https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9 Readings all still relevant, with some changes to examinations. en-us 2019-01-21 02:13:29 UTC 2023-07-22 09:55:12 UTC hello@padlet.com cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322560288 Here's a very interesting essay on the origins of language. It's partly speculation, of course, since there is no way to be certain. Do think about these questions too as you read through:
1. How did different languages arise?
2. Why do you think many languages have similarities?
3. Why do you think people invented writing?]]> 2019-01-21 03:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322560288 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322572520 Luke Mastin created this very informative website for FUN. The story begins from the development of English out of Indo-European (a language family). Explore the site. It's well worth the effort as it covers many of the issues in Part 1. You can read more about Mastin and his other interesting works at www.lukemastin.com.

Questions to ponder:
1. Are there any other languages that have - or are beginning to have - the influence and dominance of English?
2. What do you think are the factors that have contributed to the dominance of English?
3. What strategies would YOU use to create influence and/or dominance for a language of your choosing?

]]> 2019-01-21 05:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322572520 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322574569 Let's focus on you now. Look back at your family history and try to identify the point where your family began speaking English. Even if you are English by nationality, your ancestors might have come from other places in Europe. If they did not - when did English become the English that we recognise today? How has it changed over the decades and centuries? Why did it change?]]> 2019-01-21 05:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322574569 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322575390 Next, look at your own language development. 
1. How did you learn to speak English? 
2. Was it the first language you learned? 
3. Or were there other languages you learned at about the same time? 
4. Who were your caregivers? 
5. Who taught you your languages? Where did you live? 
6. Who were your neighbours? 
7. Who did you attend school with?
8. How has all that affected the way you speak, in terms of pronunciation and intonation or even sentence construction?]]> 2019-01-21 05:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322575390 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322576157 This short video gives a quick overview of the evolution of English and introduces the idea of class distinction expressed in language.
Consider these questions:
1. Why do societies seem to like class structure?
2. Why is language used as a marker of social class?]]> 2019-01-21 06:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322576157 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322577143 Read this article and answer the following questions:
1. What makes up your 'accent'?
2. What does your accent reveal about you?
3. Why are there different accents?
4. Can we change our accents?
5. Why might we want to do that?
6. Define basilect, mesolect and acrolect.
7. Define code-switching.
8. Define 'accommodation' (in the context of language).]]> 2019-01-21 06:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322577143 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322577703 Power of language, language of power. Language is needed to exercise power but it is also used to undermine power. Both uses are important. Although this article focuses on the mission of the Goethe-Institut which promotes the German language, the same could also be said of the British Council or Confucius Institute.]]> 2019-01-21 06:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322577703 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322579146 This is a long but ultimately rewarding article that explores many of the key issues in the relationship between language and power. It is also an interesting discussion of the notion of power itself. I have one question for you: What are the issues raised in this article that are relevant to Part 1?]]> 2019-01-21 06:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322579146 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322579818 How is racism hidden in language? Look at the examples here and then see if you have come across similar examples for sexism. ]]> 2019-01-21 06:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322579818 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322607003 This article, interesting for the history alone, also looks at how language was used to excuse the genocidal wars of early US history. A hard-hitting piece, it also demonstrates the power of language in its criticism of the US military-capitalist machine.]]> 2019-01-21 09:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322607003 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322608916 This is an excellent summary of some of the more common ways racism is expressed in English. Note that WORDS themselves seldom carry racist meanings, but the NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS of words are used to describe people that those of white European descent did/do not consider their equal. Are you aware of words with explicitly racist meaning and intent? ]]> 2019-01-21 09:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322608916 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322615965 How does sexism manifest in language? Is it just words like 'chairman', 'fireman' or 'policeman'? Or does it go deeper? This article takes a detailed look at how sexism in language shows itself in writing - often with long term consequences. It's a long read but it covers many important points with examples. Good reference for research.]]> 2019-01-21 09:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322615965 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322624735 Here is something much shorter and easier to read - it has even more examples of the sort you are most likely to come across in media. Take note - this is for reference.]]> 2019-01-21 10:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322624735 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322626027 As if one 'ism' wasn't bad enough. Aminatta Forna's experiences as a black woman are beautifully captured in this essay which also includes how both sexism and racism are expressed in language.]]> 2019-01-21 10:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322626027 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322632578 There is a branch of study in Language or Linguistics called Sociolinguistics. It studies the interaction among society, culture and language. This excellent section from the Encyclopaedia Britannica will give you a good overview as well as give you more details on some of the things already discussed. List your questions for discussion.]]