The document discusses the differences between linguistic concepts covered in the chapter "Language in Society/Society in Language". It provides examples of the many languages and dialects that exist in Papua New Guinea. While initially confusing, reading the material helped clarify the differences between linguistic terms like "language", "dialect", and "accent". The chapter also examines the difficulty in defining terms like "language" and "dialect" given all the factors that contribute to their definitions.

1. The following reflection is based on the text “Language in
Society/Society in Language” and it is focused on the main contents
covered in this section. This chapter it is mainly centered on the
differences between linguistic concepts.
Firstly, there is a big amount of examples of languages and dialects
that exist in Papua New Guinea; which I think were confusing and
excessive. Even though I got confused by some many names and
comparison, as long as I read, I found some more interesting points of
view and explanations.
The confusion among linguistics terms such as „language‟, „dialect‟
and „accent‟ is perfectly common in our reality as language learners,
but I realized that once you read this material the confusion
disappears. I have to admit that this time the examples did help me
understand the explanations.
One of the things that got me thinking is the difficultly that
represents to linguistics to define terms such as „language‟ and
„dialect‟ because even though it seems as simply question, it is not
because all of the matters that contribute to this definition of
concepts.
I believe this material is a good help for everyone who is learning
English, but especially for future teachers, because we have to be
able to differentiate the diverse terms and be capable of providing
good examples to our students in the future. This chapter clarifies
common mistakes related to linguistics terms that we usually make
and states that it is not easy to define terms of linguistics matters.
This may not be the best text I have ever read, but it helped me
improve my knowledge and vocabulary due to some specific
vocabulary.
Camila Cuevas Araneda.