10th of July, 2019
750 million people in the world cannot read.
Esperanto, Sonja, Revo ( dream in sleep and dreams we want to achieve )
Q: Around keywords
VM: Keywords and Concepts, what is the difference between them.
Keywords: if you were to look up the article..
Concepts: English words, but with a technical definition.
For eg. Alienation
Alienation by Marx, a one word summary of a whole host of ideas.
Be sensitive towards the multiple uses of words.
Gramsci, hegemony.
Over a period of time one must build the sensitivity, its not just the literal meaning of the word. The meaning hides behind the word.
For eg. Force, in English, in Physics.
Bal ( force in Hindi )
Keywords orient you towards the reading.
Keywords may change with context.
Correction: Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills
Noam Chomsky : Two Lives : Political Writer, Linguist
From the 1950s every decade, he has offered new set of rules
How do children learn language?
Naom: Biological, as a species we are predisposed to walk straight, depth vision, stereoscopic vision.
He postulated, his hypotheses was, the biological speech system.
Wild kids, Mowgli,
There is a scientific study of language possible.
John is easy to please.
John is eager to please.
Ramakant Agnihotri: India's leading linguist.
Syntax, Morphology.
Language across curriculum
Mother tongue based education : G Sir's field of enquiry.
Language is the basis of learning.
Districts of states of India
Assimilation
Death of the mother tongue
Indigenous
Learning is impaired when not done in a foreign language.
Language a barrier.
It affects the learning outcomes.
You're telling them that their language is useless, hence they have low self-esteem.
They've excellent knowledge about their environment.
They knew fifty kinds of grains/greens.
Knowledge of ecosystem. Ecological knowledge. Traditional ecological knowledge coded in the tribal/local languages.
Massive amount of biodiversity = Massive amount of linguistic diversity.
When the languages vanish, the knowledge will also vanish.
Just as there are human rights, the tribal also have their rights.
Why should you force people
Q: But how can teachers, who don't know the language teach in that language?
Ecological, Cognitive, Right.
Arv: Vernacular medium of education
When we learn regional languages, at some point, we need to switch to the mainstream language.
Humans can be high-functional multilinguals.
A Good Education
For eight years, mother tongue based education.
The other tongue, is only a teaching language. ( English, say, as a subject )
Then, an easy subject, not cognitively demanding, can be taught in the other tongue.
A cognitively demanding subject should be taught in the mother tongue.
Bilingual models of education.
Bahubhashi shiksha.
Most society are busy becoming a monoculture.
It’s a political will.
Do we want a society where mother tongue is respected?
Two parts of brain: Language sounds, Processing of language
Talk about Parliamentary language in your mother tongue.
A language is a way of looking at the world.
There's an ant crawling in the south-west
Disappearance of language is disappearance of a way of looking at the world.
Study of language throws light on the ways grammar is taught.
Giving rules of grammar is pointless.
You don't teach a language.
The reading was a rich one, it has potential of discussion.
If you re-read the articles, you'll make new connections.
There's no one correct English.
Linguists don’t talk about right and wrong; They talk about standard and non-standard variety.
Andhra, Nellore and Telangana telugu.
Linguists don't use the word dialect.
Telanga telugu is considered inferior as compared to Andhra telugu.
Telangana telugu will come first in FM radio.
Watching movies to appreciate languages.
Linguistic identity.
Rajwamshi language in Bengal.
Yugoslovakia broke into thirteen countries.
Serbo-Croat ( like Hindi - Urdu )
Continuum
Language is a dress you wear!
How politeness works in languages!
Tehzeeb toh humare pass hai, aapke pass kya hai?
Mere pass……….. Maa hai!
Becoming male….. Mansplaining..
Patriarchy.
In Hindi, the father is never called tum.
Unexamined implicit assumptions.
Differences in ways of talking to father and mother.
As students of society, the more you understand about the languages, the more you can address them as educators.
Being relaxed about how you approach language.
English speakers learning English commit the same mistakes as speakers of other languages.
Worry about the meaning, not the grammar.
VM: Social tolerance being built through language. Sometimes you'll find someone speaking English that is 'non-standard'. Like Agnihotri said, focus on the ideas and not the language of the ideas. Ki farq panda hai!!
Its my language.
On Academic Writing
Please attend a course on plagiarism. Have clarity about plagiarism.
Faculties don't expect a stock answer
Engage with the ideas.
Any good writing would have certain features:
How would a structure a writing?
Depends of the audience.
Audience here: profs, batchmates, fellow students.
Objective for writing: Why am I writing? For the assignments.
Very clearly understand what the assignment is for.
Your assignment prompts may have detailed expectations.
