Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Language and Culture Lab


Below is the lab assignment which we will work on in class. Whatever you don't finish in class will be homework which is why I'm putting this assignment out here!

It is due on Monday!

Chapter 5 – Language/Culture

EQ’s: Where are English language speakers distributed? How do languages diffuse and interact?

Lab Directions:
Go to Rubenstein (8th edition) website: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rubenstein_humangeo_8/20/5324/1363004.cw/index.html
Do: Thinking Spatially, Reviewing Concepts, Short Essays
*Cut and paste your answers for Reviewing Concepts and Short Essays into a Word document that you can print out. Or you can write your answers neatly on notebook paper.
*Be ready for a graded discussion on these questions Monday.

**The following web sites should help you to answer the first question in the short essay section. Remember to check your textbook for information as well.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-magazine/may2005/30-New-Word-Spanglish-print.htm

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/spanglish/book/

http://spanish.about.com/cs/historyofspanish/a/spanglish.htm

Part II
*Go to the following text book web site. http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=3139&itemId=0471679518&resourceId=7822&chapterId=24715

*Do Action Activity 6.1, 6.3, and 6.5. Print out or write out answers.

*Go back to Rubenstein text book site:
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rubenstein_humangeo_8/0,9140,1363004-,00.html. Read the article, “Crazy English”. Using the websites listed under the article, write down five arguments in favor of a global language and five arguments against a global language.
http://www.esperanto.com/idxeng.html (a global language!)
Check it out!

WHATEVER YOU DON’T FINISH IN CLASS TODAY, YOU MUST FINISH AT HOME!!!
** Be ready for lab debriefing and discussion on Monday.



2 comments:

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