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LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS

Functions are how the way we use a language.

Halliday Seven Fungsi Bahasa

The functional approach to describing language is one that has its roots in the traditions of British linguist. There are seven different functions of language:

1.Instrumental function serves to manipulate the environment to cause certain events to happen.

2.Regulatory function of language is the control of events.

3.Representational function is the use of language to make statements, convey facts and knowledge, explain, or report-that is to “represent” really as one sees is.

4.Interactional function of language serve to ensure social maintenance.

5.Personal function allows a speaker to express feelings, emotions, personality, “gut-level” reactions.

6.Heuristic function involves language used to acquire knowledge, to learn about the environment.

7.Imaginative function serve to create imaginary systems or ideas.

Functional Approaches to Language Teaching

National-functional syllabuses attended to functions as organizing element of a foreign language curriculum.

The most apparent practical classroom application of functional description of language was found in the development of fuctional syllabuses more populaarly nasional fuctional sylabuses. Grammar which was the primary element in the historically preceding structural syllabus was relegated to a secondary focus. Van Ek and alexander’s (1975) exhaustive list of language functions become a besic reverence for nsional functional syllabuses, now simply referred to as functional syllabuses.

1.Intoducing self and other people

2.Exchanging personal information

3.Asking how to spell someone’s name

4.Giving commands

5.Appologizing and thanking

6.Identifying and describing people

7.Asking for information