Most of the assignments will have multiple part.
Ex. Explain how political ideologies shape education.
How does socialism impact education?
Assignments are usually multi-parts.
Understand the kind of the assignment.
Answer all the parts of the assignment.
Writing newspaper articles, journal articles; other kinds of audiences and objectives.
Responding to the assignment prompts.
Be precise.
Multiple online writing labs
What is the kind of language to use?
You shall not be penalised for your writing skills and effort shall be taken to understand your ideas.
How would you make sure that your ideas are clear?
How does one present thoughts with clarity?
To not go astray, I read out the paragraph to myself and if it makes sense I go ahead with it.
Pre-Writing; Rough Works
Planning your writing.
5Ws and 1H
Who, what, when, where, why and How.
Stick to 5Ws and 1H, so that you stick to it.
When we write popular articles, identify the main argument, sub-arguments, evidence you'll be providing to support your arguments.
Argumentative / Critique essay.
Getting into the poetic mode.
Some kind of structure, some degree of pre-writing.
First 10-15 minutes of planning will pay off. Structure your essay.
Understand each part of the question
If an explanation of any theory is asked, you'd have a different kind of structure.
Sharing your experiences. Drawing from one's own experiences/observations.
Structure your response.
Ask if you do not understand the question!!!
Structure : Helps one to take breaks and write in short sittings.
Tip by G Sir: When I need to get up and go , I write the first few sentences and then leave….Its a good ideas to initiate the next section. Just write the first few words.. The next morning you will have terrific ideas. Do give yourself the time.
Plan an essay with one nights sleep.
To think through is an ongoing process.
@ Writing for ASCD! :)
Ideate takes time, Writing may not take as much time.
Make sure you structure your essay.
Spend enough time in thinking about your essay.
Keep Planning
Pre-Writing is extremely important. Before your write your first word, think about what to write. Once you have a structure in place, writing become manageable.
Logical argument, personal experience, observation,
Coherent piece of writing - Whatever you intended to communicate, gets communicated.
Nested list of things you want to say.
A paragraph is all about the things you want to say at once.
A Paragraph: A neat arrangement of thoughts!
Sign-Posting
Headings.
How you bundle your ideas affect the coherency.
Using paragraphs and heading to structure your essay.
Structure - guiding light for your essay.
Make sure that you do have sections and paras, proper headings. That's a way of adding clarity to your writing.
Using mind maps
Putting things in a linear.
Done with paragraphs?
Now, time for a good introduction and a conclusion.
Like an envelope, a menu card.
Academic cards: All cards are open.
Don’t increase the font size and the margin.
I will say this, like this, like this, like this…
One para summary of what you wanna say…
Conclusion: This is what I have to say about what I said.
Structure your response.
We want to communicate our ideas here.
Platform independent.
Sometimes within paragraphs, you might want to structure things.
Ex. Patriarchy and class intersects.
In upper class rural families, in lower caste …
Bullet points
Just make bullet points, it wont matter. ( For people who struggle with English initially )
Whatever structure you have in mind, make sure that structure is clearly evident to the reader.
RO, in the first sem, strong co-relation between,
Strong Ideas: How do you get strong ideas in the first place?
If you're familiar in writing with English.
Make it simple, not simpler.
Class in Marxist theory.
Trying to explain stuff in simple language Vs. trying to oversimplify technical concepts
Demonstrate the understanding of the concept.
Grades: What can you do, What have you done.
You must compete against yourself.
Priority: Ideas, not flowery language.
How is academic writing done?
Writing in more precise reading language.
Don't write 'emotional' stuff.
Aim at doing serious academic writing.
Two week field trip
By the time you're in third-fourth sem, your quality of writing will get better.
Are you getting the concepts?
3 things.
1. People who are good at English write long sentences. Break long sentences into long sentences. Short sentence adds clarity.
2. Spell Check, Grammarly: Do it towards the end.
3. Name the assignment properly. Name_Title of Assignment_
4. Put your name in the assignment.
Calm down if your're writing neatly.
Ask each instructor about their preferences. Leave generous margins for comments.
Some instructors might want a draft.
Submit a draft in advance.
Rehem karna.
Send draft 5-6 days prior.
Take Home Assignment:
Write about first impressions of APU.
What are your first impression of APU.
A4 sheet: Both sides. ( 500 words )
Give it a title.
Get it with you!
Do pre-writing.
Use any language you want!
***
Ga, DJ, SS
Tue: Choice of open courses
Add your admission number in your signature.
Reason for attendance:
We believe classroom interaction is the mode of learning.
Not attending classes: sign of detachment
Attrition, attendance
Value in the classroom discussions and debates.
