Chapter 5 Journal: Language: Barrier and Bridge
The first term in this chapter that I thought was interesting was Semantic rules. These are rules that assign meaning to words, these rules make it so we can agree on what certain words mean and how we use them. One type of semantic rules is equivocal language which is language that can mean one thing or another depending on the person. This can cause a lot of misunderstanding in many different ways. I have had this affect my own life in a situation when someone would ask me what I thought of their hair that day and I have said something to the effect of “It is really interesting!” as the book says, equivocal language can be used to avoid an awkward situation where being blunt would not be taken well. This is somewhat like relative words, only relative words have meaning from the one’s experiences. This is evidenced quite well in students’ opinions of professors at the college, I loved my math professor and my friend loved his english professor. So the next semester I signed up for a class from his english professor and he signed up for a class from my math professor. Neither of us particularly liked our new professors and we found that it was because we liked different subjects and had different history with education. This experience with relative language was really
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Emotive language is about the word choices we make when describing something, whether we show it in a good light or a bad light is determined by the language we choose to use. Choosing to say whether someone’s outfit is creative or bizarre is an example as is one’s opinions on a rainy day. This weekend it has rained so much and I have heard a lot of different opinions on the rain. Some people say it is dreary, some say it is refreshing. There are always different views on every situations and different ways of using emotive
Viorst opens her article by explaining social lies. She describes these as lies to avoid hurt, such as lying to a cousin by pretending to enjoy dinner. Judith believes they are necessary and acceptable; without them, relationships would be icky and short. By being honest and not telling white lies a person can come off harsh. Furthermore, Viorst thinks that not telling social lies is arrogant.
The tone of a piece of literature is directly dependent upon the word choice with which it is written. Word choice factors into the development of an important idea in the text and how that idea is developed throughout the text. The type of word choice used impacts the way with which both the tone and important ideas are developed in writing. The tone of a piece of literature changes with the word choice of the writer of the piece. If the word choice of the writer conveys a certain feeling or emotion, whether it is happy or sad, the tone will be directly impacted by this and changed accordingly.
Bilingual teaching in American schools is it good, bad, or both? Who is right in this national debate? Both sides make some impressive arguments for their side of the issue. Even the government has mixed issues when it comes to bilingual teaching. However, the government has shown their views in their budgets and their law making. Another question comes up with the bilingual teaching is should America make English its official language? Some say there is no need for it, and yet 22 states as of 1996 declared English their official language. Looking into some of these issues may bring some insight as to what the problem may be.
If there wasn’t an emotional outlet than people would be depressed, sad, hurting, and scared. For example in “The Diary of Anne Frank”is she didn’t have her diary, nobody would know here story or herself, she would be doing nothing during the day, her diary was her best friend. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”, if Bruno and Shmuel never met, Shmuel would be sitting behind a stack of wood by himself and Bruno would be inside his bedroom playing board games with himself. Emotional outlets are important so people aren't so negative, people need to stay positive during hard
Worthern further advances her claim by utilizing specific experiences of different professors. For example, she states the encounters from a Math professor Mark Tomforde as well as an English professor Angela Jackson- Brown to provide different perspectives to support her claim of the exacerbated use of informal language in conversing with professors. Professor Mark Tomforde reflects a moment,“There were also the emails written like text messages. Worse than the text abbreviation was the level of informality, with no address or sign off.” Through the narration of Professor Tomforde, who has taught over twenty decades, Worthern presents a believable witness of the transformation of how students address to the professor. It highlights students’ informality has exceeded the limit of being acceptable in a college environment in addition to the gradual disappearance of the value of respect. Similarly, Professor Jackson-Brown recalls, “deference has waned ...I go out of my way to not give them [ the students] access to my
There are many barriers, however, one that I will discuss barrier to sexual health is Language barrier. Although the United States and Canada are considered the melting pot, there is still a language barrier that prevents individual from getting the appropriate sexual health care needed. For instance, the multilevel barriers to counseling and testing services especially in the Latino community that exist to the lack of bilingual and bicultural counseling, testing, and treatment services, in particular among the southern states. Also, Canada' two official language French and English, which make it problematic for non-Engish and non-French speaking individuals to receive appropriate care. Rhodes et al. (2007), contend that the current rate of
Life is about setting goals, and accomplish everything you set your mind to. We have all break some type of boundaries that stopped us. Some barriers are meant to be cross, just like some rules are meant to be broke; that’s what life is all about. We all have to go through it. The biggest, and toughest border I had to cross in my life was to move to the US, there were so many changes. I had to sacrifice a lot of things fortunately, it was worth it. Because I have a whole new world know, a world that changed my perception of everything from language, culture, and even the education.
