{"id":140,"date":"2021-06-25T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt-100\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2023-02-01T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:08:42","slug":"week-2-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/week-2-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;direction: ltr;font-size: 13.33px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: 12px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 24px;margin-top: 13.33px;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: -24px;text-transform: none\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #000000;direction: ltr;font-size: 13.33px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: 12px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 24px;margin-top: 13.33px;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: -24px;text-transform: none\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 1<\/strong>: What is language? <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>What is language and how do you use it? Review this PowerPoint presentation about the different functions of languages: <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/06\/Module-2-Language.pptx\">Module 2-Language<\/a>. Click anywhere on the PowerPoint slide&#8211;a bar will appear on the bottom of the slide with page numbers and arrows to see more slides. This one consists of 14. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/07\/Module-2-Language-2.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Module-2-Language-2<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 2<\/strong>: Watch video #1<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Video 1 &#8211; this is from Local 12, a news channel. What rhetorical devices does the speaker use? You can focus on the Mom or on the reporter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local mom overcomes vaccine hesitancy, shares journey on social media\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cXdhE_x8n9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 3<\/strong>: Watch video #2<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Video 2: this is from the Saturday Night Live. What rhetorical devices does SNL use here to depict the anti-vaccine individuals? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vaccine Game Show - SNL\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocJCAfFQgCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 4<\/strong>: Take quiz 2 on Blackboard. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the quiz on Language. Go to Blackboard &#8211; Week 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 5<\/strong>: Beyonce&#8217;s song Formation <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZB96D5OpoLM\">Watch this video and listen to Beyonce&#8217;s song &#8220;Formation.&#8221;<\/a> What is the song about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Formation - Beyonc\u00e9 - Lyrics\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZB96D5OpoLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 6<\/strong>: Formation&#8211;zooming in <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the song again and\/ or <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Beyonce-formation-lyrics\">review the lyrics<\/a>. What more do you notice about the song? How would you describe the language in the song? Is there a message that Beyonce wants to convey?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 7<\/strong>: Read<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the&nbsp;<em>New Yorke<\/em>r article titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/03\/06\/the-provocateur-behind-beyonce-rihanna-and-issa-rae\">The Provocateur Behind Beyonc\u00e9, Rihanna, and Issa Rae: <\/a>How the director Melina Matsoukas helps female artists reinvent themselves&#8221; by Alexis Okeowo. You can skim through the parts that don&#8217;t directly address the Matsoukas\/ Beyonce team work, but please do review the entire article as relevant information can be found in different parts of the piece.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity 8<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/category\/conversation-2\/\">Conversation 2<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-124\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"writing hand \" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/06\/writing-hand.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>by Dawn Hudson, under Public&nbsp; &nbsp; Domain license<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Discuss the following questions: 1. What messages\/ themes did Beyonce want to express through the song and video? 2. Are those messages\/ themes similar to your initial reaction to the song and video? 3. How did Matsoukas help Beyonce\u00a0convey those messages\/ themes? 4. Find at least 2 examples of emotive language or rhetorical devices? What role\u00a0 do they play in the song?\u00a0 5. Why do you think the song and video became controversial?\u00a0 Read your classmates comments and reply to at least 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/2021\/07\/14\/discussion-board-instructions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discussion Board Instructions<\/a> before posting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Activity 1: What is language? What is language and how do you use it? Review this PowerPoint presentation about the different functions of languages: Module 2-Language. 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