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Communication in Englishand Practical Exercises
David RichardsonHögskolan i Kalmar
The Plan …
•15-minute presentation slots
•Buzz Groups
•for comments and questions
WhereI work
Welcome to my world!
5, 87619811992
19931994
Language and Culture
•So … what exactly is language?
•Can you teach or learn a language without any exposure
to the culture(s) which use the language?
Time for a Buzz!
The ‘Components’ of Language
What time is it?
Well … it was raining, wasn’t it.
Wife:
Husband:
Pragmatics in Action
A more scientific example
If you increase the temperature of the mixture to 150°C, a
reaction will occur.
Does this sound reasonable?
“When we look about us towards external objects, and consider the operation of causes, we are never able, in a single instance, to discover any power or necessary connexion; any quality, which binds the effect to the cause, and renders the one an infallible consequence of the other.”
David Hume1737
National Commercial Bank,Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
•Faisal: David, could you come up now, please.
•David: Sure, I’m on my way.
•Faisal: N’shallah.
So what about this one?
If you had increased the temperature of the mixture to 150°C, a reaction would have occurred.
Time for a Buzz!
Boss: “We’ve run out of face masks”
•You:
a)“I’ll order some on Tuesday.”
b)“I’m going to order some on Tuesday.”
c)“I’m ordering some on Tuesday.”
(You work in the Stores.)
Summing Up …
•Language isn’t neutral - even scientific language - but full of cultural assumptions.
•If you’re aware of this, you’ll find it easier to communicate
•- and to understand what happened when communication breaks down!
Time for a Buzz!
The Plan
•A quick look at (some of the) different systems
•A way of deciding which ones to use
Asynchronous Communication
•Google Docs
•Buzzword
•Jing
•VoiceThread
•Ning
Synchronous Communication
•MS Messenger
•Skype
•Connect Pro
•Second Life
So … with all these choices, how do you decide
which system(s) to use?
Looking for a ‘common technological denominator’
“The irony of the current situation is that the classroom is a broadband environment and can be used to transmit as much information as the senses can absorb. Yet we mainly use it for learning with words which require little bandwidth.”
Tiffin, J & Rajasingham L, In Search of the Virtual Class, London, Routledge, 1995
“For the moment, let us accept that the amount of bandwidth is a measure of the amount of information that can be transmitted at a given time
by a channel …
Bandwidth
f2f VC WWW
Bandwidth in Action: The Cone of Input
A Net-Based Learning Johari Window
Same TimeSame Place
Same TimeDifferent Place
Different TimeSame Place
Different TimeDifferent Place
TeacherSt
uden
tClassroom
ForumPostbox
SkypeConnect
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Any Questions?
