Today’s agenda

Language origin and pidgin

The Language of Texting: Altering English or a Language of its Own?

Promotion of Language and Cultures

Language and Culture

Language and Culture

Pidgin Pidgin =a grammatically simplified form of a

language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language.

Pidgins have a limited vocabulary, some elements of which are taken from local languages, and are not native languages, but arise out of language contact between speakers of other languages.

Compare with Creole

Language and Culture Language changes over time

Phrases become “so yesterday”, reasons: change culture, historical events, but the main is of course, technology

Because language is so intangible, changes over time are not only unavoidable, they also are common

email, texting, and Facebook have led to new words forming, new grammatical changes, and other modifications that are both subtle and noticeable.

Language, though. Is constantly evolving with culture, and as technology becomes a larger and more influential part of our culture, it also becomes a larger and more influential part of the English language.

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New kind of grammatical rules?

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Language and Culture TERMINOLOGY YOU SHOULD KNOW

mother tongue

Aboriginal cultures

Unilingual

bilingual

multilingual

extinct

Cultural legislation

Language and Culture

Globalization affects languages and cultures by:

Making some languages and cultures more dominant than others. Western culture & English language, language of commerce

Pushing some Indigenous languages towards extinction

P.84 and 86

Language and Culture

Language for communication

Language for identification

What is the difference?

Language and Culture

L1 and L2

Language and Culture

The “ Shicken ” Show

Today’s agenda How should we respond to

globalization impact on our language and culture?

Francophone people

FNMI

Other cultures

Language and Culture

How should we respond to globalization’s impact on our languages and cultures?

Language and CultureWhat about First Nations,

Métis, and Inuit?

What about other minority languages groups?

Language and Culture FNMI people are in the process of using language to

revitalize their cultures, just as the Francophones in Canada use language to promote and maintain their culture

Language and Culture Aboriginal languages and

languages family in Canada

Stats Canada

Algonquin language

Language and Culture

Language and CultureQuestion: How have Francophones in Canada dealt with

this globalizing force?

Answer :

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT - 1969

Official Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada

Equality of English and French

BILL 101 –Charter of the French Language

Language and Culture

What has Canada done to avoid the threat of globalization on language and culture?

Language and Culture CRTC

The CBC and Radio-Canada (P.95)

Constitution of Canada (1982) includes Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Section 23 deals with minority language education rights in Canada

Language and Culture

Turn to pages 98 – 99

Read about the efforts FNMI people are using to promote and revitalize their languages

Read about their perspectives on the importance of language and culture in First Nations society

Language and Culture

According to these quotations, why are culture and language important to Aboriginal peoples?

APTN

Language and Culture

In how many ways the video reinforces the quotations that you read about Aboriginal culture and languages?

In how many ways this video challenges stereotypes about Aboriginal people?

Language and Culture

JOURNAL #4 In what ways do you use language to

identify who you are and where you come from?

Are there specific words or phrases that you use that are unique to where you live?

Are there ways of expressing things in language that make you feel in your cultural heritage, such as celebrations, greetings, and songs?