> 2019-01-21 10:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322632578 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322633869 The reason we do not speak in Shakespearean English is because languages are living things and change with the times (and people speaking them). Teenagers, are of course, a good source of new words designed for an 'in' group and to exclude adults. But even they don't contribute all the new words that enter the English language each year. Check out this article on 'neologisms' or new words. What new words can you come up with this year?]]> 2019-01-21 10:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322633869 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322635498 New words can come from both sources. But what exactly do we mean by jargon or slang? This BBC article gives a good (and brief) answer. List your questions for discussion.]]> 2019-01-21 10:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322635498 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322636700 We've looked at this briefly earlier in the development of English. Now that we've covered how new words arise, jargon and slang as well as how language functions in society to help produce culture, let's look at how different English variants came to be. List your questions for discussion.]]> 2019-01-21 10:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322636700 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322638788 We've seen earlier how differences in accent can arise and how these have been used as class markers. A variant however, has more than just differences in accent. It often has a different vocabulary and grammatical structure too. But how different can a variety be before no one else can understand it? Speakers of different varieties who can understand each other have mutual intelligibility. This is on a continuum. Let's take a closer look at accents today.]]> 2019-01-21 10:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322638788 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322641268 Stick that little alien fish into your ear and it will translate any language in the universe for you.]]> 2019-01-21 11:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322641268 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322642432 Apparently, Google Translate works well enough to produce a better than average Primary 6 English essay (originally written in Chinese). What are the implications?]]> 2019-01-21 11:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322642432 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322644768 Inclusive language is a major trend in workplaces and school campuses, particularly in the US. Here is an example from the University of Missouri - it's a 4-page colour pamphlet given out to students.]]> 2019-01-21 11:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/322644768 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324232351 The text we will be looking at is Duffy's acclaimed collection, The World's Wife (1999). Here's an encyclopaedia entry on Duffy. Remember - such entries are also text types.]]> 2019-01-25 06:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324232351 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233361 This entry by the BBC is a bit more personal and gives us a sense of what Duffy is like as a poet.]]> 2019-01-25 06:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233361 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233809 It's been two decades since this collection was published, but it still has its admirers. What makes it such a special and beloved work?]]> 2019-01-25 06:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233809 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233810 It's been two decades since this collection was published]]> 2019-01-25 06:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233810 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233982 This was how the collection was received when it was first released.]]> 2019-01-25 06:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324233982 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324235010 This is the Grimm's version from 1905. Do note that the 'riding hood' was sometimes used instead of the 'cap'. What is the moral of the story? How does it apply to Duffy's poem? How does Duffy subvert the original story or play off it?]]> 2019-01-25 06:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324235010 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324235540 Some readers say that the poem references Duffy's early relationship with poet Adrian Henri. Would you agree?]]> 2019-01-25 06:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324235540 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324762340 Read this article and decide how many forms of media and mass communication (or miscommunication) are used. What are the issues here? What is lost in translation? And how does all this connect to Part 1?]]> 2019-01-28 02:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324762340 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324763010 This is a text over half a century old. It's in print - or written form. What is its message? Is this written, printed form that is now a PDF document part of the message? It's a long read, but ultimately rewarding for those in search of deeper understanding]]> 2019-01-28 02:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324763010 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324793111 The British press has a long and colourful history and is often held up as an example of good journalism. But freedom means power... and power often means very silly mistakes - or simply thinking one can get away with it. Is a totally free press realistic?]]> 2019-01-28 06:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324793111 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324793638 What is objective reportage? And how can our choice of words reveal attitudes? Or are headlines just bait?]]> 2019-01-28 06:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324793638 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324794018 ... but not when it works in the other direction. This article and others about fentanyl tend to focus on how it's all China's fault that Americans are addicted to this deadly drug. How does the language used show this?]]> 2019-01-28 06:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324794018 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324794751 It's apparently payback for the Opium War... read all about the chemical warfare methods being used by China against the US.]]> 2019-01-28 06:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324794751 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324807933 The image of the needle in the previous article reminded me of something.... have a look at this 'needle' - it's a metaphor, of course.]]> 2019-01-28 07:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324807933 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324808327 Here are more theories from that same university course. You won't need to know all of it for your LL course, but it might give you some idea of why mass communications could even be a university course and whether you might be interested in it.]]