Theory of language
Theory of language
What are the three principal views of language teaching and learning?
Ans. The structural view, the functional view, and the interactional view are the three principal views of language teaching and learning practices.
Why is understanding the linguistic theory important in learning and teaching language?
Ans. According to Richards and Rodgers (1986), the understanding of the linguistic theory is important because it provides the basis for a particular teaching method that is closely related to the understanding of language learning.
What is the structural view of language?
Ans. The structural view treats language as a system of structurally related elements to code meaning.
Who is the proponent of the structural view?
Ans. Ferdinand de Saussure is the proponent of the structural view which holds that language is a self-contained system of signs.
Which methods are based on the structural view?
Ans. Some of the language learning methods based on the structural view of language are:
a) The Audiolingual method
b) Total Physical Response
c) The Silent Way
What is linguistics?
Ans. The study of language is called linguistics.
What is language?
Ans. A human system of communication that uses arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
What are the approaches and methods based on the interactive view?
Ans. Some of the language learning approaches and methods based on this view of language are:
Strategic Interaction and Communicative Approaches.
What is an interactive view of language?
Ans. The interactive view sees language as a vehicle for the creation and maintenance of social relations, focusing on patterns of moves, acts, negotiation, and interaction found in conversational exchanges. This view has been fairly dominant since the 1980s.
What are the approaches and methods based on the communicative view?
Ans. Some of the language approaches and methods based on this view of language are:
Communicative Approaches
Functional-national Syllabuses
The Natural Approach
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