Language and

Language Learning
Presented by :
Minxuan, Linling and Szemin
01
The Nature and
Importance of
Language
The Nature and Importance of
Language

● Language is a uniquely human

way of conveying meaning.
● Language is a defining feature
of culture, language and a mark
of personal identity.
● Language is the basis of
communication and the primary
instrument of thought.
02
Language
Acquisition &
Development
Language Acquisition & Development
● Language Learning is a lifelong process that begins at birth.
● It is essential that students develop language informally in
their early years before they learn to understand the
languages’ rules and conventions.
● In later life, language learning happens when learning in
specific contexts.
● Students enhance their language by utlizing what they already
know in more sophisticated context. By incorporating new
language structures, they develop language fluency and
proficiency.
03
Language
Learning: A
Shared
Responsibility
 Language Learning: A Shared
Responsibility

Responsibility for language learning is

shared by students, parents, teachers,
and the community.
Schools need to provide learning
opportunities in order to develop the
student’s language acquisition.
Teachers that teach the specialised
language bear the heaviest
responsibility in language development.
04
Thinking and
Learning Through
Language
Thinking, Learning, Language
● All these three are interrelated
● Enables students to play an active role in various communities
of learners within and beyond the classroom.
● Critical and creative thinking and learning through language
occur when students reflect, speculate, create, analyze
● Enables students to develop metacognition (to reflect upon
and control their own thinking and learning processes)
● Develop an awareness of the skills and strategies they need to
complete learning tasks successfully and to communicate
about themselves
05
Recent Developments
in Understanding
Language Learning
ELA Framework
❖ ELA (English Language Arts) Framework reflects
an expanded understanding, based on recent
research, of how students develop language and
literacy skills.
❖ Includes:
1. reflects and stresses the integrated nature
of the six language arts
2. emphasizes the impact of technological
advances on language teaching and learning
3. promotes the importance of inquiry and
critical thinking in the development of
reflective learners
06
The English
Language Arts
English Language Arts

Enable pupils to :
★ Understand a language
★ Appreciate language
★ Use it in communication, personal
satisfaction and learning

Six language arts

★ Listening
★ Speaking
★ Reading
★ Writing
★ Viewing
★ Representing
Listening and Speaking
➔ People communicate thoughts, feeling,
experiences, information, opinions and
learn to understand each others
➔ Enables people to explore ideas and
concept, understand and organize
knowledges
➔ People use oral language to :
1. Learn
2. Solve problems
3. Reach goals
Reading and Writing
➢ Enable people to extend knowledge
➢ Increase understanding of self and others
➢ Experience enjoyment

Reading:

1. Provides people to access ideas, views and

experiences
2. Helps in constructing meaning
3. Develop thoughtful and critical interpretation

Writing:

4. Enable people to to explore, shape and clarify their

ideas
5. Communicate themselves to others
 Viewing and Representing
❖ Allow people to understand the ways the
language

Viewing :

I. A process of attending to and

comprehending visual media
II. Enable people to acquire informations

Representing :

III. Enable people to communicate informations

and idea through media
Thank you!