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English Language Learners Virtual Class

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English Language Learners class 9

 

                        Week 8 Assignment due Tuesday, April 11 by 4 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Class Opener:  English -- What is different from other languages?

 

An Experience For Your Discovery



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1. Choose 3 adjectives to describe the bridge.

Write those words BEFORE you hear the podcast or the view the video.

 


CHOOSE a resource TO HEAR, READ OR VIEW

to answer the three questions in this class opener,

either the podcast or the TED talk, describing how language influences people's beliefs, ideas and descriptions of the world

 

  Reading the transcript of either resource will be helpful to understanding the points

 

Hear 

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Read

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Hear Lera Boroditsky explaining her research about language and our perceptions of the world

Podcast transcript:   https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=102518565 

 

OR VIEW 

 Video

 

View Lera Boroditsky explaining her research about language and our perceptions of the world.

 Video transcript is under the video. 

 


2. Analyzing your 3 words--do any of these convey feminine or masculine qualities to English speakers? Explain your thinking.

 

3. How would you summarize or describe to a friend the ways language informs people's thinking about things in the world?

 

4. Hear 5:30- 6:40 of the podcast, Shakespeare Had Roses All Wrong. (podcast link)

What is happening to our brains' beliefs and perceptions seeing two different words written on the Bags of Roses experiment where both have a rose inside?

 

 

 

Workshop 1:  Where Do English Words Come From?  Who Creates Them?

  

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Read this information to answer the first question.

 

PEOPLE COIN {CREATE) new words. WE ARE ALWAYS learning words.

 

 

    • Active Vocabulary:  Words learned and can use in a sentence.

 

    • Passive Vocabulary:  Words recognized but not able to use in a sentence.

 

A Native English Speaker at age 20 has 20,000 words in Active Vocabulary.

    • (40,000 in passive vocabulary)
    • Learns a word a day till middle age 

 

Growth of Native Speakers' Vocabulary is determined by reading habits between ages 4 & 15. 

  • Those who read a lot learn 4 new words a day.
  • Those who read not much learn 1.5 new words a day.

 

 

 

Read

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Shakespeare invented 1700 words

 

5. Choose & list 5 words in your ACTIVE vocabulary you would NOT have thought Shakespeare coined or used in new ways to mean what they mean today.

 

 

 

AND NOW SWITCH FROM SHAKESPEARE TO THE DICTIONARY!       



 

According to the Merriam-Webster website, to be included in the dictionary, a word must “be used in a substantial number of citations that come from a wide range of publications over a considerable period of time.”

 

 

Deepfake  Finna  WFH  Griefing 

With One's Hand(s)

in the Cookie Jar 

 

 Glamping  Life Hack Dumpster Fire  Onboarding 

Embiggen 

 

Front Dog Whistle Humblebrag Train Wreck

Hive mind

 

Athleisure Dark Money froyo Inspo Fabulosity

 

 

CHOOSE 3 words THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW

from the Merriam Webster dictionary chart.

   

6. First, write your own definition by guessing what each word MIGHT mean. 

      Second, write the dictionary definitions below yours.

 

 

 

Workshop 2: Create a Frayer Model  

 

 

WITH someone YOU ARE TUTORING, or with a friend, MAKE a Frayer Model.

 

Draw or use a google slide or google doc to illustrate a word, idea, concept that might help whoever you are tutoring.

 

Insert photos, background, write a comic in the model or other eye catching ways to add interest to the words.

 

 

Insert it or a photo of it into your learning log.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Idea Closer: English Expands Continuously

 

 

We are ALL English Language Learners.

 

Everything we learn NEW has its own vocabulary that we need to know 

 

GOLF is a new language;

BIOLOGY is a new language;

PHYSICS is a new language; 

DANCE is a new language. 

 

 

 

 

Smartphone became a prominent word beginning in 1997 AND entered the dictionary:

 

  1. mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.

 

 

Tutors and teachers support students to develop expanded ACTIVE vocabularies

by identifying students as language creators using language in new ways in their writing and  conversations

 

 

7. What 2 or 3 new words are you using in conversations, texts, or classes that you were NOT saying in high school?

   

What is the NEWEST word or phrase you have learned? 

