https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er en-us 2016-03-21 13:53:38 UTC 2016-11-29 00:33:17 UTC hello@padlet.com alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102013878 Explore the texts and information on "Language and Politics", "Historical influences on English", and "Regional influences on English" (pp12-19).
Answer the discussion questions. There are three sets of questions. Choose one set and record your answers on a video capsule in selfie-mode. Add the text and video below each set of questions!!]]> 2016-03-21 13:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102013878 alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102014770 1. What do you think of Orwell's argument that poor language leads to a corruption of thought? Is there, as Samuel Johnson once said, a natural tendency for languages to degenerate?

2. The greater context of text 1.5 is a political one. Orwell's purpose in his essay is to warn us about the effects of the inaccurate and ambiguous language used by politicians to manipulate the public and gain power. Do you find this idea relevant today?

]]> 2016-03-21 13:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102014770 alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102016490 1. How does Charles Farrar Browne use language to create the character of Artemus Ward? How would you describe his character, based on the language of this text?

2. How does Artemus Ward use language to create humour?

3. What is your opinion of Artemus Ward's Southern accent? Do you think this variety of English is only appropriate for stand-up comedy? Could someone with such an accent seriously conduct business, run for public office, or educate children? How might our attitudes towards his accent be different if the Confederates had won the American Civil War?]]> 2016-03-21 14:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102016490 alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102017962 1. How is the language of Fela Kuti different from the language of China Achebe?

2. How do you think Achebe would respond  to Kuti's use of English? Is Kuti's English  still in full communion with its ancestral home but altered to suit its new African surroundings?

3. How does the context in which the song was written (the attack on Kuti's compound and death of his mother) determine the kind of language used by Feka Kuti]]> 2016-03-21 14:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102017962 alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102021059 2016-03-21 14:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102021059 alfredo_calderon_a https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102021195 2016-03-21 14:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102021195 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102026851 I do not think  poor language leads to a corruption of thoughts, the cavemen had our language, and look what has happened after them, technology.  I agree, as long as there is a superior language that they incorporate little by little the language will degenerate.]]> 2016-03-21 14:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102026851 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102027476 It depends, In the United states you can see politicians manipulating the public with promises of free things, so in that context,  ]]> 2016-03-21 14:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102027476 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102028203 He Creates a character with bad English and makes him seem like a dumb person]]> 2016-03-21 14:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102028203 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102029834 He uses language to create humor by using phonetic writing with a southern US accent to create a  ]]> 2016-03-21 14:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102029834 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102030878 I think Artemis Ward's Southern accent is pretty real and can be used in order to do work and business.  If the Confederates had won the war, it would be seen as the United states accent.]]> 2016-03-21 14:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102030878 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102279893 1-.It depends on how it is used and by whom. Anyways, I think it is very accurate because it leads to a bad communication and misunderstandings.

2-.  Yes, because as the language is used, people start to create new words that derivate from other languages.]]> 2016-03-22 18:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102279893 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102280523 1. Even though Orwell has a good point, even the best philosopher in the world, if he was Irish or Scottish he would talk with an accent and not necessarily talk that clearly.
About the degeneracy of languages, a language does not degenerate (mostly) it just updates to culture, that's why accent exists, different countries have different accents because of their culture.

]]> 2016-03-22 18:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102280523 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102282211 1. I think a poor language creates more misunderstanding than corruption of thought. Second I think languages don't degenerate it only sufferers changes.

2. Yes, because if a politician wants to be popular, he needs to have a good rhetoric to persuade people.]]> 2016-03-22 18:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102282211 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102282278 I think your language does not define the way you are or the way you think.
Colloquialisms are a must in our society but that does not mean we should or have to use them all the time, that is why we have formal and informal registers for different situations.

]]> 2016-03-22 18:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102282278 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102283471 2. Actually the use of language is very important when you want to communicate with the masses, but if you want to manipulate and inspire the masses you need (at least it worked on the XX century) an ideology. If you can inspire the people with your ideas of how things should work then the usage of language can be the second most relevant thing]]> 2016-03-22 18:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102283471 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102283968 1. I think that it is true because if in a society, people doesn't have education, there would be problems and misunderstandings. And no, languages don't degenerate, they only change.
2. Yes, because they take advantage of people who don't understand them.]]> 2016-03-22 18:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102283968 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285280 You must first learn a language to then decompose it into a more informal or colloquial register, if not the language starts to degenerate.]]> 2016-03-22 18:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285280 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285518 1. I think that a bad language will always corrupt your thought, a bad language reflects ignorance and ignorance will always degenerate a group of people or even a language, language popular slangs change everyday, and some of those are based on the ignorance of people, so I think that it is natural that languages tend to degenerate.

