GEC 5 PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

LAIRA DIANA M. RAMOS

1st year BSA - BLOCK B

TU.TH 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

My Language Biography

Reflect on the concepts presented in the input and connect them to your personal experience of
language by creating your own Language Biography. Begin by filling in the Language Biodata Form
below.

Language Biodata Form

How many languages do you speak? Identify these I use two language first is filipino because is a nativ
languages. language in the philippines where i was born
english is a must language because it is the
universal language of human kind.

What is/are your first language/s or mother Tagalog

tongue/s?

How did you acquire your first language/s or I acquired my first language is to my parents
mother tongue/s? because when i was a child they teach me how to
speak first.

What skills can you perform using your first
language/s?
These skills are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and
Writing. In the context of first-language
acquisition, the four skills are most often acquired
in the order of listening first, then speaking, then
possibly reading and writing.

What is/are your second language/s? English is used primarily as an international

language, especially in the business, scientific,
legal, political and academic communities.

How did you learn your second language/s? learned it by practicing every word to be fluent in
it

What skills can you perform using your second language/s?More interactions towards different
language/s? people with different culture and tradition. You
can also be an interpreter or something.

What are your language strengths? strengths?My language strength is to give meaning
 to things another strength is how it can be mixed
and used to express emotions.

What are your language weaknesses? Both can serve as our strength and
weaknesses.sometimes.we focus too much on
these two values that moral boundaries blur.

Which language is your favorite, and why?
Filipino is my favorite langauge why because it is
important for the Filipinos to be able to
communicate very well in English. But, every one
who thinks of himself as Filipino has also the
responsibility to love the country of his birth and,
naturally, his own language.

With the information provided in your Language Biodata Form, write your Language Biography, which is
a paragraph that tells the story of your languages.

My Language Biography

  In my Twenty years of existence, I see language as a universal tool that keeps the world going. Without
it, life would be meaningless. Life would be in so much chaos. What is included to our development as a
person is the ability to acquire language. The first language I acquired is the Filipino language. I don't
really remember how or when but I believe I acquired this from the environment I am exposed to
growing up. With this language, I was able to learn and develop my listening skills, learn how to speak
and my understanding. I started to study english in kindergarten when i was five years old, there i lerned
the colors, numbers and some animals in english, in primary i learned vocabulary about fruits, colors ,
numbers , body parts, kinds of food, animals, weather and finally i saw the verb to be then, at high
school i learned more things. I saw different topics like conditionals, phasal verbs, passive voice, simple
present, simple past, present continous, past continous, future continoud, present perfect, past perfect
and future perfect. I practicated a lot in my school with listening audios, movies in english and solving
guides of diferent themes. I like to listen music, I love rock and pop, so, I learned vocabulary trying to
sing those songs. However, the only problem for me in this language is that I don't have the confidence.
I prefer to speak on my mind than speaking it verbally. At some circumstances.