This document discusses how language use can affect emotions both positively and negatively. It notes that derogatory terms like "gay", "faggot", and "homo" are used inconsiderately at the school and can negatively impact people's emotions. Language allows people to make sense of emotions and it can either strengthen knowledge claims by motivating positivity or weaken claims by creating antipathy. The implications of language use go beyond the local situation into literature and ethics. Understanding different perspectives and increasing awareness of impact can help address this knowledge issue.

1. +
Theory of
Knowledge
Oral
Akash Zaveri

2. + Gay — Straight Alliance At CA
Real Life Situation
 Established due to student use of derogatory terms by SBC
 As an SBC officer, we believe that such terms are being
openly used in the CA community mainly amongst students in
inconsiderate ways
 Hence, use of derogatory language hints towards disrespectful
attitude
 Words such as “gay”, “faggot”, “homo” are potential words that
can affect certain people’s emotions
 As open-minded students of the IB and CA, we should respect
and compassionately impact our society (at the least)

3. + Knowledge Issue
language
How does our use of affect
emotion?

4. + Significance of Real Life
Situation
 Seeing how language filters what people believe & perceive
 Language affects emotion in two ways —
 Positive (+)
 How does our use of language positively affect
emotion?
 Negative (-)
 How does our use of language negatively affect
emotion?

5. + Language Hinders Emotion (Negative Affect)
Weakens Knowledge Claims
“Language is a means of making sense of emotions”
Weakens:
Negatively connoted language affects emotion
 Sets antipathetic mood, motivation, and disposition
Language has several interpretations hence, different views =
Potentiality of emotions being hindered
Example:

6. Language Promotes Emotion (Positive Effect)
+ Strengthens knowledge claims
“Language is a means of making sense of emotions”
Strengthens:
•Motivates individual to feel a certain (positive) way
•Motivates people to help others learn about other knowledge
claims
Example:
“CA Compliments” Facebook Page

7. + Related Knowledge Issue #1
Weakens knowledge claim:
VAGUENESS
Example:

8. + Related Knowledge Issue #2
Strengthens knowledge claim:
Nobody is being judged for who they are
Compassionate, respectful knowledge community
Example:

9. + Implications (in my real life situation)
Strengthens
Knowledge claim:
implications
Weakens
knowledge claim:

10. + Implications
(beyond Real-Life Stituation)
Language
Literature
Uncertain of message
being conveyed
Margaret Atwood’s Moral
Disorder
Ethics
Moral Standards


11. + Alternate Knowledge Perspective
“How does our use of
language affect emotion?”
Literature Teacher

12. Importance of knowledge issue
+ Concluding Thoughts
Language is always used and determines relationship
between different people and communities
Understanding and respecting people is important,
Misuse of derogatory terms may occur not but may be
harmful.
Increased awareness