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A Presentation by: Ruelo, Pascua, Mina

January 25, 2023
 Reporters:

Joyce L. Ruelo Lhea Jane Pascua Ma. Janicia Mina

Language
Shift and
Maintenance
 "Fairy Dust"
Mechanics:
The students will be divided into four groups.
Each group will be given a box that contains fairy dust and
a piece of paper.
Each dust has letters written on it, the students shall
arrange the letters to form a word.
After the students were able to solve the word, the student
shall solve the riddle that is written in the piece of paper.
Through the use of the formed words, the students will use
this word as a clue to solve the riddle.
Learning Objective
(1.) Demonstrate a deeper
understanding of the different
theories and processes in
language development.
(2.) Discuss the different types of language
death and the revival of some languages.
(3.) Construct a role-play presentation
encompassing the language shift, death, and
maintenance based on understanding.
L a n g u a g e
Shift
Language Shift
is a social phenomenon
whereby one language
replaces
another in a society
due to underlying changes
in the composition and
aspirations
of the society.
Language Shift

the process or the event

in which a population
changes
from using an old language
to a new one.
 Language Shift and
Language Change

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Factors Contributing to
Language Shift
The Economic Factor

The need for work.

People may shift both location
and language for this reason.
They need to shift language both
for their job success and for their
social well-being to make friends.
The
Social Factor
There is a pressure from the wider
society.
Immigrants who look and sound
"different" are often regarded as
threatening by majority group
members.
There is a pressure to conform in all
kind of ways
Political
Factor
A rapid shift occurs when
people are anxious to "get on" in
a society where knowledge of
the second language is a pre-
requisite for success.
Demographic
Factor
When there is a community of speakers
moving to a region or a country whose
language is different from theirs, there is a
tendency to shift to the new language.
Resistance to language shift tends to last
longer in rural area than in urban areas.
 Language shift tends to be
slower among communities

Attitudes where the minority group

and
support the use of the minority
language is highly valued. When

Values
the minority group support the
use of the minority language, it
helps them to resist the pressure
from the majority group to
switch language.
L a n g u a g e

Loss
and

Death
Language
Loss
A situation in which, the speakers of
a language adopt another language
and don't speak their native language
continuously is known language lost.
Language
Death
Dead Language
languages are considered "dead" when they
simply have no more native speakers, even
though they still may be used in some way.

E x t i n c t Language
languages are considered "extinct" when no
living person can speak them.
 Types of
Language Death
Gradual Language Death Sudden Language Death

This normally happens when speakers of This occurs when all or almost all of the
one language come into contact with a native speakers of a language suddenly
language of higher prestige. die as a result of disaster or violence.

Bottom-to-top Language Death Radical Language Death

Language ceases to be used as a native The native speakers aren't wiped out but
spoken language but continues to be suddenly stop using their own language
used in certain contexts. as a way to avoid persecution.
Language

Revival
The Revival of
Hebrew
With the help of well-preserved books of Jewish religion
and Philosophy.
Today, it is the mother tongue of 5 million Jewish people.
The Revival of
Cornish
Dormant for over 100 years
In 1990s, it was reawakened
Today, it is now being teach to some schools in Cornwall,
UK.
 The Revival of

Tunica-Biloxi
Donna Pierite and her family studied
Tunica
They teach it to children and with the
community.
Today, they are leading a Tunica
renaissance and also they are creating
Facebook contents using Tunica and
even memes.
L a n g u a g e
Maintenance
Language
Maintenance
The process by which languages
continue to be spoken by a speech
community despite facing competition
from dominant or major languages.
 Minority Group

African Indians and Asians and Hispanics

Americans Alaska Pacific Ethnicity
Islanders
Language Maintenance for "Ligbok" as
one of the Minority dying language.

Binukot
 Ways to maintain
Minority Language
1 2

When it's highly valued When families from the

as an important symbol minority group live near
of ethnic identity for the each other and see each
minority group. other frequently.
 Ways to maintain
Minority Language
3 4

Emigrants from a Intermarriage within its

minority group, the same minority group is
frequency of contact helpful to maintain the
with the homeland. native language.
 Ways to maintain
Minority Language
5 6

Minority language is Institutional support

used in formal settings from domains: such as
such as schools, administration, media,
churches, meetings... education, religion, law..
 Group Activity:
1. The class will be divided into three.
2. Each representative of the group shall pick a color. Purple represents
"language shift." Red represents "language death." Yellow represents
"language maintenance."
3. The representation of the color will be used as the main subject of the
role play. Each group will be given six minutes to prepare and three
minutes to present the short role play in the class.
4. The group with the highest score based on the rubric will be the winner.
Rubric: Hindi ko alam kung tama hahahahahaha

4 3 2

Accuracy of
All information presented in Most information presented The Information presented
the role play was clear and in the role play was clear during the role play had
Information accurate. and acccurate. several inaccuracies.

Voice and pronunciation Some of the voice spoken

The voice clarity and
Clarity of Voice utilized is clearly heard and during the role play is
pronunciation is rarely clear.
understood. inaudible.

Expression and Body

Always expresses emotion Usually expresses emotion Often expresses emotion
through voice, facial through voice, facial through voice, facial
Language expression, and gestures. expression, and gestures. expression, and gestures.

Total: 12
 Generalization
It is true that change is inevitable. There will be times when the
new one replaces the old, which we refer to as "language shift."
Hence, when a language shift occurs, death will follow, as when the
speaker dies, the language dies with them. As a result, our
community strives to recover a language that is threatened by
language death, loss, and extinction. Where as, language
maintenance serves as the awakening part of the community, thus,
people continue to utilize the language in simple ways every single
day that counts in the process of attaining to maintain the language.
Assessment: Multiple Choice
 Reference:
Language Shift, Language
Death/Loss, Language Revival,
Language Maintenance.
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