2. Lots of politicians use an inaccurate english or a basic one to create an easy to understand speech that may get more followers, a big example is Donald Trump, that uses a 4th grade vocabulary so every U.S. citizen can get his ideas, it is really relevant nowadays because not everyone has a proper english and these kind of speeches are the ones that definitely win an election.

]]> 2016-03-22 18:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285518 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285612 I think poor language doesn't lead to the corruption of thought because the way you speak doesn't influence what you think.
I think there is a natural tendency for languages to degenerate because there is always someone who wants to create something differet]]> 2016-03-22 18:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285612 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285627 I think that poorly language does leads to a corruption of thought, because when you start speaking poorly then you think just like that in your head and you mix up meanings and your thoughts start coming out with the wrong meanings. And as Samuel Johnson once said every language will eventually degenerate due to the laziness of people and the fact that we are used to adequate everything to our taste.]]> 2016-03-22 18:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102285627 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102286338 1. He uses English in a bad way, I think that he was a intelligent person but he speaked in a bad way for the entertainment of the society.
2. He speaked in a bad way because he thinked that it was funny.
3. I think that a person that speaks with that accent can't conduct business or educate children because he will not express himself correctly and he will not be taken into account ]]> 2016-03-22 18:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102286338 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287022  1-I think the way someone think does not depend on the way he speaks, but bad language reflects ignorance so anyone will take your opinion speaking like that.
2- I think that for a politician is important to talk in a bad way so everyone in the country could understand him, including the people that doesn't know how to speak well, doing this he will gain power because he would be supported by that people.]]> 2016-03-22 18:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287022 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287380 1. In my opinion people with vague language seem more ignorant than people that uses a proper english.
2. ]]> 2016-03-22 18:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287380 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287611 Yes, i find that idea relevant for nowadays, because there are still politicians that manipulate the public to gain power, not by the inaccurate and ambiguous language, but with bribery.]]> 2016-03-22 18:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287611 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287989 I think this idea is not as relevant as it used to be, due to our world´s educational evolution they will find it more difficult to manipulate a more conscious public with inaccurate and ambiguous language, but in earlier times that was heavily used like in election briberies etc... ]]> 2016-03-22 18:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102287989 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102288501 I think that Orwell argument is invalid because he use a poor piece of information in his hypothesis ]]> 2016-03-22 18:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102288501 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289337 He uses a bad English to make him sound li]]> 2016-03-22 18:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289337 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289653 Sorry sir, YouTube wasn't working for me, so here are the answers.
1) It is different from Achebe's English because it is less formal. It also is incorrectly written.
2)  I do not think that Achebe would react well to Kutis English ]]> 2016-03-22 18:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289653 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289701 2016-03-22 18:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289701 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289727 1. Well, he uses the Southern American stereotipical language to make his Character. ]]> 2016-03-22 18:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289727 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289918 To create his character Charles Farrar Browne uses a bad English language and try the character to be fool and stupid by the way he talks ]]> 2016-03-22 18:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289918 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289950 Well, he ]]> 2016-03-22 18:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102289950 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290033 1-. He manipulates words, to make them match on what they sound like, and then write them down as they sound. He's trying to write the right way, even if he does not put much effort in it.

2-. We writes the words incorrectly on purpose to make it sound funny.

3-. It sounds funny, but it may be offensive to southern people. Yes, but it would be hard to people to understand if it is not talked clearly. No, because you wouldn't be able to write a letter colloquially and express himself the right way. I dunno]]> 2016-03-22 18:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290033 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290334 1. He created a character with a very vague english, it reflects an ignorance, he does not seem a very serious person and his letter has a dose of humor.

2. He used a poor english with lots of typos and he basically kicked the english dictionary, he used lots of abbreviations and that was sometimes funny, the best part of the letter was the end.]]> 2016-03-22 18:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290334 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290461 Charles Farrar Browne creates a character named Artemus Ward that uses poor english to make him look like a badly educated person]]> 2016-03-22 18:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290461 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290737 I agree with Orwell's argument because he relates in an accurate way how people talks and how people thinks, a poor language refers to a foolish way of think and as a consequence to the election of some useless politicians. Orwell does not talk about a  tendency of language to degenerate in his text, but he express him self that the abuse of language refers to the sentimental archaism]]> 2016-03-22 18:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102290737 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102821793 1. I think that poor language does not lead to a corruption of thought but to an impoverishment of the level of self expression that the language can offer, and a decrease of the sociocultural level of people. 