> 2019-01-28 07:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324808327 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324809544 Reading the previous article or study notes might have given cause for you to think that. But here's the Britannica explanation or definition of propaganda.]]> 2019-01-28 08:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324809544 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324810375 Is it really just a way to persuade people to spend money they don't have on something they don't need?]]> 2019-01-28 08:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324810375 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324811085 Here's a great one from the Advertising Association itself! It's informative and - well - read it for yourself - does it help repair the damaged image of advertising?]]> 2019-01-28 08:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324811085 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324811994 A little before your time, but this is an artistic response to how technology changes media and way we consume it.]]> 2019-01-28 08:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/324811994 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326156573 Here is an interesting piece about social media involving a spoof of current social media trends using a spoof of a Rolling Stone interview (which was an earlier media trend).]]> 2019-01-31 07:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326156573 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326161384 This is a criticism - not only of the latest Ted Bundy movie - but also of the way the media behaved with him during his trial.]]> 2019-01-31 08:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326161384 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326161928 This is a paper you will write during examinations. It's an 'unseen'. You won't know the text you will be given to analyse. It could be an ad, a photo, a non-fiction text... anything. It's worth 20 marks, but carries a 25% weight. As SL students, you have all of 1 hour and 30 minutes to get it done. Here's an idealised answer (with explanations in blue and key information in red) so you have some idea of what the target looks like.]]> 2019-01-31 08:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/326161928 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/333457728 The '1' here can be misleading. It does not indicate which of the many Written Tasks you will be writing. It is a TYPE of Written Task and is based only on Parts 1 and 2 of the course. For SL students, ALL your Written Tasks will be Type 1.]]> 2019-02-21 01:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/333457728 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/349405002 I wrote the attached 'close reading' as an example for Sec 3 students. You may not be able to cram so much into the 10 minutes of an IOC or even have time to write all that in the time given. But the piece tracks what I was thinking as I looked at the poem. See if it helps you in your IOC preparations or your reading of Duffy.]]> 2019-04-08 08:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/349405002 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360209808 Here is a way you could have dealt with The Veil in the Paper 1 test we had last week. Use it as a guide if you'd like to write an essay for pra]]> 2019-05-15 06:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360209808 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360209920 Imagine - you can now read COMICS for exams. This little guide from Penguin introduces you to the basics.]]> 2019-05-15 06:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360209920 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360219087 Right - if you want a really short version, try this.]]> 2019-05-15 07:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360219087 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360219412 Here is proof that graphic novels are taken seriously! Academics write about them in serious journals! (Examine the two claims I've just made and apply your understanding of text types to them.)]]> 2019-05-15 07:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/360219412 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/374243486 But before we do, we'll need to do a mock and then the actual test itself. Just one chance and Duffy and Othello are in your rear-view mirror. Here are some general pointers for IOC to begin with.]]> 2019-08-13 04:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/374243486 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/374904762 Soon after I began Primary 1, my mother claimed my English had gone down the toilet. Fer shure, I've become potty-mouthed since but as y'all knows ah still talks good. Read on.]]> 2019-08-15 23:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/374904762 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375553323 Here's a quick recap of all the links to stories past just in case you have not been a model student.]]> 2019-08-20 00:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375553323 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375904528 Here is a list of military slang terms specific to US services. What you want to note is how POETIC some of these phrases are. There's rhyme, assonance, alliteration, metaphor... Enjoy.]]> 2019-08-21 03:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375904528 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375905121 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. If you can, watch the movie starring Marlon Brando - heart-throb of your grandmas.]]> 2019-08-21 03:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375905121 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375906081 Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman. Hey - it scored 86% on Rotten Tomatoes as a movie. Have a look at that if you can. Here's an early (1993) review of a performance.]]> 2019-08-21 03:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375906081 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375922816 There are many interesting questions the play raises - and here, the reviewer helps you by listing them.]]> 2019-08-21 05:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375922816 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375928424 News photographers continued shooting as Hong Kong protestors beat up a driver for demanding that they to let him through the cross harbour tunnel that they had blocked. They continued shooting as the protestors smashed up their victim's van - even though he begged them not to as it was his livelihood. Were they ethically bound to avoid interfering or ethically bound to help the victim? And did their presence encourage the violence? ]]> 2019-08-21 06:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/375928424 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/379232974 'Conventions' - this simply means stuff that are the norm in an activity - in this case, the usual theatrical methods in Elizabethan theatre (that's Shakespeare's time).]]