PW (10/31/17)
Halloween Halloween Halloween ...
What is that? I have never heard it before but now I do. It is like people are wearing weird or scary costume with makeup on. What does it mean to me? Actually, Halloween doesn't relate to me at all because this is not my religious. I grew up in the other country which do not have Halloween but similar culture relate with ghosts or spirits. What I do for the event? Our family pray or give them food for the spirits who do not have relative of them. But at the end, we just eat it back. Sounds crazy!! Just like the first time I heard about Halloween. However, in here kids are so happy about it because they get to choose what they like to wear and get a lot of candy....
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Thursday, October 26, 2017
PW: (10/26/17)
PW: (10/26/17)
The recent struggle I am facing right now is thinking about changing my major. I do not know any other major that is providing in SF State. So, I went to several places for advising. And I could not have chance to meet with any adviser yet. Also,I feel like they do not want to help students at all and they do not know what they are talking about. What I mean is like they don't know their jobs. Sometimes, I think of like " What the heck they are doing at school, just sitting in front of computers, chatting with co workers and going on lunch break when its time and going home when 5 and so on". There are many students out here struggling in choosing classes and what classes should they choose for pre re and so on. All they said like follow the instruction book that they gave us in school orientation. I feel like they should not do like that and they should of care more about the students. We are college students and most of the students are 18 already but as a freshmen in new big school like SF State, the adviser and staff in here should know how to guide freshmen to become successful in college. In my Burmese language, we called those people like " ko chi ma sar tat luu tway" That means like they don't know what they are doing. If I were like those people, I am willing to help those students to guide what they need.
The recent struggle I am facing right now is thinking about changing my major. I do not know any other major that is providing in SF State. So, I went to several places for advising. And I could not have chance to meet with any adviser yet. Also,I feel like they do not want to help students at all and they do not know what they are talking about. What I mean is like they don't know their jobs. Sometimes, I think of like " What the heck they are doing at school, just sitting in front of computers, chatting with co workers and going on lunch break when its time and going home when 5 and so on". There are many students out here struggling in choosing classes and what classes should they choose for pre re and so on. All they said like follow the instruction book that they gave us in school orientation. I feel like they should not do like that and they should of care more about the students. We are college students and most of the students are 18 already but as a freshmen in new big school like SF State, the adviser and staff in here should know how to guide freshmen to become successful in college. In my Burmese language, we called those people like " ko chi ma sar tat luu tway" That means like they don't know what they are doing. If I were like those people, I am willing to help those students to guide what they need.
Annotation: Blog#11: Difficulty
Annotation: Blog#11: Difficulty
The whole article is focusing on talking about the difficulties of reading and writing and how we become overcome barrier and practice to become an expert There are four ways to identity and practice your difficulties. The first thing we need to do is to find what is our weakness and what do we need to improve our writing. Then, think about the area of our difficulties like what is happening in this article and try to think what the author most talking about. After that, go back to the passage that we do not understand and re-read it again. Then, think about how we relate with this passage or relate with something that we can think about.
To write an informal essay, it should be less argument instead elaborate with the texts and develop with it.
The Pedagogy Behind This Writing
The study mainly focusing on the reflection of our difficulties based on reading, thinking, writing. To help student's difficulties; teachers are helping student to think what they want to say based on the passages and expand ideas for them. Critical thinking is to develop the difficulties that we have and keep working on those.
The purpose of this passage is to help students to express their own ideas and belief; not just only rely on the other people's opinion and think they will be always right.
The whole article is focusing on talking about the difficulties of reading and writing and how we become overcome barrier and practice to become an expert There are four ways to identity and practice your difficulties. The first thing we need to do is to find what is our weakness and what do we need to improve our writing. Then, think about the area of our difficulties like what is happening in this article and try to think what the author most talking about. After that, go back to the passage that we do not understand and re-read it again. Then, think about how we relate with this passage or relate with something that we can think about.
To write an informal essay, it should be less argument instead elaborate with the texts and develop with it.
The Pedagogy Behind This Writing
The study mainly focusing on the reflection of our difficulties based on reading, thinking, writing. To help student's difficulties; teachers are helping student to think what they want to say based on the passages and expand ideas for them. Critical thinking is to develop the difficulties that we have and keep working on those.
The purpose of this passage is to help students to express their own ideas and belief; not just only rely on the other people's opinion and think they will be always right.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
PW: (10/24/17)
I like the article about Gloria Anzaldua. It is because she talked about how she struggling when talking with wild tongue which is mixed Mexican and English. People required to use Standard English at work and how they have different dialect for each continents. Not just Spanish, there are a lot more. She has to use different dialect when she talks to different people. People tried to be racism based on their accent. However, that shows as an identity and we should not judge it based on that. The facts she explained it's all related with immigrants or bilingual because those people are facing with two different culture.
"Deep in our hearts we believe that being Mexican has nothing to do with which country one lives in."(42)
This is so true because everyone has different languages background and based on that we all have different belief so even we are not living in our home country, we always should remember where we come from.
Reading Strategies
"Deep in our hearts we believe that being Mexican has nothing to do with which country one lives in."(42)
This is so true because everyone has different languages background and based on that we all have different belief so even we are not living in our home country, we always should remember where we come from.
