Nature and Structure of Language

1. Language Curriculum
for Secondary Schools
NATURE AND
STRUCTURE
Jovy D. Elimanao – Mihm,
MAEd
OF
LANGUAGE

2. Nature and Structure of
Language
Criteria of the system of communication
in order to be considered a language:

3. A language uses symbols

4. A language is meaningful and
therefore can be understood by
other users of that language

5. A language is generative

6. A language has rules that
govern how symbols can be
arranged.

7. Trivia!
Did you know that “set” is the word
with the most number of meanings?
Noun: 58
Verb: 126
Adjective: 10

8. The Building Blocks of
Language

9. PHONEMES
the smallest distinguishable units
in a language.

10. MORPHEMES
the smallest meaningful units in a
language.

11. PHRASES
sequence of two or more words
arranged in a grammatical
construction

12. SENTENCES
basic unit of language which
expresses a complete thought by
following the grammatical rules of
syntax.

13. SYNTAX
is a system of rules that governs
how words can be meaningfully
arranged to form phrases and
sentences.

14. SENTENCES
PHRASES
MORPHEMES
PHONEMES

15. Properties of Human
Language

16. creative and dynamic
new words like “tapsilog”, “pogi”,
accepts the influences from other
languages

17. Structured
There are grammatical rules to
follow.

18. Meaningful
It can be understood by other
users of the language.

19. Referential
extra-linguistic, situational
meaning (ex. morning star)

20. Interpersonal
Description has to be
understood by my listeners.

21. Trivia!
Some reasons for the Growth and
decline of Language:
Changing societal needs
Erosion of old customs
Call for elegance

22. The Purpose of
Language Teaching

23. Develop
communicative

24. cognitive

25. academic
competencies

26. Course Descriptions of
the Language Classes for
Philippine High Schools

27. What is the secondary
English subject all
about?

28. The secondary English curriculum for 2002
seeks to develop citizenship and to address
the communication needs (i.e. interpersonal,
informative, and aesthetic) of Filipino
students for English, which is emerging as the
international lingua franca.

29. In line with developments in applied linguistics
and pedagogy, and in consonance with the
government thrusts and globalization ,this
emerging English curriculum adopts a
communicative, interactive, collaborative
approach to learning …

30. … as well as reflection and
introspection with the aim in view of
developing autonomous language
learners who are aware of and are able to
cope with global trends.

31. …Central to the framework of this
curriculum is the need for language
learning that is contextualized,
interactive, and integrated.