Project- Movie and Powerpoint

Sources

My first source is an article from Linkedin called "How Texting Changed the Way We Communicate" by Deltra Perryman. What I like about this article is that it is somewhat personal while not denying facts. The author discusses the way she uses her cell phone in comparison to her daughter, as well as the things she likes and doesn't like about texting. It mentions some issues I hadn't thought of when I started this, like how we are perceived as rude for holding 2 conversations at once, because often, that doesn't seem to affect people my age, we are constantly holding multiple conversations. This was my least intense article. It was personal, but gave me a lot to use in terms of ideas and feelings to mention in my project.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140918225325-76067504-has-text-messaging-changed-the-way-we-communicate


My next article is from Time magazine and it is called "Is Texting Killing the English Language?" by John McWhorter. This one went a little more in depth. Namely into how texting is closer to a spoken language than a writing style. It breaks down a few reasons why we shouldn't be concerned about texting changing English, things like how we write more formally that we speak and so we should stop comparing a formal written style to a casual language. It also discusses how English is constantly changing and that change is nothing new for English.It ends by mentioning that texting language is still coming along and evolving, further reason not to worry.

http://ideas.time.com/2013/04/25/is-texting-killing-the-english-language/

My next source is a research study called "Texting, Techspeak, and Tweens: The Relationship between Text Messaging and English Grammar Skills." This study goes the deepest exploring if there is a relationship between texting and a decrease in formal writing skills. It contains the most statistics and usable facts for my project. It says that they found no viable proof that texting is destroying language skills. It gave me a working definition for "techspeak" as a formal scientific term and helped me develop questions for my own study.

http://nms.sagepub.com/content/14/8/1304.full.pdf+html


My last source is interviews. Through Facebook message and email, I asked 13 people 3 simple questions. The 6 younger people were my friends, my cousin and my cousins roommates, the older, some of my moms work friends and coworkers. I wanted to display a few ages from my generation and a few from previous generations. The questions I asked were:
1. Do you believe texting is changing the Enligsh language, spoken or written? 

2. What kind of changes do you see?

3. Do you think these changes are for better or worse? Why?

I chose these questions because they were fairly simple and somewhat open ended. I wanted to see how people truly did react to texting and the language of texting and report that in addition to the facts I found. I think peoples perception of texting will have a greater impact on the language than facts and statistics. 

Project proposal

For my final project I'd like to discuss how internet language and "txtspk" is changing the English Language. I'd like to use PowerPoint or Prezi.

History of a Word: Naughty

Note: Freaky Fred is a character from Courage the Cowardly Dog whose lines are a poem (about his weird obsession with hair cutting) Which contains multiple uses of the word "naughty". See the video at the end of the project to hear the poem.

General American: a look into the non-dialect dialect

I edited this. I didn't have enough information on the Wisconsin dialect, so I altered it to be about General American, the Midwest dialect instead.







Examples of news anchors.

The Midwest united states.

IPA pronunciation of "and"

IPA pronunciation of  "lot"

Project Rubric

1 5-7 minute podcast explaining the “Wisconsin slur” dialect and its affect on phonetics, placement of the vocal organs, childhood spelling, and misunderstanding. This must include specific examples of words that are mispronounced as well as examples of words often misspelled by children and how those relate.(150 pts) 1 blog post essay explaining the podcast and a basic summary of dialects, attached to the blog post containing the podcast. (50 pts)

Podcast (100)
Quality(20)	The audio quality is clear and can be heard without too much static or background noise.Any cuts or breaks flow well with the piece and aren’t distracting.
Preparedness (25)	The student demonstrates that he/she prepared the presentation before recording and is well rehearsed.
Organization (20)	The organization of ideas flows well throughout the piece, the topics don’t jump suddenly
Examples (35)	3-5 examples each of the dialect and how the dialect affects writing at an early age.
Blog Post(50)
Organization (15)	The organization of ideas flows well throughout the piece, the topics don’t jump suddenly.
Content (35)	The content of the post takes a broader look at dialects and how they look, defines dialects, gives examples, conveys clear thought to audience.
Overall Topic Mastery (50)	The student demonstrates clear knowledge of the topic and ability to explain it to others.

The number 7.

7 is an interesting number. There are 7 deadly sins and 7 heavenly virtues. God created the world in 7 days and thus we have the 7 day week. The human mind can memorize about 7 listed things at once. 7 is the lucky number in many games chance and bet. 7 is easy to figure out when converting forms. While three goes to third goes to thirty. Seven goes to seventh goes to seventeen goes to seventy.

But then...

Seven sons is septuples. But the 9th month is September*.
And the seventh day is Sunday but we call that the...Sabbath?
And seven sides is....a heptagon?
But an extended trip after seven years is a sabbatical.
and an octopus with 7 tentacles is?

...one pissed off octopus.


*September was the seventh month, and OCTOber the 8th until Julius Cesar added Augus(tus) and July(Julius) to the calendar. But hey, it was catchy.