Post-Lesson Activities
1. Assign students to do a research on the origin of language.
2. Ask them to comment on the different theories of language origin.
3. Let the students discuss other developments in communication (e.g., written language, electronic or computer-mediated communication). Ask them to explain the advantages and disadvantages of these forms of communication.
Motivating Introductions
1. Assign the students to consult the dictionary for the origin of the following words:
a. cheese
b. camp
c. school
d. religion
e. beef
f. chicken
g. carpenter
h. sky
i. cat
j. altar
2. Give them an additional list in class (horse, coliseum, candle, mother, father, menu, chef, captain, navy, military)
Lesson Proper
1. Introduce the following terms to the students:
a. Old English
b. Middle English
c. Modern English
d. Anglo-Saxons
e. Indo-European
f. Celts
g. Dialect
h. Case
i. Standardization
J. Mutually intelligible language
2. Talk about the use of the English language in the Philippines and other countries in Asia. Explain to the students the role of English in global communication.
3. Explain to the students how a language changes because of the influence from other languages​