Unit 4 function

In this unit, I learnt language we use to expresses thought or ideas is called function. I mean that all we produce have a purpose, the content how speaks and what was spoken has their own definition. According to Spratt, Pulverness, and Williams (2011) the words or language we speak has a function, it is used to address to something we want to express each time we produce language is for a reason, for example we say, “let’s play soccer” its function is making a suggestion about going to play. There are more functions such as apologizing, greeting, refusing and so on. Krashen and Terrell (1983) suggest that basic utterances spoken can be defined as terms of situations. This function is taught by context, language teaching should be done within notional (relating to meaning) and functional (relating to communication) in communicative language syllabus Wilkins (1970). Since there has released book with functional approach focus functions in the classroom. I think that teach functions could be interesting in my classes because it could develop my students’ fluency and grammar in any situation they will need to apply these utterances, for example when they are not sure about something they could apply the function asking for clarification. Another way to deal to this topic would be making role-play where are integrated those language functions, it could be meaningful and joyful in their language learning process because while they are learning they interact each other. 

 bibliography: 

Krashen and Terrell's "Natural Approach". (2017). Web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2017, from https://web.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/ICLangLit/NaturalApproach.htm

Functions of Language. (2017). Sites.educ.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2017, from https://sites.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/Best%20of%20Bilash/functionsof%20lang.html

Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness, and Melanie Williams. (2011). The TKT course (Second edition ed.). Cambridge ESOL.