METHODOLOGICAL RESOURCE TO LEARNING N° 006 – UNIT II

I IDENTIFY WITH MY LANGUAGE

Colegio de Alto Rendimiento : Apurímac
Name: Juan David Paccaya Chaupi
Subject : English B
Grade and class : 5th D
Hours : 5 per week – from 25th to 29th May.

MAKE CONTACT AND REMEMBER

Activity 1: Observe and analyse the pictures.

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Activity 2: Now let's check what you think. Answer the next questions:

Comparing with the first picture, how do you define your identity?

Think in the second picture. Does your mother tongue shape your identity? If so, how?

Seeing the second picture. Does speaking another language further shape your identity?

LET’S ENQUIRE AND CONTRAST

Activity 3: In what ways does language shape our identity? Read the following text about
the extent to which language affects our perceptions of our identity, then decide if the text
answers any of your questions or just adds more puzzles to the ones you have already
identified (Appendix 1).
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Activity 4: According to the text. How much does the language we speak shape our
Identity? (Appendix 1) complete the activities.

Answer the following questions.

1. Which word between lines 1 and 7 is closest in meaning to “immersed”?

2. What did the author discover when she was a child?

3. How is South Africa described between lines 9 and 20?
4. What did the writer find truly difficult when speaking a foreign language?
Which words go in the gaps between lines 89 and 108?

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Activity 5: Read the text Role of Language in Identity Formation (Appendix 2)
and answer the questions below.
1. Look up the definitions of culture and identity in a dictionary and compare
them to what is given above.
2. What do you think the relationship between culture and identity is?
3. How does language influence, or not, our cultural identity?
LET’S TRANSFER
Activity 6: According to the readings and your insight, make a mind map with the
following questions.
1. How would you define “identity” in relation to the languages you speak?
2. How would you define “culture” in relation to the languages you speak?
3. How does our notion of “identity” and “culture” affect your understanding of
the role language plays in defining both?
LET’S EVALUATE AND REFLECT
Activity 7: Let's check, answer the questions.
➔ What have I learned?
➔ How have I learned it?

➔ What difficulties did I have and how did I deal with them?

➔ How can I use it?

➔ In what other occasions can I use it?