Unit 1 Awareness of Our Language(认识我们的语言)
Unit 1 Awareness of Our Language (认识我们的语言)
By the end of this unit you should be able to ·●Be aware that language is crucial to human evolution ·●Be aware that language is crucial to human civilization ·●Be aware of some traditional and popular views about language ·●Get a list of what linguistic science is about
By the end of this unit you should be able to • ●Be aware that language is crucial to human evolution • ●Be aware that language is crucial to human civilization • ●Be aware of some traditional and popular views about language • ●Get a list of what linguistic science is about
教学内容： ·语言、现代人与人类文明的关系； ·有关语言的一些传统的和通俗的认识； ·语言、方言与个体使用者的关系
教学内容： • 语言、现代人与人类文明的关系； • 有关语言的一些传统的和通俗的认识； • 语言、方言与个体使用者的关系
教学目的： ·使学员认识到语言是人类的属种特征。 ·使学员认识到语言对于人类进化与文 明至关重要。 ·对有关语言的一些传统的和通俗的认 识做出反思。 ·对语言学有一个初步的认识
教学目的： • 使学员认识到语言是人类的属种特征。 • 使学员认识到语言对于人类进化与文 明至关重要。 • 对有关语言的一些传统的和通俗的认 识做出反思。 • 对语言学有一个初步的认识
In English,when we use the word Language without an indefinite or definite article,like"Language is a tool of communication",it means any language or all languages put together.Here is the first important point about this book:It is about language,not confined to any particular language.When English and Chinese are being talked about,they are used as two specific examples of language
• In English, when we use the word Language without an indefinite or definite article, like “Language is a tool of communication”, it means any language or all languages put together. Here is the first important point about this book: It is about language, not confined to any particular language. When English and Chinese are being talked about, they are used as two specific examples of language
So the title of Unit 1 reads: Awareness of Our Language.In this context it means any language we as humans speak:It can be Chinese,or English,or French,or German,or Japanese,or Russian,or many others,of course
• So the title of Unit 1 reads: Awareness of Our Language. In this context it means any language we as humans speak: It can be Chinese, or English, or French, or German, or Japanese, or Russian, or many others, of course
Activity 1 Language,homo sapiens and civilization Can animals learn human language? Is language in the brain? Is language outside the brain? Why are there so many languages in the world? Is language important in human civilization?
Activity 1 Language, homo sapiens and civilization • Can animals learn human language? • Is language in the brain? • Is language outside the brain? • Why are there so many languages in the world? • Is language important in human civilization?
Activity 2 Traditional and Popular Views of language Does the word have magic power? 。 Is it true to say that language has power in the sense that it has social and political consequences?Give one or two examples to support your answer. What are the functions various kinds of names fulfill in social life? Why is literacy considered important to a society?
Activity 2 Traditional and Popular Views of language • Does the word have magic power? • Is it true to say that language has power in the sense that it has social and political consequences? Give one or two examples to support your answer. • What are the functions various kinds of names fulfill in social life? • Why is literacy considered important to a society?
Activity 3 Language:Yours and Not Yours 。 In what way is the language you speak yours? In what way is the language you speak not yours? What is the difference between a language and a dialect?
Activity 3 Language: Yours and Not Yours • In what way is the language you speak yours? • In what way is the language you speak not yours? • What is the difference between a language and a dialect?