If teachers believe language is a system of structures consisting of sounds, words, and sentences, their teaching syllabus will revolve around?

• A. The communicative function of language
• B. Language in social context
• C. Sociolinguistics
• D. The building blocks of language

Answer: (D)

When language is seen as a system of structures consisting of sounds, words, and sentences, the syllabus centers on the language’s building blocks. That means teaching focuses on how sounds form words and how those words fit together into sentences—covering phonology, morphology, syntax, and the lexicon. The aim is to understand and use the formal rules that construct language, with activities that analyze forms, practice pronunciation, build word forms, and study sentence structures. The other perspectives emphasize how language is used in real communication or in social contexts, such as the functions language serves in interaction or how language varies across communities. So focusing on the building blocks best matches a syllabus organized around the structural aspects of language.