What does it mean?

WHY is it easy to incorporate into your lexicon?

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT part of the assignment.

More New Words Added to the Dictionary in 2021

 

BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)

 

Deplatform (breaking the rules and being kicked off a social media platform

 

Hygge (a cosy and comfortable setting or atmosphere)

 

Long-hauler (long-term effects from COVID or other serious illness)

 

 

Technology Words from teacher Frank Baker who has students research words related to technology

 

  • Here are some other media literacy words and phrases you might have your students research, chosen from my collected weekly entriesfor 2021:

 

Metaverse: “a virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users.”

 

Prebunking: “the process (most frequently seen in politics) of debunking lies, tactics, or sources before they strike.”

 

Participatory Disinformation: the process through which disinformation is spread through groups, technology and people – a process that has been supercharged by the advent of social media.

 

Attention treadmill– The practice of media companies to use algorithms that give users “more of the same,” narrowing their awareness of diverse news and points of view.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri agreed with Harris that the business model of social media companies is built on bringing users back for more. “It’s an attention treadmill, it’s an addiction economy,” Hawley said. “They designed it this way, addiction is the design,” he added.(CBS News, 4/27/21)

 

Availability bias– Availability bias leads people to make false assumptions by assuming that if they hear something stated often enough, it must be true. For example:

  • Frequently reported news stories are often mistaken for being regular occurrences.
  • Misleading statements become more convincing the more often they are repeated. 
  • Commonly associated ideas begin to look like they are connected. (Neuromarketing Glossary – see examples)

 

Dark advertising– “Dark marketing is communicating & showing sponsored ads through various discreet channels where the consumer & the potential customer gets the message but cannot actually see the company & the advertiser.”

Wired magazine’s Jargon Watchsays it is ““Discreetly sponsored online and real-world ads intended to reach the targeted audiences that would ordinarily shun corporate shilling.” (Source)

Related:Dark Social– “The term was coined to describe the traffic of online content sharing through private channels such as messaging apps (think WhatsApp), instant messaging (like Facebook Messenger), private email, and text messaging.” Though not easily tracked, it constitutes 80+% of social sharing. (Source)

 

Facetuning– Using an app to remove blemishes, improve complexions and perform other manipulations on facial photos, including selfies. Sometimes seen as undermining self and body confidence, particularly in younger users. Also see catfishing. (Source)

 

Finfluencer– A “finfluencer,” or finance influencer, is an influencer that shares financial information and expertise. Popular on TikTok.

“They offer Gen Z and Millennials financial advice in snackable, light-hearted formats and are becoming an increasingly popular source of financial information on social media.” (Source

 

Greenwashing– Greenwashing (also called “green sheen”) “is a form of marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization’s products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly.” (Source)

“Volkswagen released an ad campaign to debunk the fact that diesel was bad and that it used a technology where it emitted fewer pollutants. Later, the truth was revealed that Volkswagen rigged 11 million of its diesel cars with “defeat devices,” or technology designed to cheat emissions tests and that the vehicles emitted pollutants at levels up to 40 times the U.S. limit.” (Source)

 

Nano-Influencer– “Nano-influencers are your everyday social media users, with anywhere from 100 to 10,000 followers. They aren’t professional “influencers” in any way – and the majority of their posts feature typical content like photos of their family, friends, cat videos, and memes.”

“Unlike traditional influencers who are paid by brands to influence their followers and curate a specific aesthetic, nano-influencers typically receive little to no pay, and instead receive free product or services in exchange for posting on their social media platform. (B)ecause nano-influencers aren’t in the business of regularly recommending products…when they do post about a product or service, it often comes across as more authentic or genuine.” (Source)

 

Subvertising– “Subvertising is the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements.

