3. 1. What examples can you
identify of ways in which
minority language communities
have been disadvantaged
socially or politically through
language and education policy?
4. 2. Do you believe that English
contributes to social and
economic inequalities in the
Philippines? Why?
5. 3. Does English undermine the
culture of the Philippines? How
do you say so?
6. 4. Plan advocacy strategies in
your context advancing and
supporting language education
for speakers of non-dominant
language communities.
8. USING YOUR OWN WORDS, EXPLAIN THE FOUR (4)
STAGES OF LANGUAGE PLANNING AND LANGUAGE
PLANNING PRINCIPLES. BE ABLE TO ALSO GIVE OTHER
EXAMPLES FOR EACH.
9. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HOUSE BILL NO. 6125?
WOULD YOU AGREE TO SUSPEND THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF MOTHER TONGUE-BASED
MULTILINGUAL LEARNING? WHY NOT?
21. UNDERSTANDING
LANGUAGE AND
MULTILINGUALISM
TODAY'S AGENDA
• demonstrate understanding and appreciation of
language to human lives and society;
• explain the details of linguistic structure;
• elaborate nd explain the nature of language;
• give concrete situations for each
characteristic of language;
• construct sentences indicating Tagalog News
and POD;
22. UNDERSTANDING
LANGUAGE AND
MULTILINGUALISM
TODAY'S AGENDA
• differentiate the usage of ng from nang;
• create examples for Tagalog noun gender,
noun plurals, noun affixes, and verbs;
• generate sentences for each function of a
Tagalog sentence;
• appreciate the importance of multilingualism;
and
• reflect on the implications of multilingualism
23. English Class | Laredo York Primary School
language is a system of arbitrary vocal
symbols by means of which a social
group cooperates
NATURE OF HUMAN LANGUAGE
Bloch and Trager (1942)
27. CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE
English Class | Laredo York Primary School
1.Language can
be diverse.
2. Language
has levels.
3. Language is
creative and
unique.
37. • Drills are used to teach structural patterns
• Set phrases are memorized with a focus on intonation
• Grammatical explanations are kept to a minimum
• Vocabulary is taught in context
• Audio-visual aids are used
• Focus is on pronunciation
• Correct responses are positively reinforced immediately
The Audio-lingual Teaching Method
43. FUNCTIONAL
/CONTENT
WORDS
VIEW THAT
LANGUAGE IS A
VEHICLE FOR THE
EXPRESSION OF
FUNCTIONAL
MEANING
SEMANTIC AND
COMMUNICATIVE
DIMENSIONS OF
LANGUAGE
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE OR
FUNCTIONAL VIEW OF LANGUAGE
English Class | Laredo York Primary School
45. TAGALOG POD
• Starting point of a basic sentence
• The object, person, or idea that the speaker thinks about
before he begins a sentence
• Picked by the speaker from among the things that he
assumes the listener knows
– Have been previously mentioned
or implied
– Are in sight or in the situation
– Are shared or common knowledge