11.1 Language Concepts: Language Variation and Social Meaning

Agenda

a. Watch selection from American Voices as an introduction to this week's work.   Introduction to American Voices

b. Use the PBS resource for a preliminary exploration of issues in language variation

c. Read through the Language Variation Medley            Language Variation in Literature-a Medley

d. Post your understandings to the Language Concepts discussion and respond to two posts.

 

11.2 Language Variation in Yamanaka's "Obituary"

Agenda

Hawaii Creole and Yamanaka's Fiction Instructions

Introduction to Hawaii Pidgin

Reading Yamanaka's Obituary (Electronic Reserves)

Worksheet on language variation (6.1)

Hawai'i Creole Grammar

Language Variation Concepts.doc

 

11/3 Your Research; Use your journal this week to post ideas for your unit 2 project

Agenda

Your Research