The Significance of Media in Language Learning
Media plays a crucial role in language learning by raising awareness of the ideology behind linguistic structures and providing valuable information on society and culture. Linguists are drawn to media language for research purposes and to understand its impact on language use and attitudes. Media serves as a significant linguistic and social institution, reflecting language diversity, cultural expression, and societal values. Embracing media in language learning offers a gateway to globalized language acquisition, enriching one's vocabulary, facilitating cultural engagement, and providing diverse learning options.
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The Importance of Media in Language Learning
Media Raise the consciousness of the students(anyone) toward the ideology lying behind the linguistic structures. Media language is true to life and is an important source to get information about the society and culture of target language . According to Bell (1995), there are four practical and principled reasons for why media language has always attracted the attention of linguists, particularly applied linguists and sociolinguists.
1-the media provide an easily accessible source of language data for research and teaching purpose. 2-the media are important linguistic institutions. Their output makes up a large proportion of the language that people hear and read every day. Media usage reflects and shapes both language use and attitudes in a speech community.
3-the ways in which the media use language are interesting linguistically in their own right. These include how different dialects and language are used in ads , or how radio personalities use language to construct their own images and their relationships to an unseen, unknown audience. 4-the media are important social institutions. They are crucial presenters of culture, politics, and social life, shaping as well as reflecting how these are formed and expressed. Media discourse is important both for what it reveals about a society and for what it contribute to the character of society.
Outcome Media is a great opportunity for SLL to learn a language due to globalization via it. It should be guided to get positive influence. Learning terms that are not available in textbooks. Engaging with native people and creating target environment. Gives options for choosing any media according to ones preference.