3 year bracket to graduate
Esperanto, Sonja, Revo ( dream in sleep and dreams we want to achieve )
Q: Around keywords
VM: Keywords and Concepts, what is the difference between them.
Keywords: if you were to look up the article..
Concepts: English words, but with a technical definition.
For eg. Alienation
Alienation by Marx, a one word summary of a whole host of ideas.
Be sensitive towards the multiple uses of words.
Gramsci, hegemony.
Over a period of time one must build the sensitivity, its not just the literal meaning of the word. The meaning hides behind the word.
For eg. Force, in English, in Physics.
Bal ( force in Hindi )
Keywords orient you towards the reading.
Keywords may change with context.
Correction: Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills
Noam Chomsky : Two Lives : Political Writer, Linguist
From the 1950s every decade, he has offered new set of rules
How do children learn language?
Naom: Biological, as a species we are predisposed to walk straight, depth vision, stereoscopic vision.
He postulated, his hypotheses was, the biological speech system.
Wild kids, Mowgli,
There is a scientific study of language possible.
John is easy to please.
John is eager to please.
Ramakant Agnihotri: India's leading linguist.
Syntax, Morphology.
Language across curriculum
Mother tongue based education : G Sir's field of enquiry.
Language is the basis of learning.
Districts of states of India
Assimilation
Death of the mother tongue
Indigenous
Learning is impaired when not done in a foreign language.
Language a barrier.
It affects the learning outcomes.
You're telling them that their language is useless, hence they have low self-esteem.
They've excellent knowledge about their environment.
They knew fifty kinds of grains/greens.
Knowledge of ecosystem. Ecological knowledge. Traditional ecological knowledge coded in the tribal/local languages.
Massive amount of biodiversity = Massive amount of linguistic diversity.
When the languages vanish, the knowledge will also vanish.
Just as there are human rights, the tribal also have their rights.
Why should you force people
Q: But how can teachers, who don't know the language teach in that language?
Ecological, Cognitive, Right.
Arv: Vernacular medium of education
When we learn regional languages, at some point, we need to switch to the mainstream language.
Humans can be high-functional multilinguals.
A Good Education
For eight years, mother tongue based education.
The other tongue, is only a teaching language. ( English, say, as a subject )
Then, an easy subject, not cognitively demanding, can be taught in the other tongue.
A cognitively demanding subject should be taught in the mother tongue.
Bilingual models of education.
Bahubhashi shiksha.
Most society are busy becoming a monoculture.
It’s a political will.
Do we want a society where mother tongue is respected?
Two parts of brain: Language sounds, Processing of language
Talk about Parliamentary language in your mother tongue.
A language is a way of looking at the world.
There's an ant crawling in the south-west
Disappearance of language is disappearance of a way of looking at the world.
Study of language throws light on the ways grammar is taught.
Giving rules of grammar is pointless.
You don't teach a language.
The reading was a rich one, it has potential of discussion.
If you re-read the articles, you'll make new connections.
There's no one correct English.
Linguists don’t talk about right and wrong; They talk about standard and non-standard variety.
Andhra, Nellore and Telangana telugu.
Linguists don't use the word dialect.
Telanga telugu is considered inferior as compared to Andhra telugu.
Telangana telugu will come first in FM radio.
Watching movies to appreciate languages.
Linguistic identity.
Rajwamshi language in Bengal.
Yugoslovakia broke into thirteen countries.
Serbo-Croat ( like Hindi - Urdu )
Continuum
Language is a dress you wear!
How politeness works in languages!
Tehzeeb toh humare pass hai, aapke pass kya hai?
Mere pass……….. Maa hai!
Becoming male….. Mansplaining..
Patriarchy.
In Hindi, the father is never called tum.
Unexamined implicit assumptions.
Differences in ways of talking to father and mother.
As students of society, the more you understand about the languages, the more you can address them as educators.
Being relaxed about how you approach language.
English speakers learning English commit the same mistakes as speakers of other languages.
Worry about the meaning, not the grammar.
VM: Social tolerance being built through language. Sometimes you'll find someone speaking English that is 'non-standard'. Like Agnihotri said, focus on the ideas and not the language of the ideas. Ki farq panda hai!!
Its my language.
On Academic Writing
Please attend a course on plagiarism. Have clarity about plagiarism.
Faculties don't expect a stock answer
Engage with the ideas.
Any good writing would have certain features:
How would a structure a writing?
Depends of the audience.
Audience here: profs, batchmates, fellow students.
Objective for writing: Why am I writing? For the assignments.
Very clearly understand what the assignment is for.
Your assignment prompts may have detailed expectations.
Most of the assignments will have multiple part.
