FWEN 1
Glossary
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Pädagogik |
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 11.12.2017 / 16.05.2022 |
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Structures of Language
Morphology
Ways various languages build words
Syntax
Rule for building sentences (S - V - O)
Meanings of Language
Semantics
The meaning of words, phrases and sentences combined -> different interpretations of a word
Pragmatics
The use in context. It looks at all aspects of communication
Lexis
The words available in a language
English as global Language
English is the second language in most countries and the common language in many important fields such as commerce, science and culture.
What influenced English being a global language?
- 17th and 18th centuries English was the language of the leading colonial nation - Britain
- 18th and 19th centuries it was the leader of the industrial revolution - Britain
- 19th and early 20th it was the language of the leading economic power - the USA
English emerged as a first-rank language in industries which affected all aspects of society (press, advertising, broadcasting, motion pictures, sound recording, transport and communication). At the same time international alliances were forged which needed a lingua franca - English. English became a leading language of international political, academic and community meetings.
Global English
The English language as used internationally, especially with or among non-native English speakers.
lingua franca
The language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages. The lingua franca isn’t the native language from either of those groups.
primary language
Also national language
secondary language
Also official language in a multi-lingual nation. It’s used in government, courts of law, official business etc.
EDK
Erziehungsdirektoren Konferenz - besteht aus den 26 Erziehungsdirektoren der Kantone.
HarmoS
HarmoS is a so called „Schulkonkordat“ between the Kantons of Switzerland and the Fürstentum Liechtenstein, which was formulated by the EDK.
It is the harmonization between the participating Kantons regarding their mandatory school system.
Main aims are:
- quality assurance and development
- degrade mobility hindrance (moving between the Kantons with less problems concerning the children and their school based competences)
Achieving through:
- same duration of the obligatory school system
- harmonization of the main aims from the different grades
- national education standards
Due to the fact that Switzerland is a Multilingual country, the harmonization is special.
-> A secondary Language has to be thought from the 5th grade (counting KG) and the third from the 7th on. Which language is learned when can still vary depending on the Kanton.
Konkordat
Contracts and agreements made between the Kantons are called Konkordat.
Passepartout
Is used in BL, BS, BE, FR, SO and VS
Ideas:
- making the language competences comparable (GER)
- Functional multilingualism; communicate in our Multilingual country and global world
- Language acquisition as active construction
- „Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktik“; connecting the „Didaktik“ of the different languages
Celts
Celtic influence on Englisch: pre history / stone age. Celtics influenced most of the time in name of places.
F.E.: „ardu“ = „haut“ / „high“
Roman influence
They covered the whole of mediterranean.
Latin stood for social standing (soldiers, business). Latin was also used for writing, colonisation, christianisation (translation of bible).
Name of places like Manchester, Lancaster, Chester etc.
Latin is still fixed in some expressions today: in vino veritas, summa cum laude, am (ante meridiem) and pm (post meridiem).
Latin was used for all things very high status (law, religion, business etc.)
F. E: „scola“ (latin) - „scol“ (old English) - „school“ (modern English)
Barbarians
Transferred from Skandinavia to England.
Cild (Angleland) - child (English).
Germanic influences in the days of the week.
Vikings
Originally a germanic tribe - sea nation.
They came manly from Scandinavian north cost to Ireland & Wales. They pushed down the Anglo-Saxens to the south of England.
F.E.:
- Places with endings like -by.
- Lifestyle words like „fisk“ - „fish“
- Word „window“ comes from them = „wind-eye“
The Normans
1066 Battle of Hastings: King of Saxens was killed by the Normans (Normandie). The Normans brought all their people to England.
English replaces French as language of law.
Early modern English began in the 1540s.
Influences in English language
Celts Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Normands
410 n. Chr. 6th century 7th-9th century 787. n. Chr. 1066 n. Chr.
