((An introduction to language))
Part 1
The Nature of Human Language
Chapter 1 (What is language?)
●Linguistic Knowledge 언어지식
언어를 안다는 것은 언어를 알고 있는 다른 삶고 말할 수 있고 다른 사람의 말을 이해할 수 있는 것이다. 이것은 당신이 어떤 의미를 가진 것을 말할 수 있는 능력과, 다른 사람이 말한 것을 이
of lexical items and rules of morphology, syntax, sentence-grammar semantics, and phonology.”
Discourse Competence
: the ability we have to connect sentences in stretches of discourse and to form a meaningful whole out of a series of utterances.
→ Reflect the use of the linguistic system itself
Sociolinguistic Competence
: the knowledge of the sociocultural rules oflanguage
He/she works as a facilitator, helping students in learning. Usually, the teacher does not presuppose objectives in advance. And the teacher focuses the teaching materials on practical use.
When applying this method in class, some teachers do not feel comfortable giving students’ the power when they are only beginners oflanguage learning. However, teachers can offer them certain choices.
knowledge and skills. In this report, we are going to select three games that are popular among people in diverse ages and find out how these games influence language learning. Carefully chosen games are called ‘Hanjamaru’, ‘Nintendo DS TOEIC’ and ‘Audition English’. We can find various kinds of learning effects from the research, but we are going to focus on the concepts from Chapter
Language Approach - Activity 2, Image Game
1) Definition of Whole Language Approach
"A whole-language approach represents a philosophy about reading rather than anyone instructional method. According to this philosophy, language is a natural phenomenon and literacy is promoted through natural, purposeful language function. It has as its foundation current knowledge about language developm