“A well-produced ‘subvert’ mimics the look and feel of the targeted ad, promoting the classic ‘double-take’ as viewers suddenly realize they have been duped. Subverts create cognitive dissonance, with the apparent aim of cutting through the ‘hype and glitz of our mediated reality’ to reveal a ‘deeper truth within’.” (Source)

 

Toyetic– Toyetic is a term referring to the suitability of a media property, such as a cartoon or movie, for merchandising tie-in lines of licensed toys, games and novelties. Notable earlier examples include Star Wars and Transformers. (Source)

 

Twindemic– “Twindemic is a term used during the COVID-19 pandemic, referring to the possibility of a severe flu season happening alongside….” producing rare cases of Flurona. (Source)

 

Woke washing– “Woke-washing is a term used to define practices in business that provide the appearance of social consciousness without any of the substance. A woke-washed business could theoretically promote the opposite of racial equality within its walls while championing causes of social justice to the outside world.” (Source) Compare to greenwashing.

 

Zombie claim– A false claim refuted by research that crops up repeatedly in social media. ‘However many times you rebut them, these zombie claims refuse to die.’” The alledged stolen 2020 election is one example. Another:

“The Washington Post’s ‘Fact Checker’ argued that the current and future gulf between the number of Navy ships and the missions assigned to the U.S.’s sea services is a zombie claim.” (Source)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link here for state and national results: What Language Does Your State Speak?

 

What languages do we speak and hear in the U.S.? 


 

  • Most commonly spoken language in the United States and in Massachusetts other than English?

 

  • Most commonly spoken language in the United States and in Massachusetts other than Spanish or English?

 

  • Most commonly spoken language Native American language in the United States and in Massachusetts

 

  • Most commonly spoken language Scandinavian language in the United States and in Massachusetts

 

  • Most commonly spoken Indo-Aryan language in the United States and in Massachusetts?

 

  • Most commonly spoken African language in the United States and in Massachusetts?

 

Link here for state and national results: What Language Does Your State Speak?

 

 

 

Words from Native American Languages

 

Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project

 

Fun with words

 

 

raccoon  Powhattan language  Virginia 
chocolate  Nahuatl language Central Mexico 
toboggan  Malisset  Canada 
caucus 

Algonguin 

(from caucauasu meaning counselor, elder advisor)

New England 
kayak  Inuit  Canada, Alaska, Greenland 
bayou  Choctaw  Louisiana 
Sasquatch  Hackomelem  Pacific Northwest 
woodchuck 

Algonguin  

(Narragansett peoples)

Rhode Island 

 

 

Indians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back, New England Historical Society

 

 

 

 

 

Online Tools for Interactive Vocabulary Learning  

 

Dictionaries

 

Younger Students' Resources

 

Older Students' Resources

 

Thesaurus and Grammar Checkers

 

Math and Science Resources

 

 

 

Where Do English Words Come From?  Who Creates Them?

 

 

Loan Words come to English from everywhere. We speak them not knowing their origins. 

 

 

A.

alligator

canyon

rodeo

stampede

mosquito

 

 

B.

chandelier

garage

attorney

fee

inherit

 

 

C.

dinosaur 

center

photo

amazon

geography

 

 

 

D.

chipmunk

woodchuck

moose

quahog

squash

 

 

 

E.

algebra

admiral

jar

coffee

cotton

giraffe

 


F.

ballerina

volcano

piano 

balcony

umbrella

gondola

 

 

 

G.

kindergarten

melancholy

pretzel

blitz

wanderlust

neanderthal

 


H.

origami

tycoon

futon

emoji

tsunami

rickshaw

 


 

 

 

 

Hella

tmi

word salad

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O0YxM3BcdiyhbgVKqFEKKo-YR9kjV2vE8jnt0cYvfqc/edit?ts=5f8b1b65#slide=id.ga3cb4cdba1_0_19 

 

How long are you interested in trying to understand this language?

 

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 John Cleese Explains the Brain

 

1. After experiencing how John Cleese explains the brain, what have you learned about understanding ideas in a new language if you don't speak or understand the language?

 

2. If you recognize John Cleese as a famous actor and writer in MONTY PYTHON, the British comedy group, you will experience viewing this video differently from someone who does not recognize John Cleese and does not know he IS CREATING a language AS HE IS SPEAKING.

   

How do you think the two experiences would be viewed differently by the two groups?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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