Reading Strategies
- summarize main point in margin
- re-read certain parts
- skip difficult part
- translated in margin
- read out lot
- highlight quotes
Annotation: Blog# 9: How to Tame a Wild Tongue
Annotation: How to Tame a Wild Tongue
"A language which they can connect their identity to, one capable of communicating the realities and values true to themselves." (35-36)
Language represents identity, culture and belief.
"And because we internalize how our language has been used against us by the dominant culture, we use our language differences against each other." (38)
"There are more subtle ways that we internalize identification, especially in the forms of images and emotions." (42)
We always have our belief based on where we come from.
"Deep in our hearts we believe that being Mexican has nothing to do with which country one lives in." (42)
No matter where we live, we should remember what our identities are.
One day the inner struggle will cease and a true integration take place." (44)
Based on what she is struggling about how the language should be Standard English however she still keeps her wild tongue to show what is her identity.
"A language which they can connect their identity to, one capable of communicating the realities and values true to themselves." (35-36)
Language represents identity, culture and belief.
"And because we internalize how our language has been used against us by the dominant culture, we use our language differences against each other." (38)
"There are more subtle ways that we internalize identification, especially in the forms of images and emotions." (42)
We always have our belief based on where we come from.
"Deep in our hearts we believe that being Mexican has nothing to do with which country one lives in." (42)
No matter where we live, we should remember what our identities are.
One day the inner struggle will cease and a true integration take place." (44)
Based on what she is struggling about how the language should be Standard English however she still keeps her wild tongue to show what is her identity.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Annotation for Blog# 8: Young
Annotation for Blog# 8: Young
"People make theyselevues targets for racism if and when they dont wirte and speak like he do. But dont nobody’s language, dialect, or style make them “vulnerable to prejudice.” It’sATTITUDES. It be the way folks with some power perceive other people’s language." (110)
That's why different culture of people try to say or not agree with other culture and start to judge other people.
"Standard Language ideology is the belief that there is one set of dominant language rules that stem from a single dominant discourse(like standard English) that all writers and speakers of English must conform to in order to communicate effectively." (111)
Everyone needs to use standard language to communicate effectively at work. You can use only dominate language at home. (dominant language ideology )
" And that's my exact arguement, that we all should know everybody's dialect, at least as many as we can, and be open to the mix of them in oral and written communication."(111)
WE should understand and be opened about all types of languages but not judged other people based on the dialect and culture.
That's why different culture of people try to say or not agree with other culture and start to judge other people.
"Standard Language ideology is the belief that there is one set of dominant language rules that stem from a single dominant discourse(like standard English) that all writers and speakers of English must conform to in order to communicate effectively." (111)
Everyone needs to use standard language to communicate effectively at work. You can use only dominate language at home. (dominant language ideology )
" And that's my exact arguement, that we all should know everybody's dialect, at least as many as we can, and be open to the mix of them in oral and written communication."(111)
WE should understand and be opened about all types of languages but not judged other people based on the dialect and culture.
"Instead of prescribing how folks should write or speak, I say we teach language descriptively. This mean we should, for instance, teach how language functions within and from various cultural perspectives." (112)
Like combine languages together and be opened with every types of languages.
Like combine languages together and be opened with every types of languages.
"But we should be mo flexible, mo acceptin of language diversity, language expansion, and creative language usage from ourselves and from others both in formal and informal settings. Why? Cuz nobody can or gone really master all the rules of any language or dialect."
Everyone has their flaws and mistakes. it is like we don't blame at the mistakes but learn from the mistakes and fix it. So no one is perfect to professional in Languages.
Everyone has their flaws and mistakes. it is like we don't blame at the mistakes but learn from the mistakes and fix it. So no one is perfect to professional in Languages.
"Code meshing blend dialects, international languages, local idioms, chat-room
lingo, and the rhetorical styles of various ethnic and cultural groups in both formal and informal speech acts."
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Essay 2 Reflection
Essay 2 Reflection
-What was your favorite part of Essay 2?
-What was challenging?
-Did the assignment and activities change your “ways of seeing” the world, or your community or surroundings? How?
-Ultimately, would you recommend this assignment? Why or why not?
My favorite part of Essay 2 is find the background history of the artifact I chose which was "Fisherman's Wharf". Through the artifact, I learned a lot of new things about Fisherman's Wharf which are historical background, seafood, tourists. Some of them made me surprising which was the base community of Italian culture. Moreover, there was challenging thing which the interpersonal connection with the sign I chose. It is because I did not have that much culture to related to the sign. However, I can still find what can I related with the sign because it reminds of my work and people around there.
Changing the ways of seeing the world and reflecting back ourselves are the main things in this essay. However, this assignment change my ways of seeing the world because I got a chance to thinking back to my reality or experiences with the visual artifact which are common and which are not. One thing what I learned from this assignment was that even little things surround us, we just did not realize those but everything has their own story background and sometimes it could be related with us. Therefore, I would recommend this assignment because it is fun to think about what things around us can related to us which we never thought about before. So we can reflect back to ourselves and think about how we can relate to them.
Changing the ways of seeing the world and reflecting back ourselves are the main things in this essay. However, this assignment change my ways of seeing the world because I got a chance to thinking back to my reality or experiences with the visual artifact which are common and which are not. One thing what I learned from this assignment was that even little things surround us, we just did not realize those but everything has their own story background and sometimes it could be related with us. Therefore, I would recommend this assignment because it is fun to think about what things around us can related to us which we never thought about before. So we can reflect back to ourselves and think about how we can relate to them.
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