Journal Response
kphenix12
Journal on Video Clips
Below are some links to funny and interesting websites. Please take some time and watch some of these. After you have found one that you want to write about, please write a 500-600 word essay that answers these questions below. I will grade on content and grammar and usage. I would suggest that you devote a paragraph to each question.
(1) If you took the time to watch several videos, what attracted you to the particular video clip that you chose? Be specific. (2) Did you have prior knowledge of the subject matter or not? What did you know? What didn’t you know? (3) Choose at least one critical concept from the video and summarize it. (4) Then, discuss this concept’s relevance for you, the course, or the world we live in. How have you seen this concept applied to or evident in everyday life? If you have not seen it, why is this? (5) How will you use the information you gained? If you can’t see a specific use in your life, might you want to learn more about it anyway? If so, where would you seek more information? (6) Finally, did the form of the video have an influence on your interest level?
This first one contains some rather dark humor, so don’t choose it if you are easily offended!
When Not to Correct Someone’s Grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmXWHW-I32E
If the links don’t work well, you can just search for these on YouTube and find them. If you find something along these lines, something you like better, write about it and send it to me!
Weird Al Word Crimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
New England Dialect
(If the link doesn't work, try googling "smart park you tube video." )
Ricky Ricardo Reads a Bedtime Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAL9VD6Lz9Y
The top 10 mispronounced words in English made by foreign learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZTJXtcOkvU
Vocal Fry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6r7LhcHHAc
What English Sounds Like to Foreigners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY
All the accents of British English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk
American Accents—all 50 states
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcxByX6rh24
Morgan Wallen “The Way I Talk”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEtKvYY9aqg
Appalachian Dialect Is Getting Some Respect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk3Uhw6kYVo
Appalachian Dialect or Standard English? Place Is the Answer | Phoenicia Miracle | TEDxCreativeCoast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLobsNaKlY
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg
Brene Brown on Empathy (note the words/language part especially)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
Stopping Hate Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnbcQT-b8ak
The Language & Life Project:: Excerpt on Appalachian English from the documentary film Mountain Talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU
One language, three accents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdow47FQRfQ
My Fair Lady: “Why Can’t the English?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY
