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Learning Module in
Language, Culture
and Society

Compiled by:
AUBREY ANNE C. EDANIOL

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2020 Revision
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This Learning Module entitled LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY compiled by

AUBREY ANNE C. EDANIOL (A.Y. 2020-2021), is recommended for production and utilization
by the students and faculty members of the Occidental Mindoro State College.

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College of Teacher Education/ English Major

JANICA ANDRA T. NICOLAS MARY ANN G. FELIPE, EdD

Member Member

JOANNE D. GOROSPE, EdD

Chairperson

Overall Instructional Materials Development Committee

VENESSA S. CASANOVA, PhD MA. IMELDA C. RAYTON, MA

Member Member

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JESSIE S. BAROLO, JR., MAEd

Chairperson

Approved:

ELBERT C. EDANIOL, EdD

Vice President for Academic Affairs
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College of Teacher Education

San Jose Campus

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

OBE COURSE SYLLABUS

OMSC VISION
A premier higher education institution that develops globally competitive, locally responsive, innovative professionals, and life-long learners
OMSC MISSION
OMSC is committed to produce intellectual and human capital by developing excellent graduates through outcomes-based instruction, relevant
research, responsive technical advisory services, community engagement, and sustainable production.
COLLEGE GOAL
The College of Teacher Education is committed to develop future teachers who will help mold students to become enlightened, efficient, and
productive citizens.

