EDCI288c Portfolio by https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio Artifacts Collection By Rose Villatoro en-us 2017-04-30 16:36:31 UTC 2026-03-15 20:00:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png Linguistic Profiling rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066073 One of the first aspects of language that we discussed in class was linguistic profiling. Just like there is profiling based on how people look, there is also a sense of identity assumption and categorization based on how they speak. Linguistic profiling is assuming someone's race and class by the way they talk and attributing all the stereotypes attached to that profile. As stated in the video by Dr. John Baugh, minority accents do not prosper well in affluent communities.  In our society, speaking Standard English with a neutral American accent is seen a the proper and educated way of speaking. While Dr. Baugh spoke on the phone, no one cared to know that he was an educated professor, but decided to accept the stereotypes that accompanied the accents in making their decision on whether to tell him is the property was for rent or lie to him so he wouldn’t be part of the community. I decided to include this video because it shows the power language has in our lives. Through the use of language, we auditorily express who are to the listener.  Not only does language communicate our thoughts, but is also simultaneous may unfairly communicate our race, class, and culture to others, which may lead to societal assumptions of certain groups. 
 [Laura McGarrity]. (2012, May 8). DYSA linguistic profiling -- John Baugh. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/HJ778_tsqjs

]]> 2017-04-30 16:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066073 Code Switching rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066146 While discussing our own linguistic profiles, many of my peers in lecture stated that code switching is used in their everyday lives. It was discussed as an assets in adapting to one’s surrounding. My main purpose for including this video as an artifact is to demonstrate that code switching is not only done between languages, where bilinguals people switch between tongues to communicate, but it also be done within a single language. The comedy skit shows how people can code switch in English, in the scenario the comedians Key and Peele switch from a Standard English of speaking to a more ebonic based English.  Even though code switching is very obvious in the video, is can also be very understated in real life, such as the difference in how you speak to you professor and how you speak to your friend. I feel that code switching is an important facet of language for people to learn because it allows them to communicate people of diverse background and help develop a more inclusive community. 
[Comedy Central]. (2011, Nov 15). Key & Peele - Phone Call. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/JzprLDmdRlc


]]> 2017-04-30 16:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066146 Reviving Language rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066200 Many of us do not have to worry about our language going extinct, it’s not even something we think will ever happen in our lifetime, but unfortunately, to certain groups of individuals, it is the bitter truth. The Native American are the oldest inhabitant of the United States of America, for years they created and adapted their language to the changing worlds but as their land was being taken away from them, their culture started to decay. In present day their population dwindles down to the thousands and within their tribes, there may only be around 10 to 20 people whose native tongue is their first language. The upcoming generation will have less and fewer people from whom they can learn the language and the culture. In order to assure that their language does not die out many people are finding ways of reviving the language. The video depicts how a member of the Menominee community is making sure that his culture lives on by devoting his time to personally teaching his child what his ancestors taught him, so his daughter can pass down their culture to future generations. It is important to acknowledge that language is not static, it is always changing. In this circumstance the Menominee language is slowly changing to a useful form of communication within the young community, that can lead in making sure the language and culture live on.

[WPT Education]. (2012). Living Language. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/wimedialab/livinglanguage

]]> 2017-04-30 16:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066200 The importance of Reviving Culture and Language rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066231 In the interview, Bud Lane, a Native American, stated that the main reason he needed to keep his language from dying is so the world knew how they felt. In his tribe, words carry a lot of meaning about land and people around them. Unlike English, tribal language is rooted in nature, which gives us an insight into how important the land is them. The reason why I feel that this interview is an important artifact of language is because it shows what lengths people are willing to go in order to make sure their language and culture survive and how with a little help of technology and agencies it can be done. It also demonstrates how language is a window into people's culture and self-identity, so if a language dies we lose the chance to really get know those around us.   For instance, Bud Lane is the chairman of Siletz tribal council who has put a lot of time in making an online dictionary of the tribe's native language so the younger generation can learn more about their own culture. He has also teamed up with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to help spread the knowledge of his tribe and the need to reviving the language. 
 Donvan, J. (2013, June 18). When A Language Dies, What Happens To Culture? [Interview].  Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/193135997/when-a-language-dies-what-happens-to-culture

]]> 2017-04-30 16:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066231 Dominance of English Language in Publications rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066357 The NPR interview talks about the issue of not paying attention to a scientific publication that is not in English and for non-English speaking countries to overlook publication that is in English. English has become the dominant language in science but there is still research being published in other languages. There need to be a more ways to translate scientific work in multiple languages so everyone around can stay up to date with scientific accomplishments that could help further even more research. I decided to add this artifact to my portfolio because it shows how much influence language has in different forms of capital. For example, it influences intellectual capital and social capital. Even though these scientists share the same social capital by having the same type of job and the same intellectual capital by being the best in the field of science, the language barrier stops all of them from commingling in those categories.  

 Gracia-Navarro, L. (2017, January 8). How English Came To Be The Dominant Language In Science Publications. [Interview].  Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/2017/01/08/508765699/how-english-came-to-be-the-dominant-language-in-science-publications


]]> 2017-04-30 16:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066357 Difference in Culture Capital rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066852 My boyfriend and I share many things in common, for example, we are around the same age,  we are both college educated, but he is from California and I’m from Maryland. So even though we might share many forms of capital, due to the difference in our culture capital our English dialects differ. I have a Maryland/DMV accent while he has an East LA accent. His way of speaking is influenced by the rich Mexican culture in Los Angeles and my accent is influenced by all the diversity in my community. Our relationship reminds me of how much cultural capital and location influence language among people who share so much in common. We share intellectual, social,and economic capital but the slight difference in culture capital makes us unique. 

