Unit-2-What-is-language-for省名师课赛课获奖课件市赛课一等奖课件.pptx

ReadingCritically1LanguageandCulture蓝纯

OrientationWhatdoesthiscourseaimat?ReadingCriticalthinkingLanguageCultureEnglishandChinese

Whatareyousupposedtodobeforeclass,inclassandafterclass?Preview:readthetwotextscarefully,developyourownvocabularylist,finish“Preparatorywork”,getreadyforthetasksin“Criticalreading”and“Interculturalreflection”.Activeparticipationinallthein-classactivities.Activecontributiontoalltheteamwork,finishingalltheexercisesintheunitbeforetheendofthestudyoftheunit.

Whatarewegoingtodointhiscourse?12unitstobecovered(leavingoutUnits1,6and12)3-5researchprojectsineachunit

Howareyougoingtobeassessed?Youwillhave3assessmentsaltogether,oneattheendofevery4units.Yourclassroomattendanceandparticipationwillalsobetakenintoaccount.

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Unit2FunctionsoflanguageInthisunitweshallconsideraquestionthatwetendtotakeforgranted,thatis,whatlanguageisfor.Reflectinguponthisquestionwillhelpdeepenourunderstandingofthebasicfeaturesoflanguageandpavethewayfortheinvestigationoflanguageinuse,languagelearning,andtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthinking.

Whatdoyouthinklanguageisfor?Whatdoyouthinkarethemainfunctionsoflanguage?

Backgroundinformation1.Whatdoyouknowabouttheauthor,JeanAitchison?EmeritusRupertMurdochProfessorofLanguageandCommunication,UniversityofOxford.

Mainpublications:Newmedialanguage.LondonandNewYork:Routledge,2023.Wordsinthemind:Anintroductiontothementallexicon.?3rdedition.OxfordandNewYork:BasilBlackwell,2023.TheArticulateMammal:Anintroductiontopsycholinguistics.4thedition.LondonandNewYork:Routledge,1998.Theseedsofspeech:Languageoriginandevolution.Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne:CambridgeUniversityPress,1996.

Mainresearchinterests:(Socio-)historicallinguistics:Thedescription,