{"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":"2023-09-05T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:45:24","slug":"week-2-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/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\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/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\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/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\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/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\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"writing hand \" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3257\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3257\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3257\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3257\/2021\/06\/writing-hand-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3257\/2021\/06\/writing-hand.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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&nbsp;convey those messages\/ themes? 4. Find at least 2 examples of emotive language or rhetorical devices? What role&nbsp; do they play in the song?&nbsp; 5. Why do you think the song and video became controversial?&nbsp; 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\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/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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