach language by topics, etc.
Learner has to figure out the language from doing it.
Bilingual edu.
:relieved:
Solution
Take
extra classes
in both the L1 and L2, so that you are learning what you need 2
:star: Learn to read & write in L1 b4 learning it in L2
:fearful:
Challenge
:question: Learning L2 :vs:
learning the material in L2
:key: Without understanding :left_speech_bubble:,
:silhouettes: can't make decision
on ways to teach :left_speech_bubble:
:books:
Teaching
reading
Whole-language approach
:key: Learners read many text, try to understand, look 4 clues, analyse the language
Phonics
:key: Produces
better reader
in a long run
:key: Symbol &
:sound: connection
Whole-word approach
:key: Rote
memorisation :face_with_head_bandage:
How do we
use language
Styles
Formal :vs: informal
Slang
:bulb: Words & phrases used in casual speech, often invented & spread by close-knit social or age groups, and fast changing
Could b
standardised
:memo: fan was once
a slang term, short for fanatic
Registers
:key: Determined by subject matter
:bulb: Specific terms used in a certain subject
:memo: Legalese, medical terms
Jargon & argot
:bulb: Technical terms & slang specific to a register
Taboo
Euphemisms
:key: Replacing taboo words
:memo: "Private parts"
:bulb: Words & activities inappropriate 4 polite society
Language & sexism
:memo: My cousin is a
professor/doctor
:vs:
My cousin is a
nurse/primary school teacher
:bulb: Words with gender-refering meaning embedded 2 them
Racial & National epithets
:memo: Dago, chink,
wog
, nip,
nigger
, boong
highly connotative & offensive.
Could become
in-group terms