LANGUAGE
CHOICE AS
THE CORE
OF
LANGUAGE
POLICY
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LESSON 3:
GROUP 1 OF BSED – ENGLISH 2B
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LEARNING GOALS
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
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Relate language choice with sociolinguistic contexts (location,
participants, and topic)
Know the eight (8) basic motivation in language planning and how
these motivations influence language choice
Classify countries according to their sociolinguistic mix
And demonstrate through a language community profile that
language choice is immensely influenced by the beliefs and attitudes
of the people toward the language
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01
SOCIOLINGUIS
TIC
CONTEXTS
Presented by: Diana Cute Abdul
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“In a multilingual
society, how do
people choose
language in
different
situations?”
SOCIOLINGUIS
•TIC
Is the study of the sociological aspects of
language.
• It examines how different social factors
(ethnicity, gender, class, occupation,
education, and geographical location) can
influence language use and maintain social
roles within a community.
• According to Spolsky (2004), language choice
is heavily dependent on its sociolinguistic
contexts (location, participants involved, and
the topic at hand.
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WHAT IS
SOCIOLINGUISTIC
USED FOR?
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• It can help us understand why we speak different
languages in various social contexts.
• It can also help us uncover the social relationships in a
community.
• Example: The way we speak to our friends or other
people is not the same way we speak with our parents.
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02
EIGHT (8) BASIC
MOTIVATIONS IN
LANGUAGE
PLANNING
Presented by: Halima Abubakar
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EIGHT (8) BASIC MOTIVATIONS IN
LANGUAGE PLANNING
01
02
Government recognition of
the articulated desire of the
people.
Cultivation of national
identity.
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05
Establishment of a
medium for ethnic
group communication.
Maintenance of cultural
differences between
different ethnic groups.
Provision of affirmative
support to some
minority groups.
EIGHT (8) BASIC MOTIVATIONS IN
LANGUAGE PLANNING
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07
Restrictions of some
minority groups.
Infusion of power to
international communication.
08
Establishment of a medium
for international
communication.
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03
THREE (3) TYPES OF
COUNTRIES
ACCORDING TO THEIR
SOCIOLINGUISTIC MIX
Presented by: Nor-ain Amino
THREE (3) TYPES OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING
TO THEIR SOCIOLINGUISTIC MIX
01
02
ETHNOLINGUISTICALL
Y HOMOGENOUS
COUNTRIES
DYADIC/TRIADIC
COUNTRIES
It is composed of countries that are
ethnolinguistically homogenous. These
countries have linguistic minorities but
are usually geographically or socially
marginalized.
This includes countries with two or
three ethnolinguistic groups that are
equal in number and power.
THREE (3) TYPES OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING
TO THEIR SOCIOLINGUISTIC MIX
03
MOSAIC
SOCIETIES/MULTIETHNIC SATES
This covers countries that have five or
more ethnic groups.
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01
FACTORS
THAT
INFLUENCE
LANGUAGE
Presented by: Jasmine Alioden
CHOICE
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FACTORS THAT
INFLUENCE
LANGUAGE CHOICE
In any multilingual
society,
language that will lead to
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valued and taught in schools,
either as a school subject or a
medium of instruction, are
largely based on the beliefs
and attitudes of the people
toward the languages.
MULTILINGUALISM IN…
01
02
EDUCATION
SOCIETY
We can certainly see the bidirectionality
between language and education. It is
the result of the combination of the
trend towards teaching more languages
at school and multilingualism in society.
Is also common because of political,
historical, economic and social factors.
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