Ex. Explain how political ideologies shape education.
How does socialism impact education?
Assignments are usually multi-parts.
Understand the kind of the assignment.
Answer all the parts of the assignment.
Writing newspaper articles, journal articles; other kinds of audiences and objectives.
Responding to the assignment prompts.
Be precise.
Multiple online writing labs
What is the kind of language to use?
You shall not be penalised for your writing skills and effort shall be taken to understand your ideas.
How would you make sure that your ideas are clear?
How does one present thoughts with clarity?
To not go astray, I read out the paragraph to myself and if it makes sense I go ahead with it.
Pre-Writing; Rough Works
Planning your writing.
5Ws and 1H
Who, what, when, where, why and How.
Stick to 5Ws and 1H, so that you stick to it.
When we write popular articles, identify the main argument, sub-arguments, evidence you'll be providing to support your arguments.
Argumentative / Critique essay.
Getting into the poetic mode.
Some kind of structure, some degree of pre-writing.
First 10-15 minutes of planning will pay off. Structure your essay.
Understand each part of the question
If an explanation of any theory is asked, you'd have a different kind of structure.
Sharing your experiences. Drawing from one's own experiences/observations.
Structure your response.
Ask if you do not understand the question!!!
Structure : Helps one to take breaks and write in short sittings.
Tip by G Sir: When I need to get up and go , I write the first few sentences and then leave….Its a good ideas to initiate the next section. Just write the first few words.. The next morning you will have terrific ideas. Do give yourself the time.
Plan an essay with one nights sleep.
To think through is an ongoing process.
@ Writing for ASCD! :)
Ideate takes time, Writing may not take as much time.
Make sure you structure your essay.
Spend enough time in thinking about your essay.
Keep Planning
Pre-Writing is extremely important. Before your write your first word, think about what to write. Once you have a structure in place, writing become manageable.
Logical argument, personal experience, observation,
Coherent piece of writing - Whatever you intended to communicate, gets communicated.
Nested list of things you want to say.
A paragraph is all about the things you want to say at once.
A Paragraph: A neat arrangement of thoughts!
Sign-Posting
Headings.
How you bundle your ideas affect the coherency.
Using paragraphs and heading to structure your essay.
Structure - guiding light for your essay.
Make sure that you do have sections and paras, proper headings. That's a way of adding clarity to your writing.
Using mind maps
Putting things in a linear.
Done with paragraphs?
Now, time for a good introduction and a conclusion.
Like an envelope, a menu card.
Academic cards: All cards are open.
Don’t increase the font size and the margin.
I will say this, like this, like this, like this…
One para summary of what you wanna say…
Conclusion: This is what I have to say about what I said.
Structure your response.
We want to communicate our ideas here.
Platform independent.
Sometimes within paragraphs, you might want to structure things.
Ex. Patriarchy and class intersects.
In upper class rural families, in lower caste …
Bullet points
Just make bullet points, it wont matter. ( For people who struggle with English initially )
Whatever structure you have in mind, make sure that structure is clearly evident to the reader.
RO, in the first sem, strong co-relation between,
Strong Ideas: How do you get strong ideas in the first place?
If you're familiar in writing with English.
Make it simple, not simpler.
Class in Marxist theory.
Trying to explain stuff in simple language Vs. trying to oversimplify technical concepts
Demonstrate the understanding of the concept.
Grades: What can you do, What have you done.
You must compete against yourself.
Priority: Ideas, not flowery language.
How is academic writing done?
Writing in more precise reading language.
Don't write 'emotional' stuff.
Aim at doing serious academic writing.
Two week field trip
By the time you're in third-fourth sem, your quality of writing will get better.
Are you getting the concepts?
3 things.
1. People who are good at English write long sentences. Break long sentences into long sentences. Short sentence adds clarity.
2. Spell Check, Grammarly: Do it towards the end.
3. Name the assignment properly. Name_Title of Assignment_
4. Put your name in the assignment.
Calm down if your're writing neatly.
Ask each instructor about their preferences. Leave generous margins for comments.
Some instructors might want a draft.
Submit a draft in advance.
Rehem karna.
Send draft 5-6 days prior.
Take Home Assignment:
Write about first impressions of APU.
What are your first impression of APU.
A4 sheet: Both sides. ( 500 words )
Give it a title.
Get it with you!
Do pre-writing.
Use any language you want!
***
Ga, DJ, SS
Tue: Choice of open courses
Add your admission number in your signature.
Reason for attendance:
We believe classroom interaction is the mode of learning.
Not attending classes: sign of detachment
Attrition, attendance
Value in the classroom discussions and debates.
3 year bracket to graduate
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