CHAPTER 5: Closure Activity

I.ACTIVATE
“In multilingual society, how do people choose language in different situation?’ In the
previous lesson, you understand that language choice differs depending on the domain. More
specifically, language choice is heavily dependent on its sociolinguistic contexts, such as
location, participants involved, and the topic at hand (Spolsky, 2004).
To better understand the relationship between language choice and the sociolinguistic
contexts, you will now do a self-survey of your language choices. Please complete the table
below.
DOMAIN TOPIC SETTING PARTICIPANTS LANGUAGE
(Who are you (What
(What are you (Where is the
talking to?) languages are
talking about? talk/ encounter
you using)
Give one taking place.)
example.)
FAMILY The topic of the Anywhere, Both my parents. Filipino is often
land is always however if The issue with used. Because
brought up everyone is past history, there are two and
whenever our present, it reputation, different sides of
family gets usually happens careers, property, the family, they
together, on the balcony and comparing also use different
regardless of the or in the car and their children languages,
reason. Our past kitchen since exists on my namely Filipino,
history, we're all father's side. The English and
reputation, gathered difficulty with Ilocano. My
careers, together. owning land, mother's side
property, and though, comes on speaks Tagalog
comparing their my mother's side or English and
children are of the family. my father's side
among the many speaks Ilocano or
serious and often Filipino.
unpleasant
things we
discuss, but land
rights is one that
is frequently
brought up.
SCHOOL What is often At school. Now The people I talk Filipino and
talked about is because the class to are my college English. Because
about school, is online, on any friends, my group we are English
about school app or social mates, and majors, we talk
 works. media. classmates. using the English
language as
much as we can,
and if not, we
use Filipino or
Taglish.
SHOPPING The one I always I often go to the To the vendors Depending on
go with and talk mall especially if and sellers every who I'm talking
to whenever I'm I am alone time I ask about to, when I'm at
shopping is my because it's safer the price because the mall I use
mother because from the thief there is no price English and
she has the and I also avoid tag or if there is when I'm at the
money. She COVID-19 and I another color and marts and ukay I
always talks to don't need to size. often use
me about what to socialize with Filipino or
buy. When I'm people. sometimes a mix
alone, I talk to Sometimes in of Filipino and
the seller or ukay or marts English.
sometimes I when I'm with
don't because I mother because
leave she's the one
immediately talking to the
after I buy what I vendors.
need or because
of my social
anxiety.
SOCIAL It's often about Depends on the It depends again I always use
MEDIA politics, what I app that I'm on the app I use. I English in all
like or what I'm using. When I’m often use social media
interested in, and on Tiktok, messenger and apps. When I
gossip. strangers. When Facebook because know someone
I’m on of school. The close to me, I use
messenger and only people I talk Taglish.
Facebook, my to are about 10,
friends and these are my
family. When classmates,
I’m on friends and
Instagram, my family.
friends.

II.ANALYZE
Underpinning Motivations of the language in ____________

LANGUAGE STATUS UNDERPINNING

MOTIVATION
English National and co-official 1, 2 (in diversity), 3, 4, 5,
Mandarin language and 8
Malay
English (de facto) Co – official language 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8
Malay (de jure)
Indonesian Auxiliary official languages 2 (in diversity), 3, 4, and 6
Japanese in the regions
Korean
Arabic Promoted and tolerated 2 (in diversity) and 4
Hebrew languages
Thai
Vietnamese
Dutch
French
German
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Tagalog