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TAGUIG BRANCH

Course Title : LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

Course Code : SEEN 30023
Course Credit : 3 units Laboratory: None Total Units: 3 units

Pre-Requisite : none/
Course Description : An introduction to the world of language and linguistics. Students explore the great diversity of world languages and develop an understanding of the genetic and geographical
ties among them. They learn to appreciate language as an object of scientific study and to apply their new knowledge to everyday social interactions in their own lives and communities. They examine the
relationship of linguistic variation to social and cultural identity. Topics include multilingualism, language learning and preservation, spelling reform, and language policy.

INSTITUTIONAL INTENDED LEARNING COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (CILO)

OUTCOMES (ILO)
Creative and Critical Thinking
Adeptness in the Responsible Use of TechnologY
Community Engagement
High Level of Leadership and Organizational
Skills.
Strong Service Orientation
Effective Communication
Sense of Nationalism and Global Responsiveness.
Sense of Personal and Professional Ethics
PROGRAM INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (PILO) COLLEGE
SUBJECT
BSED BSED Graduate Outcomes Course Outcomes
ED01 Graduates use their imaginative as well as rational thinking abilities to life situations in order to push boundaries,
realize possibilities, and deepen their interdisciplinary and general understanding of the world.  Students will be able to explain how language, whose
primary function is to serve as an instrument of
communication, serves secondarily to help establish
ED05 Graduates demonstrate optimized use of digital learning abilities, including technical and numeracy skills. aspects of the social identity of its speakers. They
will be able to list aspects of social identity that correlate
ED04 Graduates take an active role in the promotion and fulfilment of various advocacies (educational, social and with linguistic identity—national, ethnic, class,
environmental) for the advancement of community welfare. geographical, sexual, educational.
ED07 Graduates are developed to become the best professionals in their respective disciplines by manifesting the Students will be able to explain the status of geographical
appropriate skills and leadership qualities. variations in a language—dialects, as well as
ED03 Graduates exemplify the potentialities of an efficient, well-rounded, and responsible professional deeply the social equivalent of such variation.
committed to service excellence.  Students will examine evidence of language change by
ED02 Graduates are proficient in the four macro ski9lls of communication (reading, writing, listening and speaking) and comparing samples of languages at different
are able to use these skills in solving problem, making decision and articulating thoughts when engaging with stages in their histories, such as texts in Latin compared to
people in various circumstances. Spanish, or Old English, Middle English, and
Modern English.
ED09 Graduates deep sense of nationalism compliments the need to live in global village where one’s culture and other  Students learn how linguists have determined that certain
people’s culture are respected. groups of languages are all descended from a
ED08 Graduates show desirable attitudes and behaviour either in their personal and professional circumstances. common ancestor. They will be able to name the major
families and the genetic affiliations of the world’s

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Passion to Life-Long Learning ED06 Graduates are enabled to perform and function in the society by taking responsibility in their quest to know more major languages.

