Themaweek 'Jij bent alles' - Identity & Language

Today's session

• You will have made an identity map 
• You can share what's on it, if you want
• I invite you to do so! 
• I will tell you when we need to get our phones out!
• Want to say something? Raise hand

Screen down = no phone use
Screen up = phone out 

Own responsibility! Use phone for work only

What is Identity?

What ?

How?

Questions?

Good Luck!

Share with your neighbour if you'd like:)

What was on your neighbour's identity map?

Today's session

• You have made an identity map 
• You can share what's on it, if you want
• I invite you to do so! 
• I will tell you when we need to get our phones out!

Screen down = no phone use
Screen up = phone out 

Today's session

• At the end of the lesson you'll know a little bit more about what language means

Screen down = no phone use
Screen up = phone out 

Let's talk about English

Why/when do we use English?

- To communicate to other speakers who do not share your language.
- To understand the movie we are watching.
- To chat when gaming.
- To express emotion.

What is a Language?

Different accents, dialects, official, non-official, slang, creole, pidgins, other varieties. 
 
Used by people to communicate. Not by machines. Language is spontaneous, always moving, never the same. Language is determined by the people who use it! People decide what ends up in dictionairies or not even: What language is used in a region or country. 

 

America 'uses' English But it isn’t a national language. America doesn't have an official language. 

(If short 4 time move to 'help' + end lesson)

The majority of people who speak English live in America and Great- Britain

1. False
2. True

 The majority of people who speak/ use English are foreigners using it as a tool to communicate with someone who does not speak the same language as them. 

All users of English have to learn how to speak and write the same way

1. agree
2. disagree

Native speaker vs non native speaker. Do we use language for the same reason?

All users of English have to speak like someone from an English speaking country

1. agree
2. disagree

Doesn't our accent reflect our identities? Why give that up? Why look down at people who do not sound 'proper British' Who does? What is 'proper British?' Who decides what languages sounds and looks like? (The majority of the people who use it, that's why we no longer use Shakespearian English)

America's official language is English

1. true
2. false

America 'uses' English But it isn’t a national language. America doesn't have an official language. 

In which countries do people speak English?

The UK government classifies the following overseas countries as majority native English speaking:

Antigua and Barbuda

Australia

The Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Canada*

Dominica

Grenada

Guyana

Ireland

Jamaica

New Zealand

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

United States of America
But unofficially, it is used all over the world, of course. 

Attitudes towards language need to change

-  Verbal communication is proven to be possible without perfect grammar. 
- Learners of EN do not need to speak English like a native.
(I dont even speak like I write for school in my first language.) 
- You should always tickle your brain tho! Laziness does not do any good to the brain.
- Challenge yourself, but have realistic expectations of yourself! 

Think about these and answer them for yourselves on paper. + save it! 

Who uses English in the world?

When do we use English?

What people speak English the most?

How does language change?

Today's session

• At the end of the lesson you'll know a little bit more about what language means

Screen down = no phone use
Screen up = phone out 

One thing you learned from this session