What Is Language

WHAT IS LANGUAGE?
LANGUAGE
• Primary source of communication
• Method through which we share our ideas and thoughts with others
• Some languages are spoken by millions of people, others by only a
few thousand.
• There are thousands of languages in this world. Countries have their
own national languages spoken and understood by their people in
different regions
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• One of the official language in a large number of countries
• Known that 2 billion people use english to communicate to each other
• The dominant business language in every multinational company
• Many of the world’s films, books and music are published and produced in
English
• The world is speaking english. Novelists, entrepreneurs, doctors, IT
professionals; everyone is conversing in english not just at their
workplaces but in theirs social lives as well.
“ English language is the greatest gift of
goddess saraswati to india.”
-C. Rajgopalachari
GENESIS 11:9
“Therefore is the name of it called babel; because
the lord did there confound the language of all
the earth: and from thence did the lord scatter t
hem abroad upon the face of all the earth.”
THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENGLISH
• It increases your income
• Improves your confidence and communication skills
• People who speak in english have more job opportunities
• Travelling is often easy when you can speak in english
• Link language
• Language of science and technology
• Language of trade, industry and administration
• International language
• A window to the world of knowledge
• A foreign language already known to Filipinos
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to achieve the following:
a. Differentiate academic texts from non-academics texts;
b. Examine an academic text to establish its nature and
characteristics;
c. Recognize the characteristics of language used in academic texts;
d. Analyze academic texts according to its language use; and
e. Evaluate academic texts based on its use of language.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ACADEMIC
LANGUAGE
It should no be conversational and casual. Avoid
colloquial and idiomatic expressions, slang, and
contractions.
For Example:
FORMAL dig in, cup of tea, dude, don’t
Do not refer to yourself as the performer of actions. Do

not use personal pronouns.
For Example:
IMPERSONA “It is commonly said that”… instead of “Many of my
friends and colleagues say that…”
L “Research revealed that…” instead of “I discovered that”
The facts are presented accurately. The choice of words are
appropriate. The use of technical terms to achieve precision
is applied.
For Example:
PRECISE “85% of the population”, “the results are
okay(satisfactory).”, asphyxiation (medical term)
It is unbiased, based on facts and is not influenced by

personal feelings.
OBJECTIV For Example:
E The essay on… is distressing” instead of I do not like the
essay”
LANGUAGE USED IN ACADEMIC
TEXTS FROM VARIOUS
DISCIPLINES
ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
• Represents the language demands of school (academics).
Academic language includes language used in textbooks, in
classrooms, on tests, and in each discipline.
• It is different in vocabulary and structure from the everyday
spoken English of social interactions.
• Each type of communication (both academic and social) has
its purpose, and neither is superior to the other.
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
• Used in all academic disciplines to teach about the content of the
discipline, e.g., A water table is different from a periodic elements
table.
• Before taking chemistry, for example, some students know the
technical words used in chemistry, while others do not.
• Pre-teaching of vocabulary and subject-specific terminology helps
to address that need. Teaching academic language can be
challenging because struggling readers and english learners do not
always know the vocabulary used to learn specific academic terms or
ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
• Includes the established ways of organizing writing
(which can affect how one reads) in a discipline.
• Different genres, paragraph/sentence structure, level of
text difficulty, purpose, intended audience, overall
organization, and knowledge of outside resources for
the text all affect how one writes and reads in that
discipline.
In determining the language used in academic text from
various discipline, be reminded of the following:
• Identify the text and then analyze the genre,
academic structure and academic vocabulary.
• For example, a lab report for chemistry requires
different academic structure and vocabulary than a
newspaper article for social studies or a food recipe
for home economics.
Identify and analyze the explicit
instruction/deconstruction concerning the text; consider
multiple models if necessary.
Example:
Deconstruct a word problem in algebra that requires different
academic language from deconstructing a proof in geometry,
a poem in English, or a musical symphony. Use textual
evidence to support their ideas in speaking and writing.
• Use explicit, scaffolded instruction: a clear
instructions, both auditory and visual, and make
models of expected or possible outcomes.
• Bring academic language to the surface: identify its

usage to a particular discipline.

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