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Week Topic Learning Outcomes
Week 1-3 UNIT 1
Explain how language, whose
The social functions of language.
primary function is to serve as an
Language and geographical, ethnic, instrument of communication,
national identity.
serves secondarily to help establish
aspects of the social identity of its
speakers.
Dialects, sociolects, registers Explain the status of geographical
variations in a language—dialects,
as well as the social equivalent of
such variation.
Give specific examples of how a
Multilingualism large portion of the world’s
population live and function with
more than one language in their
everyday lives
Week 4-5 UNIT 2
Language policy and planning List some of the societal issues that
arise when more than one language is
widely spoken in a country.
Give specific examples of how a large
Multilingualism portion of the world’s population live
and function with more than one
language in their everyday lives.
Prescriptivism and the equality of
languages
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Methodology Resources Assessment
Assessment for Learning or
1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
Class Discussion Third edition. Cambridge (Prior Learning)
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2. Assessment as Learning or
Doodle drawing Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Process or Formative assessment
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 (Developmental)
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-
Collage and poster making 53092-6 Performance Task aligned with
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691- ILO 1
01468-X (with Rubric Scoring Guide)
Graphic Organizers 5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World.
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language Assessment of Learning
and society. Fourth edition. Outcome or Summative
Differentiated Instruction Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 assessment
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., LONG TEST 1
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and Coverage:
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006). UNIT 1
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
Assessment for Learning or
Class discussion and 1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
demonstration Third edition. Cambridge (Prior Learning)
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2.
Mind Map Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Assessment as Learning or
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 Process or Formative assessment
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674- (Developmental)
Hot Seat 53092-6
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691-
01468-X Performance Task aligned with
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Total Physical Response 5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World. ILO 2
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Explain the difference between
Pidgins and creoles approaching human linguistic behavior
as an
object of scientific study (linguistics),
and approaching it with the view that
some ways of speaking are
“good” and some are “bad” and
attempting to impose a “better” variety
on a speech community
(prescriptivism)
Week 6-8 UNIT 3
State what the characteristic
Written and spoken language structural differences between
written language and spoken
language are.
Alphabets Survey various writing systems
used across the world and
study the origins and historical
development of the alphabet.
Spelling and spelling reform Describe the advantages of a
good spelling system.
Language change and reconstruction Examine evidence of language
change by comparing samples
of languages at different
stages in their histories, such as
texts in Latin compared to
Spanish, or Old English, Middle
English, and
Modern English.
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Class Discussion
Video Presentation
Human Chain
Playing Detective
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language
and society. Fourth edition.
Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 Assessment of Learning
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., Outcome or Summative
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and assessment
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006). LONG TEST 2
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and Coverage:
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore UNIT 2
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
Assessment for Learning or
1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
Third edition. Cambridge (Prior Learning)
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2. Assessment as Learning or
Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Process or Formative assessment
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 (Developmental)
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-
53092-6 Performance Task aligned with
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691- ILO 3
01468-X (with Rubric Scoring Guide)
5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World.
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language Assessment of Learning
and society. Fourth edition. Outcome or Summative
Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 assessment
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., LONG TEST 3
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and Coverage:
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006). UNIT 3
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
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Week 9 MIDTERM EXAM
Week 10- UNIT 4
12
The languages of the world Answer such questions as: How many
languages are there in the world? How
many speakers do these languages
have? Where are they spoken?
Learn how linguists have determined
that certain groups of languages are all
Language families descended from a
common ancestor. They will be able to
name the major families and the
genetic affiliations of the world’s
major languages.
Having learned something about the
great number and diversity of
languages, students proceed to
First-language learning consider questions like: How did this
multiplicity originate? How did
language itself originate?]
Week 13- UNIT 5
14
First-language learning Survey some of the ongoing research
on the process of children’s learning of
their first languages.
Learn some of the basics of the
Foreign language learning and teaching process of learning and teaching a
foreign language. They will compare, in
writing, this process to the process of
learning one’s first language.
List some of the goals and methods of
this science. They will demonstrate the
Language as an object of scientific study
ability to differentiate between notions
and statements representing a
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Assessment for Learning or
1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
Reporting Third edition. Cambridge
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
(Prior Learning)
Lecture 2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2. Assessment as Learning or
Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Process or Formative assessment
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 (Developmental)
Contests 3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-
53092-6 Performance Task aligned with
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691- ILO 4
01468-X (with Rubric Scoring Guide)
5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World.
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language Assessment of Learning
and society. Fourth edition. Outcome or Summative
Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 assessment
Community information 7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., LONG TEST 4
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and Coverage:
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006). UNIT 4
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
Assessment for Learning or
1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
Class discussion Third edition. Cambridge (Prior Learning)
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2. Assessment as Learning or
Twitter Board Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Process or Formative assessment
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 (Developmental)
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-
Caption a Photo 53092-6 Performance Task aligned with
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691- ILO 5
01468-X (with Rubric Scoring Guide)
5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World.
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language Assessment of Learning
and society. Fourth edition. Outcome or Summative
Collage Making Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 assessment
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layman’s view of language and others
that approach language as an object of
scientific study.
Week 15- UNIT 6 Gain a basic understanding of some
17 important features of animal
Language and other communication communication systems and computer
systems “languages”. They will list, in writing,
specific features that make these
systems qualitatively the same as
or different from human language.
Describe some salient features of the
sign language of the deaf and they will
Sign language be asked to evaluate to what extent
sign language is qualitatively the same
as or different from ordinary
language.
Consider the role of language and the
Languages and world communication. challenge posed by the great diversity
of languages in an increasingly
globalized world society.
List and describe some attempts to
address this situation with the creation
Artificial and world languages of international artificial languages and
the possible use of existing languages
as international languages.
Week 18 FINAL EXAM
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Lecture-Discussion
Demonstration of the theory
through DI activities.
Seat work
Lecture
Stretch to Sketch
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., UNIT 5
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006).
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
Assessment for Learning or
1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Pre Assessment or Diagnostic
Third edition. Cambridge (Prior Learning)
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2. Assessment as Learning or
Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition. Process or Formative assessment
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5 (Developmental)
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-
53092-6 Performance Task aligned with
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691- ILO 6
01468-X (with Rubric Scoring Guide)
5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World.
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language Assessment of Learning
and society. Fourth edition. Outcome or Summative
Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3 assessment
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., LONG TEST 6
Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano, Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and Coverage:
Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006). UNIT 6
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and
Report Writing. Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to
Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.
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BOOKS/ COURSE REFERENCES: Course Assessment & Evaluation Criteria (Grading and Requirements)

