My texts both discuss grammar, but they are different because they have conflicting opinions on their definition of proper grammar. These definitions of the role that grammatical roles play in good writing differ because the rhetors of each text are targeting different audiences with different exigences. Audience The audiences that are targeted in these two texts are very different; the article “Why you need good grammar” by Michael Kwan is targeted towards a more traditional and conservative audience because throughout the text he emphasizes that proper grammar is necessary in all situations, and shows his repugnance to modern day bloggers and internet users for not using correct grammar on the web. Kwan also writes that he thinks that all the new ways of communicating and sharing your opinion through the web and other new technology is ruining grammar, and stresses that we should go back to traditional proper grammar. The cartoon in the Wall Street Journal is targeted towards a younger, open-minded, and more liberal audience as it shows a picture of modern day rock and roll
5 9/19 In-class work on DCA. Due: Peer review feedback on DCAs. 5 9/21 Reading Response and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Read: FYW Ch. 10: Reading, Thinking, and Writing About Issues; review ILHL study guide and libguide; read ILHL “Prologue” pp. 1-7.
The Relationship between Cultural Norms and Language Patterns 【Abstract】 For a long time, the relationship between culture and language is the focus of linguists. This article expresses how cultural norms shape language patterns at the lexical level. The aim is to explain that cultural norms, rather than language patterns, should be regarded as the first cause. 【Key Words】 cultural norms; language patterns; first cause 1. Introduction Culture and language are indispensible for our life.
Steven Pinker : The Language Instinct Chapter Words, Words, Words from Pinker‘s Language Instinct deals with the mental dictionary of language and shows the variety and wondrousness as well as curiosity of creating new words in English. Although English as a synthetic language could be seen as morphologically limited, there are plenty of different word-forming processes which make the number of possible English words infinite. However there are certain rules to be followed. Words have their own internal structure based on small pieces they are made of. These pieces are called morphemes and they function as abstract, mental, meaning carriyng symbols in our mind.
Here I agree with Barna that communication is important in the world and intercultural barriers acts as major blocks to cultural diversity. However, I disagree with high anxiety is a major barrier to intercultural communication because sometimes high anxiety actually helps individuals to interact in a bid to go over the anxiety and in doing so they tend to learn individual languages. Barna has also given important strategies that individuals can use to overcome intercultural communication barriers including studying of other people customs, language, arts, literature, other factors that inhibit intercultural communication In this article, Barna has touched on one of the most important problem that every one of us has experienced at one time in life. Barna has explored the barriers to intercultural communication which is a real world problem affecting multicultural and multiracial societies. First, Barna brings out the problem of intercultural communication in the United States through review of what students from different backgrounds perceive of other ethnic groups.
The content in the work is imperative to the messages it communicates. “Take the N-word out of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and is it still ‘Huckleberry Finn’? Probably not, after all it is a book narrated in Huck’s voice.” writes journalist Delia Lloyd about the subject. The individual ideas in the book can’t be as easily conveyed in ‘politically correct’ language. When Huck says “Jim had an uncommon level head for a nigger” the message he is conveying to the reader will be distorted if you alter what Twain originally wrote; the sentiment will not have been as accurately communicated.
The Extroverted Vs. the Introverted Personality and Second Language Learning 1 Paula Kezwer There have been a number ofstudies done to try to explain the effects of outgoingness versus reservedness on second language learning. The results of these studies have often been contradictory with some showing a clear correlation between extroversion and success in learning a second language, others failing to demonstrate that there is a positive correlation between outgoingness and second language proficiency. This paper presents a survey of all the major INTRODUCTION studies dealing with the influence ofextroversion on second language learning. It is argued that among the reasons for the discrepancies in research results are the wide variety and dubious validity ofthe personality assessment instruments used; the nature of the tasks used to determine second language proficiency; and the structure ofclassroom interaction. The implications of extroversion and introversion for classroom teaching are also considered.
Assignment #1: Analyzing Critiques of Education The following essay will analyze the critiques of education found in Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”, Mark Bauerlein’s “The New Bibliophobes” and William Golding’s “Thinking as a Hobby”. The reader is able to see in both Paulo Freire’s and in William Golding’s writings, how the education system is critiqued from opposing angles. The critique in Bauerlein’s will be more focused on reading and how the author is opposed to the constant use of technology by today’s youth. All three reading have something in common; which is how they criticize the young adult population. When comparing and contrasting all three essays, Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” is more persuasive since it analyzes the crisis in education and provides an immediate and possible solution.
Abstract To fully understand why attitudes change in response to a persuasive message, one must examine two of the most prominent contemporary dual-process models; the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) and Heuristic-Systematic Model (HSM). The ELM and the HSM are cognitive models that refer to how people process information. Both are considered dual-process models because they distinguish between two different cognitive routes to persuasion, and although these models are similar in many ways, they are also different in many ways. This paper will analyze the features and assumptions of the ELM and HSM through an analysis of research studies that applied the ELM and HSM to the study of attitude change. Dual-Process Models To fully understand why attitudes change in response to a persuasive message, one must examine two of the most prominent contemporary dual-process models; the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) and Heuristic-Systematic Model (HSM).
Diversity in the United States November 15, 2012 ETH/125 There is a wide amount of diversity in the United States today. There are many different types of race, culture, religions, people with disabilities, and even the type of life style someone chooses. Diversity is something everyone should learn about, because this affects your work place, around where you live, and even in the schools. Things I have learned about diversity is that each group has many similarities and many differences. I have learn by embracing the differences of each group, I have learned how others live, new ways of thinking and have been introduced to many new cultures.