> 2019-09-02 23:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/379232974 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/379233436 But what if it is not Elizabethan? Here are some common norms you should be aware of especially if watching plays is your thing!]]> 2019-09-02 23:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/379233436 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382457886 Here's an article that looks at the serious side of being an Instagram Husband or Boyfriend. Note also the reference to the humour video that went viral a couple of years back.]]> 2019-09-11 00:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382457886 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382465753 Here's how you could have done it.]]> 2019-09-11 00:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382465753 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382466087 Remember the joke I made about how an IOC can basically sound like a wife taking her husband to task over making jokes about her mum and saying inappropriate things in front of the kids? You could do the same... check this out.]]> 2019-09-11 00:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382466087 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382467082 Form - all the features, word choices and devices. Intention - what effect was intended? Sense - how do F and I change meaning from literal to figurative etc? How do F-I-S give you an idea of Tone? How do FIST add up to give you effect? A good poem, like a FIST, should make an impact.]]> 2019-09-11 00:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/382467082 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/385728347 Remember the IOC parody of how you can use IOC skills to take your husband to task over how he talks about your mother? Well, here's a parody of a TOK essay. It actually hits all the rubric points - but turns on a misinterpretation of a key term in the prescribed title. It also does not make reference to two AOK in any depth.]]> 2019-09-18 05:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/385728347 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/385760176 In TOK, we are told that Language is a WOK. But it's also a very large and distinct Area of Knowledge as we all know from our seeming inability to cover everything we need to know in time for exams.]]> 2019-09-18 07:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/385760176 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410394456 Rugby has often been described as a hooligan's sport played by gentlemen (and soccer the other way around). But here's proof that hooligans abound in rugby too - but maybe it's just spectators, not real athletes?]]> 2019-11-13 05:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410394456 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410394859 When you are angry with someone, anything they say can be twisted into something you can claim offends you. Here's a little controversy set against the backdrop of the current Japan vs Korea quarrel. Watch the Korean parody too. Which is of the two 'ads' is arguably more malicious?]]> 2019-11-13 05:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410394859 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410395500 Is Donald Trump is bad as the US media makes him sound? Or has objective journalism gone out the window, replaced with inflammatory language?]]> 2019-11-13 05:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410395500 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410395733 The US media claims Trump has the harshest words for immigrants.]]> 2019-11-13 05:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410395733 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396026 Does using the word 'invasion' mean support for a genocide?]]> 2019-11-13 05:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396026 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396341 Given that many of our laws were drafted and approved a long, long time ago, might they have been 'tainted' with the sexist attitudes of our wicked past?]]> 2019-11-13 05:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396341 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396869 Read this case and decide for yourself.]]> 2019-11-13 05:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410396869 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410397401 Every generation has its slang to keep nosy outsiders - like parents - out of the loop. Every special field does pretty much the same. Hong Kong's young protestors have come up with their own slang.]]> 2019-11-13 05:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410397401 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410397876 This was a problem raised in 2015. ]]> 2019-11-13 06:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410397876 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410398405 There's a lot that's been said about Hollywood's 'whitewashing'. But it's not just there - it's everywhere. Why this obsession for fair skin?]]> 2019-11-13 06:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410398405 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410399242 Here's the 2019 list of words that have been invented, become cool or changed their meanings!]]> 2019-11-13 06:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410399242 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410399531 Nope - not an Apple ad. Is political correctness an improvement for social relations - or just a new way to bash people who are not as aware and sensitive as we are?]]> 2019-11-13 06:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410399531 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410400714 Yes - a little flap here over the British Army calling sewing kits 'housewife kits'. But you know, that's exactly what we call them too in the Singapore Armed Forces. At least when I was in the army...]]> 2019-11-13 06:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/410400714 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/423627781 Early days, early days... you've not even read both texts completely yet. But there's enough to talk about in just the two opening Acts or Scenes.]]> 2019-12-13 01:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/423627781 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446667666 20 years on, the places may have changed, but the problem remains the same.]]> 2020-02-18 07:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446667666 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446668646 It's one thing to have a score composed specially for a play or film. But what if there is already a piece that chillingly and hauntingly echoes the themes of the play - composed over a century before?]]> 2020-02-18 07:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446668646 cheongcolin1_1 https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446669471 Hear the music. Better still, watch a recording of the play and maybe watch the movie...]]> 2020-02-18 07:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cheongcolin1_1/782jkm3b9ga9/wish/446669471