Language underlies the entire educational world within and across contextual and individual dimensions. Accordingly, under ERL Framework the paradigmatic status of language makes for the two-tier ERL scope and its eight constituent strands.
 1-1: LANGUAGE binds SCHOOLING. |
 1-2: LANGUAGE reflects CULTURE. |
 1-3: LANGUAGE determines METHODOLOGY. |
 1-4: LANGUAGE shapes PERSONALITY. |
 2-1: LANGUAGE constitutes learners’ BELIEFS. |
 2-2: LANGUAGE embodies learners’ AFFECT. |
 2-3: LANGUAGE regulates learners’ ACTIVITY. |
 2-4: LANGUAGE drives learners’ THINKING. |
See ERL Book “IN THE SEARCH OF A LANGUAGE PEDAGOGICAL PARADIGM“