COURSE TITLE: Language, Culture and Society

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course explores the inextricable link between and among language, culture, and society, and its implications to the development of English as a
global language and the ways by which it is learned and taught.
COURSE CODE: EL101
CREDIT UNITS: 3
PREREQUISITES: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (EL100)
PROGRAM GOAL:
The BSEd degree program aims to develop highly motivated and competent teachers specializing in the content and pedagogy for secondary
education.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES: (Consider the Curriculum Mapping. Select the applicable outcome for the course/subject.)
Articulate and discuss the latest developments in the specific field of practice. (Philippine Qualifications Framework level 6 descriptor)
▪ Possess broad knowledge of language and literature for effective learning.
▪ Use English as a global language in multilingual context as it applies to the teaching of language and literature.
▪ Acquire extensive reading background in language, literature, and other fields.
▪ Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication.
▪ Shows competence in in employing innovative language and literature teaching approaches, methodologies, and strategies.
▪ Use technology in facilitating language learning and teaching.
▪ Inspire students and colleagues to lead relevant and transformative changes to improve learning and teaching language and literature.
▪ Display skills and abilities to be reflective and research-oriented language and literature teacher.
COURSE OUTCOMES: (knowledge, values and skills all learners are expected to demonstrate at the end of the course)
Knowledge
▪ Describe how language, which primarily function as an instrument of communication, serves to establish aspects of the social identity of its
speakers.
▪ Explain the status of geographical variations in a language—dialects, as well as the social equivalent of such variation.
▪ Determine the specific examples of how a large portion of the world’s population live and function with more than one language in their
everyday lives.
▪ Investigate some of the societal issues that arise when more than one language is widely spoken in a country.
Skills
▪ Enumerate the different gender differences in language use.
▪ Present evidences that women and men from the same speech community may use different linguistic forms.
▪ Present the age-graded features of speech and the social dialect data.
▪ Examine styles and registers, the way language is used and their relationship, thought and culture, and linguistic attitudes, as well as the topic
of ‘women’s language’.
▪ Write and present an analysis of discourse in describing how people use language in different social contexts.
Values
▪ Justify the importance of a national language, their forms, functions, and attitudes.
▪ Appreciate the role of governments in establishing language policies.
▪ Support how the variation and change in language occur and the reasons for language change.
▪ Appreciate how language conveys or constructs a worldview or perspective which may affect one’s perceptions of reality.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Desired Learning Course Content Textbooks/ Teaching/Learning Resource Materials Assessment
Outcomes References Activities
• Orient/update • Vision, Mission, • Student Handbook • Interactive • LCD Projector or • Recitation on
students on the Goals of the Revised Edition Activity/Oral Smart TV College’s VMGO
1 changes/modificatio College Discussion • Laptop
ns to the VMGO of • Copying of posted
the College OMSC’s VMGO
• Describe how • Introduction to • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Interactive • Textbook • Multiple Choice
language, which Sociolinguistics Ed. Introduction to Activities • PowerPoint type of test on
primarily function as • The Social Sociolinguistics • Oral Discussions Presentation terms and
an instrument of Functions of accessed from on linguistic • Laptop terminologies via
communication, Language by: https://www.academi identity—national, • Checklist Edmodo
serves to establish ✓ Halliday a.eed ethnic, class, • Internet Access • Directed
aspects of the social ✓ Jakobson • https://study.com/aca geographical, (using Edmodo and Paraphrasing –
identity of its ✓ Saussure demy/lesson/the- sexual, educational emails) summarize in
speakers ✓ Austin social-cultural- • Individual Reports • LCD Projector or well-chosen own
✓ Searle functions-of- • Journal Entry Smart TV words key idea/s
2–3
language.html • Edmodo from the lesson
using word art at
https://wordart.co
m/ and send it to
Edmodo
• Observation
Checklist aspects
of social identity
that correlate with
linguistic identity
• Report on bi-
dialecticism
• Explain the status of • Dialects, • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Group Interactive • Textbook • Objective Type
4–5 geographical Sociolects, Ed. Introduction to Activities • PowerPoint Quiz via Edmodo
variations in a Registers Sociolinguistics • Oral Discussions Presentation
 language—dialects, accessed from • Individual • Laptop • Research or Survey
as well as the social https://www.academi Presentation • Internet Access data from their own
equivalent of such a.eed • Journal Entry (using Edmodo and speech and that of
variation • http://www.ello.uos.d • Edmodo emails) their families and
e/field.php/Semantics • LCD Projector or peers, and of how
DialectsandSociolect Smart TV individual speakers
s switch among
• http://www.thoughtco varieties
.m/social-dicalect- • Presentation of
sociolect-1692109 Results of data
surveyed
• Rubric assessment
for presentation of
survey
• Determine the • Multilingualism • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Interview or • Textbook • Multiple Choice
specific examples of • Language Choice Ed. Introduction to Observation • Video Clips/Short test on multilingua-
how a large portion in Multilingual Sociolinguistics Checklist Films lism via Edmodo
of the world’s Communities accessed from
• Report on an • LCD Projector or • Tasks and
population live and • Language https://www.academi Smart TV Activities on
observation of a
function with more Maintenance and a.eed • Laptop Sociolinguistic
6–8 than one language in Shift • https://www.research Bilingual • Internet Access issues on
their everyday lives • Linguistic gate.net/publication/3 • PowerPoint (using Edmodo and multilingual-lism
Varieties and 29124383_Lecture_1 Presentations emails) sent via Edmodo
Multilingual _What_Is_Multilingu • Journal Entry • Rubric assessment
Nations alism/link/5bf6aa129 for reports
• Edmodo
2851c6b27d22d79/do
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Midterm Examination
• Investigate some of • National • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Oral Discussions • Textbook • Objective Type
the societal issues Language and Ed. Introduction to • PowerPoint • Newspaper or Quiz via Edmodo
9 – 10 that arise when more Planning Sociolinguistics Presentations Magazines • Research on local
than one language is accessed from • LCD Projector or societal issues on
• Journal Entry
Smart TV language planning
 widely spoken in a https://www.academi • Edmodo • Laptop • Essay criticizing
country. a.eed • Internet Access the government
• Appreciate the role • https://www.academi (using Edmodo and actions on
of governments in a.edu/412400/_Myth emails) language policies
establishing _of_National_Langua • Rubric assessment
language policies. ge._?auto=download for research and
essay
• Enumerate the • Gender and Age • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Oral Discussions • Textbook • Objective type test
different gender Ed. Introduction to • PowerPoint • Video Clips/Short (multiple choice or
differences in Sociolinguistics Presentations Films identification) on
language use accessed from • LCD Projector or men-women talk
• Journal Entry
• Present evidences https://www.academi Smart TV via Edmodo
that women and men a.eed • Edmodo • Laptop • E-collage on
from the same • http://home.lu.lv/~pv • Internet Access gender
11-12 speech community a/Sociolingvistika/10 (using Edmodo and • Individual and
may use different 06648_82038_wardh emails) Collaborative
linguistic forms augh_r-an- Activities sent via
• Present the age- introduction_to_socio Edmodo
graded features of linguistics.pdf • Rubric assessment
speech and the social for e-collage
dialect data