1. Crystal, David. 2010. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Third edition. Cambridge Midterm Finals
University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-73650-3 Class Standing Class Standing
2. DeFrancis. John. 1989. Visible Speech. ISBN: 978-0-82-481-207-2.  Quizzes/ Long Exams 25%  Quizzes/ Long Exams 25%
Holmes, Janet. 2008. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Third edition.  Reports/Research Work 25%  Reports/Research Work 25%
 Attendance/Recitation 25%  Attendance/Recitation 25%
ISBN: 978-1-4058-2131-5
 Assignment/Seatwork 25%  Assignment/Seatwork 25%
3. Grosjean, François. 1982. Life with Two Languages. ISBN: 0-674-53092-6
4. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. ISBN: 0-691-01468-X
5. Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language. Harcourt, Brace and World. 100% 100%
6. Trudgill, Peter. 2001. Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language and society. Fourth edition. FINAL GRADE = (1st Grading Grade * .4) +( 2nd Grading Grade * .6)
Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0-14-028921-3
7. Cusipag, Maria N., Aglawa, Charito M., Balabar, Corazon V., Madunio, Marilu R., Miciano,
Remedios Z., Majica, Leonisa A. and Shimamoto, Regine L. (2006).
8. Manalo, Paterna E. and Fermin, Virginia E. (2008). Technical and Report Writing.
Mandaluyong: National Bookstore
9. Framkin, Victoria Rodman, Robert et al. (2011). Introduction to Linguistic. Singapore: Cengage
Learning Asia Pte. Ltd.

House Rules:

Aside from what is prescribed in the student handbook, the following are General Rules :

1. The course is expected to have a minimum of four (4) quizzes. No make-up tests will be given.
2. Assignment and research projects/report works will be given throughout the semester. Such requirements shall be due as announced in class. Late submission shall be penalized with grade deduction (5% per day) or shall no longer
be accepted, depending on the subject facilitator’s discretion. Assignments and exercises are designed to assist you in understanding the materials presented in class, and to prepare you for exams.
3. Students are required to attend classes regularly, including possible make-up classes. The student will be held liable for all topics covered and assignments made during his/her absence. The university guidelines on attendance and
tardiness will be implemented.
4. Any evidence of copying or cheating during ant examinations mat result to a failing grade from the examination for all parties involved. Note that other university guidelines shall be used in dealing with this matter.
5. Students are advised to keep graded work until the semester has ended.io
6. Contents of the syllabus are subject to modification with notification.
7. Mobile phones, radios or listening devices are not allowed to be used inside lecture and laboratory rooms to prevent any distractive interruption of the class activity.
8. No foods, drinks, cigarettes nor children are allowed inside the lecture and laboratory rooms.
9. Withdrawal and dropping from the subject should be done in accordance with existing university policies and guidelines regarding the matter.

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