Journal #1

Answer the questions

a. What is the difference between use and usage?

Widdowson distinguishes two aspects of performance: "usage" and "use." He says that "usage"
makes evident the extent to which the language user demonstrates his knowledge to linguistic rules for effective communication.( Widdowson 1998)
Dictionary.com defines "usage" as the customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written: English usage; a grammar based on usage rather than on arbitrary notions of correctness. It defines "use" as a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used: He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses.

b. What is the difference between fluency and accuracy?

Dictionary.com defines " fluency" as the ablilty to speak or write smoothly, easily or readily and it defines " accuracy" as a condition or quality of being true, correct or exact.

c. What is the difference between a functional syllabus and a structional one?

A syllabus is an outline or a summary of work that must be covered for a particular coarse of study. It's also referred as a "design."

- A structural syllabus is a syllabus in which grammatical structures form the central organizing feature. A structural syllabus proceeds from simple grammatical structure to more complex grammatical structure. An example might be something like: Present progressive -> Comparatives -> Simple past -> Past progressive
- Funcional Syllabus moves away from grammatical from and concentrates unstead on "functions" and the programatic purposed to which we apply language. Textbooks that advocate "communicative" language learning usually organize according to a National Functional Syllabus.