Introduction to language_24A

Introduction to Language (ITL) is a core subject, not an elective, in the undergraduate programme at English Language Education Study Programme of State University of Jakarta. It discusses the nature of knowing a language which includes human and animal languages, kinds of language, the knowledge of language elements, language community, language functions and varieties. It also addresses various standards of language proficiency, kinds of linguistics fields and carrying out small scale investigation on language-related matters.