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LANGUAGE:

DEFINITION,
NATURE &
CHARACTERISTICS
LANGUAGE CURRICULUM FOR SECONDARY
WHAT IS
CURRICULUM?
Curriculum is a structured set of
intended learning outcomes that
come in the form of knowledge,
skills and value; affected by
important factors of program
philosophy, goals, objectives, and
evaluation.
WHAT IS
LANGUAGE?
The method of human
communication, either spoken or
written, consisting of the use of
words in a structured and
conventional way.
Language is a system of words
or signs that people use to
express thoughts and feelings to
each other.
(merriam-webster.com)
Language is a system of
communication, a medium for
thought, and a social interaction.
WHAT ARE THE
NATURE AND
CHARACTERISTICS
OF LANGUAGE?
NATURE
basic constitution of a person or
thing
CHARACTERISTICS
A feature that helps to identify,
tell apart, or describe recognizably;
a distinguishing mark or trait.
NATURE OF
LANGUAGE
1

Language is a combination of
sounds.
2

Words have meanings.


MEANING ARE IN
PEOPLE NOT IN
WORDS.

Because of this, you must not only


consider your interpretation of the
word, but also the meaning the
communicator is trying to get
through
Did you know that set is the
word with the most
number of meanings?
Noun: 58
Verb: 126
Adjective: 10
3

Language follows a grammatical


structure.
4

Language is based on aural and


oral system.
5

Language can die and be


extinct.
SOME REASONS FOR THE
GROWTH AND DECLINE OF
LANGUAGE:

Changing societal needs


Erosion of old customs
Call for elegance
An endangered language is a
language that is at risk of falling
out of use as its speakers die out
or shift to speaking another
language. Language loss occurs
when the language has no more
native speakers, and becomes a
"dead language".
EXAMPLE

Ancient Greek slowly evolved


into modern Greek, and Latin
slowly evolved into modern
Italian
Yuchi (Euchee) is the language of
the Yuchi people living in the
southeastern United States,
including eastern Tennessee,
western Carolinas, northern Georgia
and Alabama, in the period of early
European colonization. However,
speakers of the Yuchi language
were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma
in the early 19th century.
Sisters Maxine Wildcat
Barnett (left) and
Josephine Wildcat Bigler;
two of the final surviving
elderly speakers of Yuchi,
visiting their
grandmothers grave in a
cemetery behind Pickett
Chapel in Sapulpa,
Oklahoma. According to
the sisters, their
grandmother had insisted
that Yuchi be their native
language.
An extinct language is a
language that no longer has any
speakers, or that is no longer in
current use.
Dead languages are still known
and used in special contexts in
written form.
A dead language may remain in use
for scientific, legal, or ecclesiastical
functions. Old Church Slavonic,
Classical Armenian, Avestan, Coptic,
Biblical Hebrew, New Testament
Greek, Ge'ez, Ardhamagadhi, Pali,
Sanskrit and Latin are among the
many dead languages used as
sacred languages.
TRIVIA
Ethnologue records 7,358 living
languages known. But on 2015-
05-20, Ethnologue reported only
7,102 known living languages.
6

Language can be diverse.


CHARACTERISTICS
OF LANGUAGE
1

Language is dynamic.
WORD: STATIC

MEANING: DYNAMIC
2

Language has levels.


3

Language is creative and


unique.
4

Language is a means of
communication.
5

Language identifies
culture.
6

Language is arbitrary.
Languages are said to be arbitrary
because there is no necessary or natural
relationship between the words of a
given language and the concepts that
they represent.
Also, languages are arbitrary because
the rules for the combination of signs in
order to produce complete thoughts are
different from one language to the other,
and no set of rules can claim to be the
"right" one.
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