DANIEL JOSH D.

MERCADO PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

MODULE 5A

Activity:

Give a one-liner title for the image on the right.

- “VIRTUALLY CONNECTED”

Analysis:

1. Is language a tool for communication that reflects power?

- Yes, I believe that language is a tool for communication that reflects power.

First, language is indeed a tool for communication because it is what we use to

communicate with each other, with language we understand other people’s

perception on certain things and it reflects power in a way that through

language we may have the capability to influence or persuade other

people/community.

2. How does the language create power?

- Language creates power or become powerful through words that bear

significant value, words that can persuade others and make a large community

understand you/your work(speech, poems, and etc).

3. What is the role of the language in promoting globalization?

- The role of language in promoting globalization is that language is used in

order to converse with other state-nations, by definition, globalization is the

interdependence and interrelation of countries in a globalized arena. Since

language is used as the primary tool for diplomacy, migration, market, culture,
 and etc., It promotes globalization in a way of communication.

Assessment

Answer the following:

1. Based on the discussion, complete the inverted semantic tree:

Power Behind Power of

Language Language

Language
Language Language Language
Language Maintains
reflects unites and creates
reveals power Existing
power divides nation influence
Dominance

World
Ethnolinguistic Oratorical Conversation Narrative
Englishes and Power of
Vitality Power -al power Power
Lingua Franca single words
English
2. Determine whether the statement is true or false. Write TRUE if it is True and FALSE if it is

False. Support your answer by explaining your points in 2-3 sentences only.

1. Language, as a tool for communication, can change the society. - TRUE. Language is

indeed a tool for communication as that is what we use to understand each other’s point of

view on certain things. It can also change the society since language can be really powerful and

can be used to influence other community.

2. Conversation is not a communication. - FALSE. Conversation is an exchange of words or

ideas between two or more people, I consider it as communication because are a lot of ways on

how we communicate either through, art and conversational.

3.One power of language is to deceive other communicators. - TRUE. Since we all know that

language holds or reflect power, so it can do a lot more than just to influence and inform. I

believe that it can deceive people and making them believe such things that can neither be

reliable or true, such examples are; fake news and online scams.

4.Globalization, through communication, distorts the sovereignty of a nation. - FALSE. I don not

think that globalization distorts a nation’s sovereignty, globalization is the interaction of nations

towards each other. I strongly believe that it might even help one another in building a strong

nation, since interaction takes place and we can share our differences and appreciate others.

5. For language to spread, it should be used in communication. - TRUE. For language to spread

it is indeed should be used in communication. Language can be spread by communication in a

lot of ways either through music, lessons, and etc., people learn to adapt to what their

community speaks, in that way language is already being spread and it minimizes barriers.

Application

From the mnemonics G-L-O-B-A-L, create a statement or set of phrases that would relate

and explain our lesson on Communication, Power and Globalization. For example, G – “Go and

connect the world,” or “Great!” then you proceed with L and so on.

G - Gain advantage

L - Let's start the change

O - Open our mindsets

B - Believe in progress

A - Achieve serenity

L - Learn and adapt

MODULE 5B

DANIEL JOSH D. MERCADO

Activity:

Come up with a list of countries in which English is not a native language but is

used as an international or intranational language by people living there. List

the differences in their greetings and share your list results to your classmates.

Singapore - Ni hao

Norway - Hallo

Denmark - Hej!

South Africa - Howzit

Analysis:

1. How do they greet their parents? Their friends? Their supervisor? Do their

ways of greeting people vary? Why?

- The mentioned countries greet their parents in a respectful or disciplined way,

they greet their friends in a way that may sound more quaint or slangy, and

they greet their supervisor by exerting confidence and values at the same time.

I think their way of greetings are quite the same, they may only vary when it

comes to what is their relationship with a certain person.

2. Have you ever experienced difficulty in transacting or communicating in

English with Filipinos?

- Yes, sometimes I do find it difficult to communicate with fellow Filipinos who

speaks English, since English is not my first language I tend to doubt myself

more on vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, for example, if I messed up

some words or sentences, because Filipinos can sometimes judge and laugh

instead of educating or correcting your flaws.

Assessment

How many of these terms can you identify? Identify what variety of English

does each of these terms fall.

Chancing Philippine English Bus depot British English

Sunnies Australian English Chope Singaporean English

Odlies British English Petrol British English

Vulcanizing shop Philippine English Soccer American English

Nes-coffee Philippine English Motorway British English

apartment American English Toonie Canadian English

‘eh’ Canadian English Cousin-brother Indian English

Favourite British English hooroo Australian English

Videoke Philippine English Fire-hall Canadian English

Lah Singaporean Lift British English

English
Subway American English Off day American English

Eavestrough Canadian English Sidewalk American English

Aubergine British English Guru Indian English

Couch American English G’day Australian English

Parkade Canadian English Overpass Philippine English

A. Look for one news report written in Philippine English and another news

report in any of the following: African English, Thai English, Indonesian English,

Malaysian English, Singaporean English. Compare the two news reports in

terms of their lexis, grammar, and spelling.

- I compared the Philippine English article and the Indonesian English Article.

Based on what I have read in a Philippine-made English article is that, the

journalist/s writing is very wise in using or picking certain words to put, the

grammar is understandable, and you can almost find no issues with the

spelling. On the other hand, the Indonesian article was actually better than I

expected, some of problems are; certain parts on the article was lacking some

punctuation marks which makes the readers confuse and the choice of words

are not that good, but overall it did manage to deliver information.
B. Answer one question only.

Discuss what does the mixing of local languages with English accomplish for

users of that English variety.

- The Philippines would be one of the best examples, where Americans first

arrived in 1898 and have remained for many years. There is an unique English

style that differs from that spoken in English-speaking nations. Filipinos'

utilization of English is distinctly Filipino, it might be difficult for Americans to

comprehend at times, so I think what accomplish mixing of local languages

with English is that it showcases the culture through innovation of usage of

words or phrases.