The Importance Of Interlanguage

How does our native language affect we think about the world and our place in it? How is speaking more than one language difficult? Tom Munnecke’s purpose was talking about how learning many languages frustrated him, and how each language frustrated him. Each of these languages he saw as “shells,” and he goes on to talk about each language and its limitations and/or opportunities. The audience for Nothing is Missing are people who are interested in learning one, or more than one, different language. This article could also apply to people who are already bilingual, or already know multiple languages. Munecke would like people who are interested in learning more than one language to know how the first language we speak affects the way we

Garcia, Jace Biggs English 2 22 April 2024 Language: a Universal Key to Perception and Society Language is more than just a tool for communication. Humans have been communicating with each other since the beginning of time. Language is a significant aspect of human culture; it is what brings people together and divides them at the same time. In his memoir Born a Crime, Trevor Noah claims that knowing multiple languages benefits a person because it allows him/her to increase his/her familiarity and improve their perception of you. Primarily, knowing multiple languages allows one to escape situations you would otherwise not be able to.

Language plays a key role in communication in any society, culture and organization. This medium of social interaction is universal and has been passed down for centuries as a legacy. Therefore, it is imperative that the purity of the language is kept within each framework of heritage. Culture also plays a very important role in the evolution of language. It is the foundation of social engagement and personal commitment. Verbal and non-verbal communication can help define the way in which intercultural communication is conducted, and is of significance as it allows for individuals to learn the differences that exist in the language of various cultures. Communication of any magnitude, if fully achieved can be one of the most rewarding experiences, since by learning the language one becomes familiar with the culture.

Secondly, the audience can play games to improve their memories of the new language. When the audience give a

“Language, in all its varieties, in all the ways it appears in everyday life, builds a world of meanings.” (Agar, 1994, p. 28) “The langua in languaculture is about discourse, not just about words and sentences. And the culture in languaculture is about meanings that include, but go well beyond, what the dictionary and the grammar offer” (Agar, 1994, p. 96).

Students have enough opportunities to practice the target language, in pairs, individually and as a whole class. They practice the language in speaking and written form.

Language is shared among all humans, but it is hardly straightforward. As mentioned in our many lectures, Ferdinand de Saussure described language as “…series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas.” As such, there is a linguistic influence on our thoughts. Language is much more than communicating because it can also be representational on how we think about ourselves and the world that surrounds us. It is because we use language to express our thoughts, feelings, and ideas, that these communications shape the process of how we think and feel. It is something that is continuously evolving over time. Some languages can cease to exist, but new forms can arrive in their place. This is especially so when two different languages make contact. However, it’s not necessarily the languages themselves making contact, but the people who speak those languages.

Guidelines to teaching a foreign language highlight all of these elements. Listening, reading, writing, and speaking are all taught and tested at beginner, intermediate, advanced, and superior levels so that these different learning methods are highlighted and executed at varying levels. Children also learn and are shown new ways of looking at the world through the varying strategies. In fact, correlation studies have shown that “students who have had several years of foreign language do better on SATs, particularly the verbal part” (WALKER). As root words, prefixes, suffixes, conjugation, and noun agreements are taught in new languages, it is easier to see connections to the structure of one’s first language. The knowledge of a language one is raised speaking and understanding is simply obtained through experience. However, learning a second language emphasizes the parts of language that come naturally in the first. It takes self-motivated work and dedication to learn a second language later in life, so the outcome of attaining a comprehensive grasp on a foreign language early on pays off in multiple ways.

A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe reveals the importance of learning a foreign languauge through the saying, " He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own". Yes, the notion is true. As even for the expression of views one must be proficient enough in learning a foreign language. Besides, it is always a question whether it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at their primary or secondary part of school. In this essay , I will attempt to explain the advantages and disadvantages of this view in my own personal perspective.

Multilingualism allows for those capable of it to understand and appreciate different cultures and life styles and encourages open-mindedness, dismisses ignorance and boosts positive social relations. The argument regarding multilingualism’s importance is rife; although there are many benefits from language skills it seems there is a lack of drive to learn another language.

Grosjean (1985) stated that in the process of analysing the communication perspective of bilingual, it can be assumed that speaker can specifically implement different modes or languages to interact with each other. The

Learning all this has helped me throughout my life. An example of this is when I was at the Bayshore mall with some of my friends, and a woman who was wearing a Hijab was asking us where something was, but we really couldn’t understand her so I started talking to her in Arabic to help her out. Learning languages doesn’t just help with communication, but it also helps people see life from a different perspective and helps with understanding a culture. Most people feel that they don’t need to learn a language because we’re American and we speak English, but we are a land of mixed cultures who needs to realize that this would make us a more intellectual country with a lot more understanding. The field of study you enter in to will more then likely to work at an international scale or you’ll work with someone with is a different nationality.

All these reasons result in social interaction between speakers of different language, which helps predict language contact may result in multilingualism. It is estimated that over half of all countries are multilingual. An example of a multilingual society is Switzerland with three main languages: French, German and Italian and each language is dominant area of its own. John Edwards believes that everyone is bilingual, even if someone can only speak or understand, he believes that you have “some ‘command’ of a foreign tongue” therefore there is no clear monolingual country. Therefore multilingualism is useful in showing how the social interaction between people of different languages help us predict the linguistic results of language contact as it is an example of what happens when multiple languages exist and interact in the same country.

The use of the first language helps in a big way to develop the second language. When the native language is used to teach and give instructions to children, they gain knowledge and are able to hear, read and write. A child, who has the understanding of a subject in her or his primary language, will understand the subject even better when English is used than a child who has knowledge in English only.

People communicate every day through different means, including speech and writing, and the use of languages such as English for both local and global interaction is becoming popular among those of different cultural backgrounds. The high demand in the use of English in the fields of international politics, science and technology has led to the global spread of the language. Due to this, English is currently seen as an international language, and its ownership is considered to be denationalised and renationalised. The understanding of this ownership status is crucial in establishing a successful and effective practice or study of intercultural communication, by acknowledging the variations of English, as well as cultural differences in communication styles within classroom and business contexts.