• Appreciate how the • Language • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Oral Discussions • Textbook • Reaction or
variation and change Change Ed. Introduction to • PowerPoint • Video Clips/Short Research Paper on
in language occur Sociolinguistics Presentations Films related language
and the reasons for accessed from • LCD Projector or change studies and
language change • Journal Entry give reactions or
https://www.academi Smart TV
13
a.eed • Edmodo • Laptop criticisms based
• https://linguisticsocie • Internet Access on Philippine
ty.org/resource/langu (using Edmodo and context
age-variation-and- emails) • E-slogan or Poster
change on language
 • https://www.academi change via
a.edu/12784766/Lang Edmodo
uage_Change • Rubric assessment
for research or
reaction paper and
e-slogan
• Examine styles and • Gender, • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Oral Discussions • Textbook • Objective type test
registers, the way Politeness and Ed. Introduction to • PowerPoint • Video Clips/Short (multiple
language is used and Stereotypes Sociolinguistics Presentations Films choice/true or
their relationship, accessed from • LCD Projector false) on linguistic
thought and culture, • Journal Entry attitudes via
https://www.academi Smart TV
14-15 and linguistic a.eed • Edmodo • Laptop Edmodo
attitudes, as well as • https://www.academi • Internet Access • E-comic showing
the topic of a.edu/10241428/Gen (using Edmodo and politeness and
‘women’s language’ der_and_Politeness emails) stereotypes
• Rubric assessment
for e-comic
• Appreciate how • Language, • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Oral Discussions • Textbook • Objective type test
language conveys or Cognition, and Ed. Introduction to • PowerPoint • Video Clips/Short (multiple
constructs a Culture Sociolinguistics Presentations Films choice/fill in) on
worldview or accessed from • LCD Projector or language
perspective which https://www.academi • Journal Entry cognition via
Smart TV
may affect one’s a.eed • Edmodo • Laptop Edmodo
perceptions of reality • https://www.research • Internet Access • Short film-making
16-17 gate.net/publication/2 (using Edmodo and or collection on
54659760_Language emails) perceptions of
_Cognition_and_Cult reality
ure_The_Whorfian_ • Submission of
Hypothesis_And_Be short critic on film
yond • Rubric assessment
for short critic of
film
 • Write and present an • Analyzing • Holmes, J. 2013. 4th • Brainstorming • Textbook • Objective type test
analysis of discourse Discourse Ed. Introduction to • Triad Analysis • Video Clips/Short via Edmodo
in describing how Sociolinguistics • Compilations of Films • Analyzing
people use language accessed from • LCD Projector or conversations
Analysis
in different social https://www.academi Smart TV focusing on
contexts a.eed • PowerPoint • Laptop environment
Presentations • Internet Access issues,
• Journal Entry (using Edmodo and governance,
• Edmodo emails) poverty,
18
reduction, and
responsible
citizenship,
techno-bars
• Rubric assessment
for compilations
of analysis
• Submission of
compilations
Final Examination
SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES:
▪ Halima, Benzoukh. 2012. Basic Concepts in Sociolinguistics. Accessed from
https://dspace.univourgla.dz/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6176/1/T1320%20F.pdf
▪ https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/multilingualism
▪ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324603654/_Language_Planning_and_Policy
▪ https://www.criticism.com/linguistics/national-vs-official-langs.php
▪ https://www.academia.edu/34838700/Language_Change
▪ https://www.academia.edu/11964411/Language_change
▪ https://www.slideshare.net/ratnazun/funtion-of-language
▪ https://www.academia.edu/20382306/Cognition_language_and_culture
▪ https://www.academia.edu/29601965/Gender_and_Politeness_in_Language
▪ https://www.academia.edu/25792472/Gender_issues_and_stereotypes
▪ https://www.academia.edu/8320549/GENDER_STEREOTYPES_AND_WORKPLACE_BIAS
▪ https://www.academia.edu/10777499/Advertising_communication_and_gender_stereotypes
COURSE REQUIREMENTS ▪ Compilation of research materials and film/video clips (Project)
▪ Compilation of Analysis (Project)
▪ Journal Entry/Documentation on the process of activity/ies
Modular and Online Activities =60%
GRADING SYSTEM Major Exams =40%
100%
Attendance:
1. Students having seven (7) absences without valid reasons will be dropped from the class. Students are
required to present admit to class slip from the Office of Student Affairs and Services after being
absent in the previous meeting.
COURSE POLICIES 2. Three (3), not necessarily consecutive, tardiness without further notice is equivalent to one (1)
absence.
Incomplete Grade:
1. Students who were not able to take the midterm/final examinations will receive an incomplete grade.
2. Incomplete grade should be complied within one year.
Prepared by: Noted: Approved:

AUBREY ANNE C. EDANIOL MARY ANN G. FELIPE, EdD ELBERT C. EDANIOL, EdD
Instructor Program Head, BSEd Vice President for Academic Affairs

___June 29, 2020___ _________________

Date Recommending Approval: Date

JOANNE D. GOROSPE, EdD

Dean, College of Teacher Education
_____________________
Date
 PREFACE
College of Teacher Education, particularly those who chose English as their line of
expertise, aims to equip future teachers with proficiency and competency in both oral and
written communication to aid in uplifting the English proficiency and competency of the
Philippine community.

Thus, this Learning Module (LM) in Language, Culture, and Society supports the
aim of the College in developing, enhancing, and strengthening students’ English
proficiency and competency through the lessons, activities, and assessment incorporated.

Specifically, this LM elaborates significances and impacts of language to culture

and society, and how culture and society, particularly: geography, gender, age, and societal
issues influence the language as well.

The LM is divided into 9 lessons, each emphasizing the outcomes and topics
students need to acquire through simplified discussions, activities, and assessments.

Lesson 1 is all about Sociolinguistics, particularly the relationship between

language and society and the social functions of language as theorized by prominent
linguists namely: Halliday, Jakobson, Saussure, Austin, and Searle.

Lesson 2 is all about the difference among the main varieties of language which are
dialects, sociolects, and registers.

Lesson 3 is all about Multilingualism particularly: language choices, language

maintenance and shift, linguistic varieties, and their factors and examples.

Lesson 4 is all about National Language and Planning specifically the processes
and the people involved.

Lesson 5 is all about the impact of gender and age, including the social class and
status in the language of the society.

Lesson 6 is all about Language Change, its reasons, processes, and even how to
study language change.

Lesson 7 is all about Gender, Politeness, and Stereotypes specifically the features
of women’s language, linguistic features as politeness devices, linguistic construction of
sexuality, and sexist language.

Lesson 8 is all about Language, Cognition, and Culture which elaborates the
relationship among language, thought, reality especially when taking into account culture
of the society, and social factors such as gender construction and social identity.

Lesson 9 is all about analyzing Discourse through investigating pragmatics,

conversational maxims, politeness, ethnography of speaking, discourse analysis, and
critical discourse analysis.

It is hoped that this LM helps students acquire necessary knowledge and skills they
may use in the future as educators.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson I. Introduction to Sociolinguistics

1. Sociolinguistics 1
2. The Social Functions of Language 3
▪ Halliday 3
▪ Jackobson 3
▪ Saussure 4
▪ Austin 5
▪ Searle 6

Lesson II. Dialects, Sociolects and Registers

1. Dialects 10
2. Sociolects 10
3. Registers 11

Lesson III. Multilingualism

1. Multilingualism 13
2. Language Choice in Multilingual Communities 14
3. Language Maintenance and Shift 16
4. Linguistic Varieties and Multilingual Nations 19

Lesson IV. National Language and Planning 23

Lesson V. Gender and Age 28

Lesson VI. Language Change 34

Lesson VII. Gender, Politeness, and Stereotypes 41

Lesson VIII. Language, Cognition and Culture 49

Lesson IX. Analyzing Discourse 54