UNIT 28 IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONS OF LEARNERS' LANGUAGE

UNIT 28 IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONS OF LEARNERS' LANGUAGE

UNIT 28 IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONS OF LEARNERS' LANGUAGE

Language can vary every time and in every situation so it depends how a person or in this case students use it in order to communicate with others. This unit is related to the use of language in the classroom by students. So the most relevant aspects are range of language functions and the exponents.

First, students use different functions in order to express anything about the class. For example one function they use the first day of class is greeting with teacher and classmates, in this task students use the language in two ways formal to speak with teacher and informal to speak with friends. Another example of it is during the lesson, students often ask for clarifying instruction so language in classroom is very important because it is used with different purpose and we can notice that teachers and students use the same functions.

Second, the grammar or the sentences that students use to express any purpose it is called exponent. The exponents that students decide to use in class depend on the level, needs, context and age. For example, children cannot communicate very well in English but they try to use the language because they have the need to express their ideas. Also pupils have different needs that motivate them to speak in English by using the learning context.

To sum up, students speak in the target language by using some exponents with different functions. 

Bibliography:

·         Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness, Melanie Williams (2001) TKT Teaching Knowledge Test course Module 1,2 and 3

·         Retrived

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