I have noticed a little bit of a difference in the level of engagement of class, now that it is mentioned. My engagement is pretty much the same as when this course started, although, I am more comfortable now than at the beginning, so if I did have a comment, there’s more of a chance that I would speak up now than before.
I like the audio-video examples a lot that we’re doing now. I feel that I would learn more and be more involved if I felt like the material was important and applicable to everyday life. I see how we interact with people of different dialects everyday, but if I felt more of a need for it than I would involve myself more and I would get more from the readings. I think most students are taking this course for the diversity credit, but if there was some way that we could apply it outside of class rather than just coming to class and leaving class.
As for myself, I could look for ways to involve myself more in class discussions and pay more attention to the readings.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Post 6--Class Discourse Analysis
Hi all,
This post assignment is going to be slightly different than the previous ones. I'd like to use it as a type of "mid-term" analysis of how the class is going for you. I've noticed, over the last couple of weeks that the engagement level in discussion has dropped somewhat compared to what it used to be. One feature of a good learning environment, to me, is engaged discourse by all members of the class. Since it has dropped somewhat I'd like to check in with you to see if there are, indeed, some issues we need to be concerned with as we move into the second half of the semester.
So, I'd like you to do a bit of a class discourse analysis and a self-discourse analysis. First, do you notice a difference in the level of engagement in the class? Has your engagement shifted since the beginning of the course?
If yes, what are the issues that might be affecting our classroom discourse? Here are some ideas:
1. Earlier on in the class, we were dealing with challenging concepts; now it's not so tough.
2. Earlier on, we were dealing with theories and had a lot of relevant examples; now we are dealing with different dialects that you might not be familiar with.
3. I'm lecturing more.
4. I'm using audio-video examples more.
That's what I can think of on my end. What about on your end? Do you see that the student discourse has affected engagement levels?
Final questions:
1. What can I do to improve your learning experience for the second half of the semester?
2. What can you do, individually, to improve your learning experience for the second half of the semester?
Thanks,
Tiffany
This post assignment is going to be slightly different than the previous ones. I'd like to use it as a type of "mid-term" analysis of how the class is going for you. I've noticed, over the last couple of weeks that the engagement level in discussion has dropped somewhat compared to what it used to be. One feature of a good learning environment, to me, is engaged discourse by all members of the class. Since it has dropped somewhat I'd like to check in with you to see if there are, indeed, some issues we need to be concerned with as we move into the second half of the semester.
So, I'd like you to do a bit of a class discourse analysis and a self-discourse analysis. First, do you notice a difference in the level of engagement in the class? Has your engagement shifted since the beginning of the course?
If yes, what are the issues that might be affecting our classroom discourse? Here are some ideas:
1. Earlier on in the class, we were dealing with challenging concepts; now it's not so tough.
2. Earlier on, we were dealing with theories and had a lot of relevant examples; now we are dealing with different dialects that you might not be familiar with.
3. I'm lecturing more.
4. I'm using audio-video examples more.
That's what I can think of on my end. What about on your end? Do you see that the student discourse has affected engagement levels?
Final questions:
1. What can I do to improve your learning experience for the second half of the semester?
2. What can you do, individually, to improve your learning experience for the second half of the semester?
Thanks,
Tiffany
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Cali Talk
I don't know if California is ahead with the slang. I think just because they have the 5th largest economy in the world, and not to mention that it is freaking huge. That they get a ton of different cultures and different people. So they will put together many "slang" words that go just as fast as they come. I think everywhere will have their own slang away from other groups. Even here is Utah we will have our own slang or dialect but I bet if I said some slang to a Californian and they didn't know what it was, that they could figure it out. You might say that I talk like a Californian or "Vally Girl" but I would prefer Californian.
Monday, February 25, 2008
california
You can say that I talk like a "californian". I say all of the typical "dude, tight, sick, dope, etc". I don't know if California is ahead in the new words or slang, I think they just have their words just like we have ours. I have friends that live in Cali and when they come to town they always seem to have some new weird word. Then when I say a word or slang that is widely heard here and they do not understand. I think it goes both ways. that is how language is passed. You pick up something then pass it on and it goes in a cycle.
