Linguistics Language Teaching 英语语言学.pptVIP

Unit 13 Linguistics Language Teaching Main points: 1. How does linguistics treat language? 2. How is language viewed in language teaching? 3. Are there any differences? 4. How is linguistics branched? 5. How are they mutually influenced? 6. What are the major approaches to language teaching in the 20th century? 1. Language in Linguistics 1) Aims A. Social Whatever else people may do when they come together, they talk. We live in a world of words. B.Psychological The possession of language, more than any other attribute, distinguishes humans from other animals. We all become “human” because we all know at least one language To sum up, the linguist wants to know the social aspects underlying language. Besides, what is more important in studying language is to find out the deep mental mechanisms in using language. 2) Questions researched in linguistics a. What is language? b. What are its species-specific properties? c. How language functions in actual communication? d. What effects does language have on people and on their society? e. How exactly do we acquire language? f. How does language change? 3) Methods in linguistic research To describe. Qualitative research: uses procedures that make use of non-numerical data, such as interviews, participant observations, diaries, case studies etc. Quantitative research: uses procedures that gather data in numerical form. Statistics Psychology Sociology 2. Language in language teaching 1) Aims: ▼To teach the foreign language more efficiently and effectively. ▼To further foster communicative competence on the part of L2 learners. ▼focus on the learner’s mastery of basic language skills i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing. 2) Questions cared by a language teacher 1. What is the nature of language teaching? 2. How can he plan a good lesson plan to teach the language? 3. How can the basic language skills be taught to the students? When and how these skill should be integrated? 4. How can he do action