Exploring the US 2010 Plain Language Act and other countries are exploring options. Paul Danon, UK compares guides and discusses what's out there, the need for collaboration and ethical implications.
It may be something we often overlook, but typography plays an essential part in the presentation process. Typography can change the entire look and feel of a presentation. Big Fish introduces the five way typography is powerful in your presentation.
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Explain what extralinguistic (outside of language) factors or dimensions are relevant to understanding the language variation in your project. Connect to t
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. How do you anticipate that these factors would affect the results of the project, if you could carry out the investigation?
Research methods:
Explain what methods your project uses to investigate your research question, and explain why these methods were chosen. Use the required readings and multimedia from the course to make connections.
(Note: if you would prefer to change the methods your group suggested, explain what would you change them to, and why.)
(1 paragraph)
Review the VoiceThreads for other groups. Choose one that you feel you understand well and respond to the prompt below.
Give the title of the proposal you examined. Use your understanding of research methods described in the course to discuss potential complications of their methods: what would you change or improve about the methods, and why? You may also discuss likely results based on your own experiences with CMC.
Part 2 (1-2 paragraphs)
Naomi Baron, whose 2007 study of American undergraduates' texts and IMs we read about several weeks ago, described that research and other research on computer-mediated communication in her book
Always On.Â
She acknowledges something that John McWhorter also mentions in his TED talk, which is that sometimes people feel very negatively about online language and wh ...
Exploring the US 2010 Plain Language Act and other countries are exploring options. Paul Danon, UK compares guides and discusses what's out there, the need for collaboration and ethical implications.
It may be something we often overlook, but typography plays an essential part in the presentation process. Typography can change the entire look and feel of a presentation. Big Fish introduces the five way typography is powerful in your presentation.
n Part 1 of this assignment, you will discuss the proposal dev.docxherthaweston
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n
Part 1
of this assignment, you will discuss the proposal developed by your small-group collaboration and relate it to the research methods and linguistics concepts examined in this course.
In
Part 2
, you will evaluate a claim about computer-mediated communication using what you've learned about what language is and how CMC is used.
Part 1 (2 paragraphs)
(1 sentence)
What is the research question in your collaboration?Â
(1 paragraphs)
Discuss the
 linguistic
variables
and
social factors
investigated by your group,and the
research methods
you've chosen to use. Â To show substantial evidence of critical thinking, your responses must do more than simply identify that concepts appear within your project. Instead, aim to explain, expand, connect, compare, or contrast how the concept appears in your project with how we covered the concept in the course. Each module has a "Readings & Multimedia" page with the required resources; review those resources and use and cite them appropriately.
Linguistic variables:Â
Quote specific examples to demonstrate the variation in language that your group investigated and explain them. For example, if you were interested in meme grammar like Gawne and Vaughan were, you could quote "teh" and "the" as orthographic and phonetic differences. If you were interested in how sincerity is conveyed like Gunraj et al, you could quote "Sure" and "Sure." (with period" to examine the role of the period in sincerity online.
Social factors:
Explain what extralinguistic (outside of language) factors or dimensions are relevant to understanding the language variation in your project. Connect to t
he reading from Janet Holmes
. How do you anticipate that these factors would affect the results of the project, if you could carry out the investigation?
Research methods:
Explain what methods your project uses to investigate your research question, and explain why these methods were chosen. Use the required readings and multimedia from the course to make connections.
(Note: if you would prefer to change the methods your group suggested, explain what would you change them to, and why.)
(1 paragraph)
Review the VoiceThreads for other groups. Choose one that you feel you understand well and respond to the prompt below.
Give the title of the proposal you examined. Use your understanding of research methods described in the course to discuss potential complications of their methods: what would you change or improve about the methods, and why? You may also discuss likely results based on your own experiences with CMC.
Part 2 (1-2 paragraphs)
Naomi Baron, whose 2007 study of American undergraduates' texts and IMs we read about several weeks ago, described that research and other research on computer-mediated communication in her book
Always On.Â
She acknowledges something that John McWhorter also mentions in his TED talk, which is that sometimes people feel very negatively about online language and wh ...