2. I think that this idea is still relevant today because an inaccurate use of language can reach all social classes, due to its simplicity. Therefore, it is easier to manipulate the vulnerable social classes.]]> 2016-03-27 16:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102821793 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102822392 1. Charles Farrar Browne creates his character by using a southern US accent. This character represents a low social class with a poor use of language.

2. Artemus Ward's use of language creates humor by exaggerating the aspects of a poor language.

3. - I think that this accent shows us an incorrect use grammar and a low level of education. 
- This variety of English should be only appropriate for stand-up comedy, to know what not to do. 
- Someone with such an accent could not do that kind of work, because it requires a formal use of language, to able to express and communicate with others.
- If the Confederates had won the War, people would probably consider this accent as official.]]> 2016-03-27 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/102822392 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103112407 Artemus Ward uses an uneducated use of language and he creates it as humor by boosting the uneducated and poor language.]]> 2016-03-29 18:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103112407 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103115881 My opinion about Artemus Ward's Southern accent is that the southern people doesn't speake like that. I think this variety could be appropriate for informal situations like with friends or family but not in another situation. I think someone with that accent can't do any of these jobs because you should need a better accents and use of English to do those jobs. I think that if the confederates had won the American Civil War the accent used by Ward would be normal.]]> 2016-03-29 18:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103115881 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103116830 1-I don't agree with Orwells ]]> 2016-03-29 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103116830 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103116831 1. In my opinion Orwell's argument  has some clear shortcomings and I do not agree with it because having vague or limitated use of language has no correlation with the way you think ]]> 2016-03-29 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103116831 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103117874 1-I would describe Artemus Ward as an carefree person, with any contextualization of the situation  and also could be seen as an irresponsable person.
2-Using grammar mistakes so frequently, talking so disrespectful or like if they were friends to an authority as the prince of England is quite funny and it's something you don't usually see.

3-]]> 2016-03-29 18:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103117874 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103119535 2016-03-29 18:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103119535 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103120332 Howdy!]]> 2016-03-29 18:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103120332 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103777882  ]]> 2016-04-03 17:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103777882 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103777910 1-I think that Orwell makes a really accurate argument because he saids that the language is becoming inaccurate and ugly because thoughts have been foolish and also inaccurate, this explains the idea presented by Orwell of collapse of language because of the civilization is decadent, when this happens bad practices appears as corruption. 

2- This Idea is relevant today, whats  more is happening now in chilean society, the inaccurate and ambiguous language used by politicians and electors, that following Orwell's thoughts, a foolish society have bring foolish politicians to the power using their ambiguous and inaccurate language.]]> 2016-04-03 17:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103777910 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103779426 2016-04-03 17:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103779426 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103779432 3- I think that Southern accent is something different and and you don't usually see it. I think that this and any accent for any type of comedy, but it must be used with someone that doesn't use the same accent because the reaction to  something different and strange would be the joke not the accent it self. Any person that uses any accent can do any thing no matter what his accent is, but if he has an informal accent he might be not take seriously although this does not mean he won't be able to do what he want. I think that if the Confederate army had won the war, our approach to the Southern accent would be the same, the roots of a community or a  society does not change because of the result of a war.]]> 2016-04-03 17:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/103779432 https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/140369475
Set 1:

1. In my opinion Orwell's argument  has some clear shortcomings and I do not agree with it because having vague or limited use of language has no correlation with the way you think. The message that you want to transmit could be on any language or code or idiolect,  what really matters is the message it self more than how you say it.

2. Yes, a lot of the most political figures nowadays tend to use a lot literary resources to emotionally manipulate their audience producing them to support the idea they are presenting even without even thinking, only because of the power of words.

Set 2:

1. He uses ban English to create this character and to represent that the character is silly , only because of the way he speaks.

2. He makes fun of the way in which he speak because he wants to create that relation between but English or English not accepted by the society as something worthless and funny, without understanding the background or reason behind it

3. Do think that this language, used in a context of stand up comedy is accepted due to the situation, Nevertheless, the normal or daily use of it could make people speaking and expressing in a wrong way ]]> 2016-11-29 00:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alfredo_calderon_a/hhr6y0o280er/wish/140369475