Week 7
Identity- Discourse and LanguageWhat Factors Shape My Identity?
II Identify each of the following text or language types as written, spoken or both, and indicate in which area of your life (family, friends, authority, challenges)it would most likely be used:
a. excuse
b. email
c. birthday card
d. SMS
e. Apology
f. Invitation
g. Accusation
h. Letter (personal, business)
i. Application
j. Diary
k. Motivational talk
l. Exam
m. Explanation
n. greeting
3. Rank the text and language types listed in question 2 from the one that you most use (1) to the one that you least use (15). Explain why you use some types more than others.
4. Which text or language type listed in question 2 represents you best as you would most wish to be seen by others? What personal features does this text or language type reveal or highlight?
a. Rank the text and language types from the one that presents you as you would most like to be seen by others (1) to the one that presents you as you would least wish to be seen by others (15).
b. Which text or language type is least representative of you or presents you in a way that you do not really like? Explain why this is so.
5. Which text or language types listed in question 2 allow you more freedom of expression? In which text and language types are you most in control of what is being said?
a. Rank the text and language types from the one that gives you the most freedom and control of expression (1) to the one that gives you the least (15).
b. Which text or language types limit or direct what you can say? Why is this?
6. For each of the text or language types listed in question 2, provide the following information.
a. identify a typical audience for each text type of language used. Identify how you relate to each text type - whether you are of a higher or equal or lower status.
7. List the qualities or attitudes that are expressed by you for each text type.
8. Discussion as a class: Do we construct different identities to suit different situations, or do situations impose identities on us?
Consider the identity you present at school. List 5 – 10 words that you think best describe this identity, e.g. quiet, helpful, annoying, loud, rebellious etc.
Write a short dialogue (about 10 – 20 lines) between you and a friend at school that shows the typical way you speak and that reveals your ‘school identity’ clearly. In the example shown below, note how each speaker is constructed as a particular identity through the language choices that are made.
Week 5
Writing Assessment 1: Write a personal letter in response to the question ‘What is the best thing about my life?’. This should include some of your values, beliefs and attitudes. (minimum of 300 words in length)
Who am I?
An Ancedote:
Shortly after coming to Indonesia many moons ago, I had a birthday. I was teaching an English language school, so I suggested to one of my classes that we should go out for Pizza Hut to celebrate. They agreed, and we arranged a time and a place to meet to have dinner together. Later, when I was talking with my friends, I was told that I would be expected to pay for the meal since I had suggested it.
I hadn’t realized the different cultural expectations that come with such a simple act. My expectation would be that amongst friends we would pay for ourselves. And since it was my birthday, it wouldn’t be unusual for my friends to pay for my meal so that I wouldn’t have to suffer any loss of money.
10. What about you? How does culture and national identity affect you and the choices you make in life? Do you have any similar examples of cultural-misunderstandings ?
TASK: Make a short documentary 5 minutes in length about cultural misunderstanding. You might include videos of some of your new teachers. I’m sure there are many things that they have encountered in the first few weeks of being here that could be termed as ‘cultural misunderstandings’.
11. Think about the things you do, the things you like etc and compare them to the things people around you do. How much of what you do is because you live in Jakarta and Indonesia? Compare how much of what you do is the same or different to your fellow Indonesians. How much is because of the people and culture around you? How much is because of your gender? How much is because of the attititudes and values you hold.
12. Draw a Venn diagram on your blog page showing this information.
What is Indonesia or Korea?
Does Indonesia or Korea really have a national identity?
Do you think there are things that encourage a common identity?
Are there things that Indonesians or Koreans do, feel or think, or is it just a big word for many different cultures? Think about where your family are from.
Do people have the same cultural identity or a different one? Cultural identity comes from things we share in common.
Week 4
UNDERSTANDING ME
Expressing yourself and how you feel about the world is an important part of understanding who you are. Every day, you express yourself in what you say, in what you do and in what you write. This unit will assist you to better understand yourself through helping you express who you are in your writing.
Using Mindnode construct a summary of the factors that help shape your identity and write a brief reflection of 150 words about what you have learnt about your identity. Post your Mindnode and reflection on your blog.
1. Identify five typical situations or events in which you are involved:
a. family
b. friends
c. authority
d. challenges
2.
DIALOGUE:
Nadeen: Hey, so what did you watch on TV last night Nish?
Nisha: Australia’s Top Model. I know I shouldn’t watch it, but it just gets me in somehow. Did you see it?
Nadeen: No, Mum wanted to watch something boring on BBC. Besides, I had to finish off my assignment for English, I’d been putting it off.
Nisha: Oh yeah I finished that last week.
Compare your dialogue with two other students, identify the ways they have constructed their identities.
Week 3
As a class we will discuss whether it is important to settle on one identity in life and stick to it. What advantages and disadvantages might this have? For what reasons might we change our identity?
ANCEDOTE
One of the reasons why I follow an Australian Football team, Collingwood is because it is a main topic of conversation in workplaces and schools on Monday morning. My team, the Collingwood Magpies sometimes win and sometimes lose. I support them because my father did. I have never lived in Collingwood.
Part of my cultural identity is knowing that a ‘good time’ is going to the football on Saturday and cheering for my team. Despite this, I don’t like sitting on a wet wooden seat on a cold windy rainy day…and I don’t really care about grown men kicking an oval shaped leather ball around a field.
TASK: Think about something fun that you do that is because of the culture around you? What is it? Is it really fun? Or is it just the idea that you like?
Write down how you began doing this activity and what the activity is. You’ll speak to the class for 3 minutes about this.
Categories | Examples of cultural symbols |
Animals | |
Plants | |
Landmarks (natural and man made) | |
Products | |
Stars/celebrities | |
Athletes |
MAKING IT OFFICIAL
Our flags are official symbols of our country. They are easily recognizable, visual statements about our national image and identity. What is the meaning and symbolism behind your country’s flag? Look at colour, shape, objects and symbolic meaning.
Week 2
LANGUAGE
Language is also an important element in developing our national identity. What impact does being a member of a multi-cultural society or being a member of a global village have on a nation’s language?
Read the following articles: (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
Powerpoint
Lessons 3-4
STUDENTS WRITE SPEECH.
Lesson 2
IMAGES AND PERCEPTION
Your image is different from your identity. It is the impression or idea that others have of you. They may get this impression by talking to you, observing you at work or play, talking to people who know you, and so forth.
In the same way, other countries or cultures will have an image or perception of your country. Images of a certain country are not necessarily true or familiar to all people of that county. They reflect judgment or choices about who we are. Whether it is through tourism or through official ceremonies, the way a nation want others to see them, and the way they want to see them selves is very important.
How Do I Look?
There are some symbols which we recognize as cultural symbols. For example RM William Boots – spirit of the outback and adventure
KEBAYA – the femininity and beauty of a woman.
Make a list of cultural symbols from your own country.
Lesson 1
Poets are often accustomed to composing poetry about their thoughts, feelings and emotions. Dorothea Mackellar in her poem Australia, ‘My Country’ shows her pride and love for Australia, a feeling many Australian’s share. Whenever I fly into Australia and see the dry and dusty plains before landing this poem always comes to my mind.
MY COUNTRY
Dorothea Mackellar
I love a sunburnt country.
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horoizons,
I love her jewel sea,
Her beauty and her terror –
The wide brown land for me!
TASK: See if you can find a poem in your mother-tongue reflecting the national pride the poet feels for the country.
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