From my experience, bilingual education was a disadvantage during my childhood. At the age of twelve, I was introduced into a bilingual classroom for the first time. The crowded classroom was a combination of seventh and eighth grade Spanish-speaking students, who ranged from the ages of twelve to fifteen. The idea of bilingual education was to help students who weren’t fluent in the English language. The main focus of bilingual education was to teach English and, at the same time, teach a very basic knowledge of the core curriculum subjects: Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Unfortunately, bilingual education had academic, psychological, and social disadvantages for me.
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In further examples, the article shows how “small talk” allows for the linking of ideas that may never have been connected pushing students to think in new ways. This method opens pathways of thinking that were previously closed off to the speaking skill. With increased interdisciplinary interactions, we should use this method to make the speaking would be more related to the real world. For all that, Hunter proposes "small talk" as a methodology which develops language fluency and accuracy language allowing the teacher ...
The quote's definition is that language cannot be fully understood without looking at the social context in which it is used. The meaning of the words is dependent on the social environment. Crystal (2016) stated that when English is taken to a different country, in come the 'loan' words from other people in the country, and which makes English language hard to understand for native speak people. Choosing the right words, grammar and pronunciation all reveal what kind of people belong to which group in society. It also depends on what belief or background the person is from and what kind of home environment they live in. Geiger (2014) stated that "language means something slightly different to each person" (para. 2). Everyone has a different
Humans go through an important stage in their life where they make decisions and potentially life changing decisions. Going through the stages of an adolescent provides the opportunity for one to be socially involved, become something and be successful. But before all that, you must go to high school. My placement takes place at Waterloo Collegiate Institute in a grade 9 to 10 ESL program. I commit my time to volunteering in two separate classes. The first class I volunteer in is a grade 9 math class which consists of four students. My responsibility in that class is to assist students with homework, classwork, and any other questions that may have about what they are studying. All four of these students are part of the ESL program at Waterloo Collegiate Institute. The interaction between the students is irrelevant in this class as there are not enough students to capture their relations, except being in the same class. The second class that I am a part of is an English ESL class where there are many students from different parts of the world. Students in this class have arrived in Canada anywhere from the past week to a few years. My responsibility in the class is to assist students with writing, reading and comprehension to enhance their proficiency of the English language. Students in the class have difference levels of proficiency in regards to their comprehension of the English language. Behaviours are much more noticeable in this class as there are many more students that can be observed. One of the observations that were made was that there was a tendency for students to interact with other students who were of the same origin. This may have likely been because of a higher comfort level when inter...
The movie said that 93% of how we communicate with each other is just through paralinguistics and this includes gestors, posture and tone. If a student has a hard time understanding nonverbal language, they normally have a hard time understanding sarcasm and also would have a hard time at picking up facial cues which would cause the student to take everything word for word. A good example of this from the movie is when the speaker said “You guys are a great audience” in a sarcastic tone. This shows that the words mean one thing, but the tone means something totally different. A student with poor social skills probably would take the message word for word and misunderstand what the speaker was trying to say completely. This same thing could happen in the school setting with a student misunderstanding a different student because of their use of sarcasm.
I was unaware of the power of words and that's the way we say words can affect us and the people around us. You can deliver the same message either in an encouraging way or in a painful way. Chapter 11 will teach you how important confirming messages are and the reflection they have on people. I have talked before about my best friend “Lubna” and how much love and respect I have for her. This class taught me how to have a better talk with her and stabilize our relationship. She event noticed that I'm changing to being more funny and open in terms of talking and expressing what I feel. My “Aha” moment in the class was in chapter 3. Coming from the middle east and speaking another language I always feel more confident to express myself online than face to face. I don't usually give my opinion when I’m in the class or share any information. I was surprised that even native people who speak English and are from the USA feel the same way. Many classmates expressed how they feel more comfortable in an online discussion than face to face. I felt more confident knowing that I’m not
Thus far this semester, we have learned of how language functions as a whole on society, but I’ll be doing something a little different. Let me start off with a question. Who here has gotten into a fight with their significant other or just a friend of the opposite sex over a misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or feel that they are just speaking another language and you don’t understand them?