DP1 Intro Lesson

INTRODUCTIONS- NAME GAME

NO VERBAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

WHAT IS LANGUAGE?

WHY DO WE

NEED IT?

WHEN AND HOW DID IT ALL

START?

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THE VISUAL LANGUAGE IS THE CLOSEST THAT HUMANITY HAS EVER COME TO ACHIEVING A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. ACCORDING TO SOME RESEARCH VISUAL ART AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION BEGAN 35000 YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST WRITTEN LANGUAGE

SUMERIAN/MESOPOTAMIANS

WHY LANGUAGE? WHAT DO WE USE IF

FOR?

LITERATURE?

• ONE

• TWO (1.10)

• THREE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OR

MEANING MAKING?

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COURSE OVERVIEW

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATUREInternational Baccalaureate

• Non-fiction

• Fiction

THE COURSE

Help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world through:

• Critical Literacy

• Communication

• Appreciation of Culture

THE AIMS

• Reading

• Writing

• Listening

• Speaking

• Viewing

• Thinking

INQUIRY BASED LEARNING & CREATING

….BUT ALSO VERY MUCH

• Part 1 – Language in Cultural Context

• Part 2 – Language and Mass Communication

• Part 3 – Literature: Texts and Contexts

• Part 4 – Literature: Critical Study

OVERVIEW

oVariety of texts

oTopic-based

oCultural

PART 1 – LANGUAGE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

•Topic Based

•Message and medium

PART 2 – LANGUAGE AND MASS COMMUNICATION

•Texts

•Context rich

•Thematically linked

PART 3 – LITERATURE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

•Texts

•Literary Devices

•Intent and Effect

PART 4 – CRITICAL STUDY