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LANGUAGE WORKSHOP-part I  (via Communicate,chapters 4, 14, [14ed.])

DUE FOR in CLASS PRESENTATION: GS = Weds 9/17/14

                                                                LS = Mon  9/22/14
 

► ASSIGNMENT GOAL:  To increase your  awareness & sensitivity about some of the ways (both obvious & subtle) by which the word choices we make when communicating can affect meaning &  understanding

 

►BASIC PROCEDURE: In most cases, the same investigative task is assigned to several  people. Nevertheless, this is an  INDIVIDUAL assignment.  EACH person should bring his/her own NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE clipping to class on the date specified above. Clippings will be compared & discussed via small groups.
        IF YOU FOUND YOUR EXAMPLE ON THE INTERNET,  BE SURE TO  GET  LOGGED ON TO NETWORK IN ORDER TO ACCESS IT FOR THE IN -CLASS GROUP WORK.

Whatever the format of your example, you need to be able to tell us WHERE it  was placed so that we can analyze how the language was targeted to a particular audience.

 

►ASSIGNMENT: Find your section & name below & complete the particular language investigation that pertains to you. Of course, you should FIRST read the entire applicable chapters: primarily #4Verbal Messages & #14 Language [ previous editions = Chap3-Communicating Verbally)  

 

TO:  LS-- Ryan SKOLNICK , Caroline STRICKLAND , Andrew AGUILERA

 TO: GS--  Andre VIOLA , Hope DE VITO , Ryan PATTI , Andrew POLITI

  After reading Chapters 4 & 14, each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Oral Language Style & Audience Centeredness  -- which were discussed on pp.332-336 [14ed].
You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to  show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.
 

 

 

TTO: LS--   Jeff JOYCE  ,   Ryan NELIGAN , Laura COLANTONIA ,

 TO: GS-- Prince SLEDGE , Nicholas BURBELLA , Jessica SCHMITT , Ragad ABDELFATAH ,

      

After reading Chapter 3, each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Denotation/Connotation (as part of Semantics) -- which were discussed on pp.79-80 [14ed] / 13 ed= 50-51 // 12th ed = 58-59]  .
You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to  show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.

 

TO: LS--   Collin BAILEY ,  Angeli FERNANDES , Deniz  YALCIN , Amanda MANCUSO

 TO: GS-- Courtney ACHILLE ,  Troy KANESHIRO , Christina PEPE , Matt LAPOLLA

 TO

After reading Chapters 4 & 14, each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Insensitive Language &/or Inappropriate Language -- which were discussed on pp.337-339 [14ed] 13ed= 58-62 {incl. "pop comm"}// [12th ed = 68-71] .
You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.

 

TO:  LS--  Tom GUGLIELMO ,   Mikaela MILANO , Christopher AUER , Kathleen YECKLEY

 TO: GS-- William GERAGHTY , Joel  ROBERTS , Daniella LEPORE , Kylee BURNS


  After reading Chapters 4 & 14,  each of you should find and bring in  a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Abstract vs. Specific|Concrete-- which were discussed on pp. 81 & 340-342 [14ed] {incl."speaking vividly"}  13ed=52-54// [12th ed =61-65].
You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to  show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.

 

TO: LS--   Tamanna DESAI , Deane FRANCO , Sahil  SHARMA ,  Andrew HUSTICK

          TO: GS-- Elizabeth GIOVINE ,  Keilah MARVILLE , Maurice ROSE , Emerald NWANNE

   
 

After reading Chapters 4 & 14,  each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Culture, Meaning & Connotation -- which were discussed as part of sociolinguistics on pp. 86-89 & review Chap 3 -14ed  //13ed=p.51 &  pp.127-130  [12th ed = 59-61 + 352-5]  . 

You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to  show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.  
 

 

THE REMAINING 2 CONCEPTS WERE NOT GIVEN SEPARATE FOCUS IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE TEXT, BUT THEY ARE STILL IMPORTANT FACTORS & PRIMARILY WILL BE COVERED EITHER BY YOUR PROFESSOR OR the DESIGNATED "VOLUNTEERS". 

 TO:  LS--   Megan  Sundberg ,  Simon MYHILL  , Darren WILLIAMS

TO: GS-- Available on a volunteer basis

  After reading Chapters 4 & 14, each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Gender & Language (i.e. men & women encode aand decode differently.) -- which were discussed on  13 ed=  pp.52 [12th ed =  59 - 61].
You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to  show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.
 

 

TO:   LS--   available on a volunteer basis

TO:   GS-- available on a volunteer basis

After reading Chapters 4 & 14,  each of you should find and bring in a newspaper or magazine clipping that either EXEMPLIFIES &/or  PLAYS OFF OF &/or WORKS because of the language principles: Dating &/or Indexing techniques -- which were discussed on pp. ___13 ed= p.54 [12th ed =  66-67].   You don't have to write anything down in advance, but be prepared to show your respective examples & explain how they coordinate with the text's concepts.

NB: People often get this language concept wrong. Be sure to read carefully.

 

 

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