Take the power back...
Its interesting to be able to relate so unintentionally to a reading thats focused on the developement of a dialect that one might consider their own. I would have to say that more than 75% of the slang words described and defined in the reading relate exactly to how I would use the words themselves in my own discoures throughout the day. Even the other 25% are known to me and somewhat understood in content. I grew up skaing and using words like, sick, tight, sweet, amped, etc. were familiar and natural to me. I now undestand how words and phrases can become naturalized in the context of a particular social setting.
I feel that respectively California is moving ahead of the rest of the nation in many ways and I think this can be attributed to how they say in the chapter that Hollywood was looking to reach a large group of people; they had to have some proper medium or norm in language in order to attract audiences. I think its emerging more quickly for this same reason, Hollywood is everchanging; so to meet the demand of widespread popularity I think that one would have to adopt and manipulate differernt forms of language in order to maintain interest. Also how they said that the younger generation was just looking for their own way of expressing themselves and how that changes from year to year. Its spreading eastward because the western media has only that option in meeting the American public. How at the beginning of the chapter they said that California was all dreamers moving west looking for something new and thats exactly what happened a state full of dreamers taking on the world and changing it with the way they represent themselves through all mediums of expression.
I feel that respectively California is moving ahead of the rest of the nation in many ways and I think this can be attributed to how they say in the chapter that Hollywood was looking to reach a large group of people; they had to have some proper medium or norm in language in order to attract audiences. I think its emerging more quickly for this same reason, Hollywood is everchanging; so to meet the demand of widespread popularity I think that one would have to adopt and manipulate differernt forms of language in order to maintain interest. Also how they said that the younger generation was just looking for their own way of expressing themselves and how that changes from year to year. Its spreading eastward because the western media has only that option in meeting the American public. How at the beginning of the chapter they said that California was all dreamers moving west looking for something new and thats exactly what happened a state full of dreamers taking on the world and changing it with the way they represent themselves through all mediums of expression.
Californian dialect
Out of all the readings we have done so far this one was by far the easiest to read and related to me quite a bit. I have a lot of Californian friends who migrated to Utah. So it was easy for me to see that California could have there own dialect. Through hanging out with my friends I tend to pick up on there slang and start using words like "dawg" and "tight" that have tended to reside in California throughout the hip hop industry.
I believe we tend to speak this way because of Hollywood and the Hip Hop Industry that was either originated in New York or California and there was a distinct line between the two. Also Hollywood is all over the TV and in movies and that is all we here about is what star is doing what or what movies are coming out. So in turn we tend to speak like the stars because we see that they are successful and we want to mimic them so in turn we could live the glamorous lifestyle just like stars.
I believe we tend to speak this way because of Hollywood and the Hip Hop Industry that was either originated in New York or California and there was a distinct line between the two. Also Hollywood is all over the TV and in movies and that is all we here about is what star is doing what or what movies are coming out. So in turn we tend to speak like the stars because we see that they are successful and we want to mimic them so in turn we could live the glamorous lifestyle just like stars.
Californian dialect
Out of all the readings we have done so far this one was by far the easiest to read and related to me quite a bit. I have a lot of Californian friends who migrated to Utah. So it was easy for me to see that California could have there own dialect. Through hanging out with my friends I tend to pick up on there slang and start using words like "dawg" and "tight" that have tended to reside in California throughout the hip hop industry.
I believe we tend to speak this way because of Hollywood and the Hip Hop Industry that was either originated in New York or California and there was a distinct line between the two. Also Hollywood is all over the TV and in movies and that is all we here about is what star is doing what or what movies are coming out. So in turn we tend to speak like the stars because we see that they are successful and we want to mimic them so in turn we could live the glamorous lifestyle just like stars.
I believe we tend to speak this way because of Hollywood and the Hip Hop Industry that was either originated in New York or California and there was a distinct line between the two. Also Hollywood is all over the TV and in movies and that is all we here about is what star is doing what or what movies are coming out. So in turn we tend to speak like the stars because we see that they are successful and we want to mimic them so in turn we could live the glamorous lifestyle just like stars.
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