Final project

  • Due Dec 9, 2024 by 10am
  • Points 25
  • Submitting a file upload

Full guidelines here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exkIJRvyxzDml6ZrFj3jxOkYy8EL820QYuBXHyxx_lQ/edit?tab=t.0 Links to an external site.

During this quarter, we have learned to frame English as a language “always in translation” with itself and other languages (Pennycook, 2008). We have understood that English continues to adapt to meet the needs and interests of diverse users across the world. However, we have also seen that despite those language realities, there are ideologies and policies that continue to create unequal language dynamics across different language communities. In your stories, you identified and discussed complex relationships with various forms of English and other languages. 

For the final project, you will work in groups to analyze the data we have collected through the quarter:

 

Your project will involve explaining to a broader public audience the idea of English(es) and opening their eyes to the complexities of language. Imagine that there is a website called “WHAT IS ENGLISH LIKE? THE COMPLEXITIES OF UNEQUAL LANGUAGE PRACTICES”  and it includes both articles and podcasts. So you’d be contributing to the website by creating one of the following “public-facing” genres: 

 

To complete it you have to:

  • Identify and discuss, at least 5 major threads/themes from the data that help you to define English(es) from the data listed above
  • explain the complexities (and inequalities) associated with English(es) in relation to that data 
  • Reference, at least 5 sources from our class readings - and others, if you’d like. 

 

Depedingin on the public genre you choose to create, you’d have to include images, music, etc. You can use your own creations or find them in the “Creative commons Links to an external site.”. You’d also have to negotiate the conventions of the genre to make it recognizable. For example, a podcast needs some sort of introduction, saying who you are, what the podcast is about, etc. The news article will need a headline, images, sections, etc. The language of each genre is slightly different as well, so consider adapting the register, tone, etc. 

 

Deliverables

  1. The two components of your choice (podcast and script or article and summary/infographic) 
  2. A list of referenced sources and how you integrated them into your work (2 pages single spaced)
  3. An individual memo detailing your own contributions to the project while honoring the class community agreement and the department values. 
  4. A 10-15 minute class presentation on week 10 about your project (If you created a podcast, you will play part of it, at least,  in class) 

PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR GENRES TO THIS FOLDER TOO: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/12wL6EJ9Yve1FGiUjtYPQElaHRPXgV2D6 Links to an external site. 

Presentation dates

December 3rd - Gallery walk by groups 

  • Linguistic Landscape
  • Language acquisition
  • Syntax
  • Embodiment and animacy
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December 5th -Gallery walk by groups

  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Semantics 
  • Grammar
  • Spoken discourse

 

Final due date: Project 3 due 12/09  at 10 am 

Assessment (25 points) 

  • Have you analyzed the data (stories, data from project #2, the linguistic landscapes of Seattle) and identified 5 themes across all of it? 5 points 
  • Do you have at least 5 themes that define English based on the examples from the data and is each theme well-supported with examples? 5 points 
  • Do you also support your discussion by integrating class readings? 5 points 
  • Do you have the two components of your genre of choice? Is your genre recognizable as either a podcast or a news article? 5 points
  • Did your short presentation help us to understand your work? 5 points
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