Multimodal Rhetorics
From Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects. Kristin L. Arola, Jennifer
Sheppard and Cheryl E. Ball. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. 2014.
Using Multimodal Rhetorics- Concepts and Activities
Purpose
Writing is not the only way people use rhetoric- ALL communication and argument is multimodal- meaning that
everything from images, video, gestures, body language, color, sound, spatial distance, and more contributes to
meaning and shapes how others are persuaded by it. Being better aware of how multimodal rhetorical choices
influence an audience can help you to be more critical of what others are saying to you, as well as to make use of
these strategies in your own communication. These notes and activities are excerpted from Writer/Designer:
Making Multimodal Projects by Kristin Arola, Jennifer Sheppard, and Cheryl Ball.
⢠Mode- a semiotic resource or means of
communication
⢠Multimodal- the ways we combine different
ways (or modes) of communicating in
everyday life
⢠Text- the artifact that results from
communicating in any mode or combination
of modes (words, images, sound, etc.)
⢠To produce a successful text, writers must
be able to consciously use different modes
both alone and in combination
⢠Each mode plays a role individually in the
overall message, but itâs their combination
that creates the full feel and function of the
text
⢠Five modes of communication:
o Linguistic- the use of language (word choice, delivery of spoken text, organization of writing or
speech into phrases, paragraphs, sentences, etc., the development and coherence of individual words
and ideas)
o Visual- images and other characteristics that can be seen (size, color, layout, style, etc.); very good at
communicating how something looks or how someone is feeling, how to do something
o Aural- focuses on sound as a means of communicating and/or understanding information (music,
sound effects, ambient noise/sound, silence, tone of voice in spoken language, volume of sound
emphasis, accent)- sound signals information
o Spatial- physical arrangement (layout, organization, proximity between people and/or objects)
o Gestural- includes facial expressions, hand gestures, body language, interaction between people-
provides an important way of making or understanding meaning, responses, and relationships
⢠Medium/Media- the specific expression of communication within a given mode (water color would be a
medium in the mode of visual expression)
⢠Affordances- the strengths and weakness of individual modes or media in a given rhetorical situation
One way to think about the different modes of communication is as a set of tools. You may not use all of them in a
single project because each mode has its own affordances and constraints (strengths and weaknesses)- just like a
wrench is probably more useful for fixing a faucet than a hammer. Sometimes, though, ...
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Assignment Guidelines: Writing Project 3 - Technology, Language & Writing (Critical Evaluation)
Technology, Language & Writing
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Technology impacts most of our lives on a daily basis.
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While some developments in technology are well-received and widely used in effective ways that benefit society, other developments bring about controversy and disagreement over how specific technologies are used and to what extent. For instance, video games have become popular among people of all generations, but its uses and effects on people and society has created some very different views. Video games are sometimes blamed for promoting negative behavior among children and adolescents, such as criminal activities and physical violence (Barlett, et al., OâToole). Some people also argue that habitual uses of video games lead to health issues such as addiction and obesity (GrĂźsser et al.). Video game addiction can also lead to sleep deprivation and lack of concentration, and in some cases affect peopleâs performance at work or school. While some people may be quick to dismiss all forms of gaming as the culprit, others argue that not all video games or all uses of video games are problematic. James Gee, a literacy specialist and advocate for the use of video games in teaching and learning, argues that âany learning, whether it's books, a movie, or a game, can lead to bad or good results depending on the environment in which it's [played], not the game itselfâ
and thatgood video games can be extremely useful as a learning tool, facilitating the development of problem-solving abilities and language skillsâ (Sheffield 11).
Various forms of technology have also changed what it means to be literate. In 2008, The National Council of Teachers of English issued a statement defining twenty-first century literacies, recognizing the role of technology in shaping the meaning of literacy: âBecause technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies.â Literacy in this sense includes many types of activities that are âmultiple, dynamic, and malleableâ--such as reading online newspaper articles to participating in virtual class discussion and even interacting on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Weibo. How has technology shaped your literacy practices? What are your reactions to them? What would happen if you lost access to those forms of technol.
