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Language across the curriculum.pptx
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- 3. Principles of language •Language is arbitrary • Language is primarily vocal • Language is for Communication • Language is a skill • Language is unique • Language grows out of a culture • Language grows and changes
- 4. Functions of language •Expressive and Communicative Functions • Informational Function • Directive Function • Interpretative Functions • Control Function • The Functions of Remembering and Thinking • Social Functions of Language • Creative Function
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- 6. Eight modes ofhuman activities involving language • Listening: comprehending oral input/intake • Speaking: constructing meaningful utterances • Reading: understanding written texts • Writing: producing written texts/discourse • Viewing: attending to visual signs/information • Shaping: using visual means of expression • Watching: attending to the movements • Moving: using the whole body / person
- 7. Language and Thinking •Language is more than Communication Skills • Language is linked to the Thinking Process • BICS versus CALP • BICS are Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills; these are the "surface" skills of listening and speaking which are typically acquired quickly by many students; particularly by those from language backgrounds similar to English who spend a lot of their school time interacting with native speakers. • Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency using language as a tool for discourse functions • Goal: Developing „Conceptual Literacy“ • Solving cognitively demanding tasks in a more and more de-contextualized manner • Cognitive-Cultural Variables for school success