Name: Justine Allyssa O.

Chinel Date Accomplished: _______

Year/Block/Specialization: 1E-BSED Eng Score: ___________________

Activity 1

Directions: Using your own words, explain the main concept of the following terms. Limit your
response to 50 words for each item.

• L1

-This is the acquisition of the mother tongue. The degree of competence acquired may vary
from individual to individual and may be checked by later switching to another language. Note
that language acquisition is largely independent of intelligence, although individuals can and do
differ in their mastery of open classes such as vocabulary.

• L2

-This is the acquisition of a second language after the mother tongue has been acquired.
Usually refers to acquisition which begins after puberty, typically adult language acquisition.
Sometimes replaced by the term further language acquisition.

• Pidgin

-A pidgin continues to be used primarily as a second language for intergroup communication,

whereas a creole has become the mother tongue of a particular group of speakers. 

• Creole

-A creole has for example enhanced vocabulary because it is not restricted to one domain like a
pidgin but has to cover all areas of the life of the speakers. It has also an elaborated and
reorganized grammar including verbal systems and embedded phrase-structures 

• English

-It's an official language in several African countries as well, such as Liberia, Nigeria, and South
Africa, but is spoken worldwide in more than 100. It's learned around the world by children in
school as a foreign language and often becomes a common denominator between people of
different nationalities when they meet while traveling, doing business, or in other contexts.

• Englishes

-Languages develop to fulfill the needs of the societies that use them. Because societies contain
a diverse range of social needs, and because these needs can differ across cultures and
geographies, multiple varieties of the English language exist. These include American English,
British English, Australian English, Canadian English, Indian English, and so on.

• Philippine English
-Philippine English as a real nativized assortment of English. It is the language utilized by
Filipinos in controlling spaces like science and innovation, the legal executive, the council,
administration, advanced education, academic talk, and such

Activity 2

Directions: Answer the question comprehensively. Limit your response to 300 words.

1. Discuss the plurality of English and its implications to society and language teaching.

Plurality of English have 2 parts, Linguistic universals and universal grammar and English vs
Englishes. Noam Chomsky's universal grammar theory proposes that the capacity to learn
grammar is integrated into the human brain from birth, regardless of language. According to this
"universal grammar theory," every language shares some of the same rules. Every language,
for example, has a way to ask a question or make a negative statement. Furthermore, every
language has a way of indicating gender or indicating whether something occurred in the past or
present. Since all languages have the same basic grammar rules, a child only needs to obey the
collection of rules that his peers do in order to learn and produce their native language. To put it
another way, his environment decides the language he can use, however he is born with the
tools to effectively learn any language. The word "English" comes from Anglisc, the language of
the Angles, who were one of three Germanic tribes who invaded England in the fifth century.
The English language has also had a global impact thanks to American pop culture, music,
movies, ads, and television shows. In the early twenty-first century, English is unquestionably
the most commonly spoken language on the planet: it is the language of formal and informal
exchanges in many nations, the primary instrument of globalization, and the default option for
transnational communication. Currently, English is spoken as a first language (L1) or as an
unofficial or institutionalized second language (L2) in fields such as administration, law, and
education in approximately 75 territories. Since new varieties of English are continuously being
created and found, determining the total number of Englishes in the world is difficult.
Everywhere we go people knows basic English and its other uses. Its handy for tourists and
locals whenever we go to other countries.