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The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
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Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
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The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
⢠The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
⢠The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate âany matterâ at âany timeâ under House Rule X.
⢠The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasnât one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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2. What is Typography?
(All definitions are dangerous â Erasmus)
Google the question above and youâll
get a multitude of definitions.
Bearing in mind the Erasmus warning
you can take your pick.
Most dictionary definitions will talk
about âthe arrangement of metal
typeâ but Wikipedia thankfully,
immediately brings in the important
issue of language:
Typography (from the Greek words
(typos) = form and (graphe) =
writing) is the art and technique of
arranging type in order to make
language visible. (My emphasis!)
Metal type setting, type-writing,
digital composition, texting, and so on,
all or none of these (or what the
future may bring) really matters. The
technology that produces the image
will continue to develop and change.
What matters is what the reader sees,
on whatever surface that is readable.
Graffiti. The visible language.
Visible language is different to visual
language. Visual language is a term
used to describe the whole visual field
including graphics, photographs, lines
and all sorts. Visible language
specifically refers to words in visual
form â or what used to be called
typography because texts were set in
metal type to be printed on paper.
3. I take the view that typography (in all
its varieties) represents the visible
language as part of the whole
language system. Message making is
the most important and exciting
aspect of this visible language.
Language is arguably the most
significant and distinguishing feature
that humans hold over all other
species. For the last 6,000 years we
have also developed written forms of
the language to record and extend our
culture and technology. Understanding
the relationships between the spoken
and orthographic (written/printed/
screen) languages as social codes and
visual registers is an essential attribute
for the designer.
The spoken word can have a powerful
impact on the listener and for similar
reasons the manner in which the
orthographic language is structured
(layout) can have a profound influence
on the way the information is
interpreted by the reader.
Your main text for this unit is also
titled âWhat is Typographyâ (David
Jury) and reading through this book
over the next few weeks will expand
and unpack in detail, the various
forms of typography, many aspects of
which we shall cover in this program.
This introductory âlectureâ is therefore
not a one-way script from me (itâs not
actually a lecture).
4. We will attempt to collectively explore
the visible language through a few
exercises over the next week, and to
redefine typography as visible
language; to examine message making
in various registers, leading toward
design approaches using rhetorical
principles in formulating messages.
Further on we shall focus on the basic
typographic conventions: why they are
how they are and what designers do
about them. Which is where we
develop an understanding of the
visual-graphic form of language as
that relates to reader-centred needs.
You will notice that the emphasis here
is about the reader needs and not you
as an originator of typographic art.
Good typography is about
communication, not self-expression.
Reading 1
Jury, David 2006 What is Typography?
Read and reflect on pages 8â19.
Jury takes a broad sweep on writing, typesetting
and the digital generation of words.Think about
how you have developed your own writing. Do you
already have experience of typography and if so,
how does that affect your writing?
5. What is typography: a workshop approach
Reading 2
Swann, Cal 1991 Language Typography?
Read Chapter 1 pages 1â21. (PDF supplied)
Spoken language and visual signs are explored,
along with basic communication models.
Activity 1:
Send an sms to a close friend or family
relative, about an issue that concerns
you. Your intention is to persuade your
buddy to share your thinking. The issue
might be political, or anti the livesheep trade, whatever concerns you â
choose an issue you feel strongly
about.
Activity 2:
Write a letter as a Word doc to the
local newspaper on the same issue,
with the intention to alert/persuade a
broader, public group. Do this as an
email or Word document, to be sent
email.
6. There will be another phase to this
message making which I will reveal
next...
Submit your letters/docs to the Virtu
blackboard by (TBA)
Activity 3:
Read the group efforts and offer
your comments online:
What âstrategiesâ have people taken
to persuade their friend?
Have you taken a similar or different
approach?
How does the personal appeal to a
close friend differ from the general
letter to the public?
What approaches are likely to work
and why?
7. Google âWhat is typographyâ
on Youtube
and youâll find lots to giggle at â
if you can stand the American
accents. For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6rcXvUWP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWFWJGA7qrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15XKOlfj6GI