]]> 2017-04-30 16:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066852 English Language Learners rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066961 During my sophomore year of college, I had the honor of volunteering as an aid for an adult English learning class. In one of the lectures, the students had to identify the names of objects in a scene. One student was having a hard time identifying a vehicle, in the word bank there was the word van and he didn’t understand why the car was labeled van since they were taught that a vehicle with four tires is called car or truck.  I decide to include this experience because it shows first hand the minor difficulties that ELLs have with understanding the English language. Native learners have an easy time comprehending that variety of names for common items but for those learning the language, it can be overwhelming to learn all the labels at once. 


]]> 2017-04-30 16:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169066961 African American Vernacular English rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067011 In the article What We Talk About When We Talk About Ebonics: Why Definitions Matter (Lippi-Green, 1997), it describes African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as a dialect of English, it is a mix of African-American culture, history, and tradition with roots in the South. There poor, uneducated blacks formed their own way of speaking and constructed a strong social and communication network. Even though it became the main language of the inner city population for the working and poor class, blacks that belonged to the Upper middle class also used AAVE. But due to the initial popularity among the poor blacks who were ex-slaves, when someone speaks AAVE they are seen as less than for not speaking “standard English” or White American English. I decided to include this article as an artifact because it demonstrates how language is constructed and how it used and seen through the years by society. AAVE was constructed as a need for communication during a period of time where being black was frowned upon. Even to this day there is still negativity surround AAVE, it doesn’t matter who you are, people still assume you are uneducated resulting in linguistic profiling.  

Lippi-Green, R. (1997). What We Talk About When We Talk About Ebonics: Why Definitions Matter. The Black Scholar, 27(2), 7-11. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/stable/41068724

]]> 2017-04-30 16:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067011 Standardize Testing and Language rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067055 Through my analysis of the SAT, I noticed that the stories were written in old English with words such as “eve”, “veranda”, and “scuttling” are being used throughout the passage.  If an ELL student were to be given this question I would think they would find it difficult to understand due to the changeling form of the English language. When they are learning English they are not taught all the meanings of the word or how different words can have the same meaning. Teachers do not have enough time and resources to teach ELL students every kind of English dialect and register, making it hard for them to fully comprehend material presented on standardized exams.  For example, they might learn what afternoon or night means but not exactly what eve itself means.  It is not that they do not understand what the story is trying to describe but the wording used makes it harder for them to answer the questions to the story correctly. I decided to include my experience with analyzing the SAT to demonstrate the difficulties ELLs have with the type of Standard English used on the exam. There needs to a way of making the test fair rather than biased for native English speakers to succeed in higher education.  

SAT Suite of Assessments. (2016, October 10). Retrieved from https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/sat-educator-guide.pdf


]]> 2017-04-30 16:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067055 The Village rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067132 In the ending scene of the movie, the audience notices that the woman has been in an isolated village, assimilating a 17th-century community. For example, she used the old English word such as “make haste”, which is a phrase no one uses in the 21st century. This is the great example of an instance of what happens to language when it is not influenced by other cultures. Even though the village was man made by Mr. Walker, it gives a clear example of how migration can influence language. Unlike this place, Miami is not isolated and the way people speak is influenced by the Cuban culture, like how many people speak Spanglish. Location and accessibility affect the evolution of language.  

]]> 2017-04-30 16:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067132 Register rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067368 This picture shows how even within the same language people might have problem understanding each other. The addition of this image in the portfolio is to demonstrate the difference of register within a language. In this instance, it seems that the man presenting has a more professional register of English language, filled with word related to business, rather than common words that might be used by the audience. Even though both parties speak the same language, each person's unique usage of the language might lead to miscommunication. 

https://www.powtoon.com/blog/plain-english-cartoons/

]]> 2017-04-30 17:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067368 Ebonics rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067459 This image depicts how some people feel about Ebonics. Some may think that ebonics is spoken by uneducated people that butcher the English language. It is important for people to see this images to get the sense of the dramatization and cruelty surrounding English dialects. There’s a lot of negative connotation surrounding Ebonics, but there seems to be no understanding that speaking Ebonics is influenced by culture just like any other dialect and it shouldn’t be seen as something negative if you don’t speak perfect Standard English.  

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/01/racism-30-minutes-or-less-0

]]> 2017-04-30 17:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067459 Technology and Languages rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067531 This image portrays how language is being influenced by technology. The person in pictures seems to be able to understand English and Spanish but he is also fluent in text messaging. In the present day, people communicate more on social media and through texts, which means that, like the person in the picture, they use shortened variation of language molding itself into a new language. The reason I included this image in my portfolio is to highlight importance technology has in the advancing terrain of linguistics.   

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/images/cartoons/morerecent/index.html   

]]> 2017-04-30 17:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067531 Accents rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067672 The cartoon strip acknowledges that there is a variation of accents of the English language. The reason I think this image is important is because it demonstrates that, to some people, the way a person speaks might make them seem like they don’t speak “correctly,” In reality, it’s not they are unintelligent, but that they vary in their pronunciation. Especially in the USA people pronounce things very different from one another due to region and culture. 
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/images/cartoons/cartoons.html 

]]> 2017-04-30 17:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067672 Assumption Based on Accents rose_m_villatoro https://padlet.com/rose_m_villatoro/EDCI288cPortfolio/wish/169067698 In a humorous way this E-card is trying to show how those with British accents are seen to be appealing to people. It is important to know that just as there are positive stereotypes of accents there are also negative stereotypes. For example, people with New York accents are seen as rude. It crucial to understand that language, even though it allow us to express our uniqueness, its not something people should use to label one another as better than or less than a certain group in society. 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/77827899783984788/
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