Stop 1:

Quotation: "Not Unnaturally, the members of a society tend to attach social value to their languages according to the degree of their development. A language that is developed is being used in all the functions that language serves in the society, while an undeveloped language is accorded a much lower standing even by those who speak it as their mother tongue”. Extract from M.A.K Halliday,1978 register, page 194.

Explanation: This quote is a typical explanation of what is happening in my Country, Nigeria. We have over 500 languages with over 250 ethnic groups. English is the most acceptable language used in communication in all facets of our lives, even in schools, market areas, places of worship and our homes because it is our first language from the the developed world. Do you know that, even within Nigeria, There are three recognized languages, namely, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. People are classified among this three based on the region of Nigeria, they are from. I am actually an Urhobo lady but because I am from the south-south region, I am called an Igbo. This is because the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages were first noticed by the British during our colonization.


Stop2:
Quotation: "Every language embodies some Mathematical meanings in its sematic Structure" from M.A.K Halliday,1978 ,page 195.

Explanation: This reminds me of how the meaning and interpretation of Mathematical symbols, expressions was used in my teaching of "set theories" in the classroom environment. symbols such as 'U' for union of two sets, "n' for intersection of two sets and { } for empty set. For example, instead of saying that, If A is set of apple, orange and Bananas and B is a set of spoon, fork and knife. Find the union and intersection of the two sets. I can say, given that A= {apple, orange, banana} B= {spoon, knife, fork}, then A U B = {apple, orange, banana, spoon,fork,knifes} which entails all the elements in A and B. while A n B = { } which means only the element common to set A and B which obviously is an empty set. .



Stop 3:
Quotation: “Perhaps for this reasons there is a feeling shared by many teachers and other concerned educators that learning ought to be made less dependent on language teachers of Mathematics, in particular emphasize the importance of learning through concrete operations on objects. This is a positive move. At the same time there is no point in trying to eliminate language from the process altogether" of M.A.K Halliday register ,page 203

Explanation: I find this statement very interesting because language gives an avenue for a more concrete way of learning in Mathematics, for example instead teaching the two multiplication table in a recitation method, e.g. ,2 X 3 = 6, I can say, if two mangoes are given to three students each ,how many mangoes have i given out altogether.