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Department of Geography and Anthropology |
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ANTHROPOLOGY 315/515
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COURSE METHODS AND GOALS |
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| The course will use lectures, whole group
and small group discussions. Videos will be an important feature of the
class. The UWEC Academic Goals which will be addressed by this course are primarily:
The course readings and lecture will focus on understanding language and especially speech in a broad sociocultural context. Examples will be drawn from a variety of countries. The research assignment will provide an opportunity to collect and analyze data I consider any academic misconduct in this course as a serious offense, and I will pursue the strongest possible academic penalties for such behavior. The disciplinary procedures and penalties for academic misconduct are described in the UW-Eau Claire Student Services and Standards Handbook(http://www.uwec.edu/sdd/publications.htm) in Chapter UWS 14—Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures. Any student who has a disability and is in need of classroom accommodations, please contact the instructor and the Services for Students with Disabilities Office in Old Library 2136 at the beginning of the semester. |
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS |
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Exam: 2 take-home midterms and a take-home final. Each will be worth a maximum of 100 points. First midterm due October 16; 2nd midterm due November 20. |
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| Quizzes: 6 quizzes will be given, each worth 20 points. The lowest grade will be dropped. You can make up the quiz if you see me before they are handed back. | |
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Research Project: All students will do a field study of language use employing observation, interviewing and/or questionnaires. The research question, methods and results should be submitted in a 3-4 page paper which will be worth 40 points A 5 minute report summarizing your findings is to be presented in class on December 4 or 11. Sample papers from previous years: |
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| Graduate students will be expected to
write a 10 page paper which includes library research.
Paper Guidelines
COURSE GRADE Undergraduate Midterm 200 Final 100 94% A, 90% A-; 87% B+, 84% B, Quizzes 100 Research project 40 440
Graduate Paper 200 |
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Student presentation of articles A group of two or three students will prepare questions on a specific article which members of the class will discuss in small groups. The group should come up with about 4 questions which relate to the main points of the article and which will be interesting for other students to discuss. The questions must be sent to me the day before the class discussion. A sign-up list will be passed around in class. Presentation schedule |
ATTENDANCE POLICY |
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| You will be expected to attend class regularly and will be held
responsible on the exams for all material presented in class. Excessive
absences may result in a lowering of your grade: if there are 6 unexcused
absences, the course grade may be lowered by 1/3 (e.g. from B to B-); if
10 unexcused absences, the grade may be lowered by 2/3. (Each meeting of
the course will count as 2 classes, before and after break.) Meaningful
contribution to class discussion will be regarded very favorably when
averaging grades
ATTENDANCE SLIPS All students will be expected to hand in a slip of paper at the end of each class to demonstrate attendance and to provide feedback. Write your name, the date and at least one sentence referring to the day’s class. The feedback might report on something you found interesting in the material covered, anything that was not clear in the lecture and needs more explanation, thoughts you have about the ideas covered, suggestions about the class... |
READINGS |
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Bonvillain, Nancy. Language Culture & Communication,
4th ed. Prentice Hall, 2003. (B) Johnson, Fern Speaking Culturally. Sage Publications, 2000. (J) |
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| CRIM | Articles listed by author's name. Almost all articles are available on electronic reserve | ||
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The syllabus, some course readings and other useful information will be available on the course website. Information that will come up as a web page is highlighted in light blue. PowerPoint slides are highlighted in yellow.
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would be a very good idea to print the slides before class so that during
class you won’t have to copy the slides but can listen and take
additional notes.
PowerPoint slides highlighted in yellow Web page of important information Web page of material for your information |
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COURSE OUTLINE
Sept. 4 Introduction: Sociolinguistics, Ethnography of Speaking, Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism Video: Sounds of Language
Sept. 11 Language and Culture Condon and Yousef Introduction to Intercultural Communication Ch. 10 Shahar and Kurz “Choreography of the Social Dance” (Israel)
Sept. 18 Language and Class Quiz B Ch. 6, pp. 140-159 J Dialects and Registers pp. 39-43 Video: Yeah You Rite PE 3101.L68 Y431 1990 American Tongues PE2802 .A647 1996
Sept. 25 Language and Gender Tannen: "How to Close the Communication Gap between men and women" B Ch. 7 and pp. 279-285 Quiz Discussion questions Nilsen "Sexism in English: a 1990s update" on Web (you will need to rotate; hit the button farthest on the right) Discussion "The Anatomy of Dirty Words", "Adam's Rib" on Web Video: She Said, He Said (Deborah Tannen) P96 .S48 H4 2005 Reserve
Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Language & Ethnicity: Native American Pewewardy “Learning styles of American Indian/Alaska Native students" excerpts B 323-325 Phillips “Participant Structures and Communicative Competence" (optional) "Participant Structures..." on Web Video: Winds of Change: Hopi
Oct. 9 African-American Quiz B Ch. 6 pp. 159-173 J. African-American Modes of Discourse pp. 148-159 Heath: "Questioning at Home and at School" Fordham "Dissin the 'Standard': Ebonics as Guerrilla Warfare at Capital High" Video: "Story of English: Black English" PE 1075 M582 1986 pt. 5
Oct. 16 Hispanic-American, Johnson "Hispanic Peoples in the U.S." pp. 163-183 White "Illegal immigration explained" on Web Video: New Faces on Main Street
Oct. 23 Asian-American Fadiman The spirit catches you and you fall down excerpts Ch. 2 pp. 12-18; Ch. 14 181-191 "What is our life like? Hmong in America" on Web Video: Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America
Oct. 30 Context of speech B Ch. 4 pp. 76-91 Lutz "Language, Appearance and Reality" Angier "Almost before we spoke, we swore" Postman "Euphemism" on Web Video: How to Talk Minnesotan
Nov. 6 Japanese Speech Quiz Quiz Naotsuka & Sakamoto: Mutual Understanding of Different Cultures excerpts Mizutani: How to be Polite in Japanese excerpts Yum "The Impact of Confucianism on Interpersonal relationships... in East Asia" B pp. 134-137; 274-275 Video: Japanese Picture Forming Contest
Nov. 13 Functions of Speech Quiz Quiz Diaz-Plaja: "The Spaniard and the Seven Deadly Sins" Disc Plotnicov: "Jewish Ethnic Signalling" Disc Penfield & Duru: "Proverbs: Metaphors That Teach" Salzmann Language, Culture and Society excerpts
Nov. 20 Societal Multilingualism; Language Planning B: Ch. 11 pp. 298-306, Ch 12 pp. 336-347; 352-354 Rubin "Help! My Professor (or Doctor or Boss) doesn't speak English" Disc Prator: "The British Heresy in TESOL" (optional) Video: English as an International Language PE 1075 M582 1986 pt. 1 http://www.mla.org/census_map
Nov. 27 Bilingualism; Code Switching; Language Maintenance
J "Code-Switching" pp. 183-188 Adamson "Bilingual Education Language minority students" pp. 201-207 Definition of Bi/Multilingualism Directory of two-way immersion programs
Dec. 4 Bilingual Education: History and Controversy; Project Reports Quiz B pp. 316-323 J Methods and Mindsets for teaching LEP pp. 310-312 Adamson “Bilingual Education” pp. 224-226 McBee: "A War Over Words" Cardenas: "The Role of Native Language Instruction in Bilingual Education" Disc Imhoff & Bikales: "The Battle Over Preserving the English Language" New Republic "Tongue Twister" Cummins "Language Proficiency" on Web Hakuta: "Bilingual Education" (optional)
Dec. 11 Project Reports
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