Communications and Media

How do people interact, transmit and gather data for the purposes of information and entertainment?

 Internet and Media 

              -  Mass communication

              -  Internet using

              - The impact to modern people 

• TV advertisements.
• The role of TV and its advantages and disadvantages.
• Valuable and worthless TV shows.
• Writing a news articles, letters to the and brochures.
• Stereotyping in the media,.
• Sensationalism

  Facebook

1. In one paragraph, write down your reaction to this video.

Television 

  2. Read Children and TV Violence 

  3. Write a paper 2B response to this prompt.

My soon to be 5 year old son is watching about 80 hours of TV a week. I know that this is a lot, but I do not have a nanny and this keeps him out of trouble. He also throws a tantrum if he doesn't get to watch Television.  I am worried however because his kindergarten teacher tells me that he gets into a lot of fights at school. Could it be because of the T.V? What can I do to help my child? I am a single parent.

    4. Watch any Jerry Springer Episode for youtube. Write down your arguments for or against such a show being broadcast on day time television.

 

Advertisement

   5. Choose an advertisement of a basic commodity. Discuss what technques have been used in the advert and comment on the effectiveness of the advertisement.

Paper 2 B

‘Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need’. Will Rogers

Or

‘I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into another room and read a book’. Grouch Marx

The Concept of Human Beauty

What is beauty?

Research on the following:

1. Hollywood and its impact on the perception of beauty. Imane. Ziad. Malak
2. Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. How do these personalities personify the concept of beauty.Kari. Noha. Gamilla
3. Beauty in the Anglophone world. Select one country to focus your study on. Compare and contrast your finding on perception of beauty with your own context. Hesham. Norhane
4. Research on beauty as an industry. Omar, Yehia, Menna
5. Beauty pageants. Arguments for and against. Fara. Eugene. Gozzi

Guidelines

 You must present the following:

• Vocabulary related to your topic.
• Reference list

Select one of the songs and write a letter to the persona of the song. In your letter

PERSONAL RESPONSE   150-250 words Due Date 19th May 2015

EITHER 1
''Beauty is how you feel inside and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical' -Sophia Loren

Write a letter to the editor responding to this quotation by Sophia Loren.

You can view a sample letter to the editor HERE

OR 2

Read closely the lyrics of the following songs to determine what they say about beauty.

Ugliest Girl in The World

Ugly 

Beautiful

Select one of the songs and write a letter to the persona of the song. In your letter, you should refer to the lyrics of the song.

Here's what the Subject Guide has to say about the nature of the Personal Response task :

The student writes a reasoned argument in the form of a response to a stimulus text dealing with a topic linked to the core. The text could be a news report or a comment by a public figure. The response should engage with details of the text in order to develop some coherent discussion of the topic area, which is informed by what has been learned during the study of the core. There is no prescribed answer—what is assessed is the student’s ability to express his or her reflection on, or personal response to, the stimulus.                                                         Language B Subject Guide p.41

But what exactly is expected here - and how would such expectations influence the interpretation of the marking Criteria ?
T
he student should ...

"engage with details of the text" - pick out specific words or phrases (and so, presumably, the ideas that they express) as the starting point for elements of the 'reasoned argument'

"develop some coherent discussion..." - extend from the specific words or phrases by questioning, arguing, debating what they mean ... in a 'coherent' way: i.e. organised and logically linked

"... informed by what has been learned" - make use of ideas, concepts and arguments which have been thought out during the teaching of the course (although this does not imply lots of tedious facts or second-hand, politically correct opinions to please the examiner !)

It should be noted that the extract from the Subject Guide specifically instructs that "The student writes a reasoned argument ..." This must suggest that students are being asked to explain what they think about the stimulus text + topic, not what they feel about the subject matter in general. If students express strong feelings through their comments and arguments, fine - but simply emoting about the general subject will presumably lose marks under Criterion B.

Opinion Essay Text Type

 Read the opinion essay found here and answer the following questions. Give evidence for your answer.

1. Does the essay have at least four paragraphs?
2. Does the itroduction include a hook to get the readers attention along with the background information?
3. Is the writers opinion clearly stated in the thesis statement?
4. Is there a counterargument and a refutation?
5. Does the conclusion restate the writers opinion and offer a warning, prediction or a comment that reinforces the writer's view point?

The opinion essay from julia_martinez

 Writing the Counterargument

Identifying counterarguments and refutations from Les Davy

Homework Due Sunday 10th May Page 36-37 numbers 1-4.
Answer these questions on a foolscap and submit. Your name should be clearly printed on the top of the page.

Third Culture Kids

   Read  Being a third Culture Kid

Cultural Diversity- Subcultures

Gothic Subculture

Cultural Diversity

Inter-linguistic Influence

Discussion Questions

1. What is the difference between Standard English and pidgin.
2. There are many different varieties of English.What is good English or bad English?Who decides what is good or bad English.Are there differences between good and bad spoken and written English.
3. What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?
4. Think about your own culture and society. Are there many different accents adnd dialects? Which ones have a high status and prestige and which one does not?
5. Do you use the same accent and dialect at all times or does your language change depending on the social context you find yourself in? Why is this?

Listen Mr. Oxford Don

1. Give information about the narrator. Who does he address?
2. Describe the language used in the poem.
3. What is the aim of this poem?
4. Who does Mr. Oxford symbolise?
5. All the following words can describe the narrator.Find a justification for each one.

• provocative
• engaged
• humorous
• ironic. 

Homework
Read the text and answer the questions


Respond to the following questions in complete sentences.

1. How many languages can you speak? Write these down and state whether What are your thoughts about Tim Doner?you think that you are fluent, somewhat fluent, or beginner.
2.  When did you start learning or speaking the languages you have listed above?
3. Reflect on your learning of English. What have you found enjoyable or easy and what have you found challenging? Explain.
4. Would you say that you are able to think in English or do you think in another language first and then translate into English.
5. Do you agree that by learning English you have been able to learn more about the anglophone world and culture?

Now watch the video

 

1. How has Tim Doner been able to learn so many languages?

2. What are your thoughts about Tim Doner?

3. Identify one IB learner profile and explain how he exemplifies it? 

4. What would you say is the purpose of this video? 

5. What have you learnt  about language learning from him that you can apply  to your own language learning?

6. As an IB student you should aspire to be a communicator. Copy the description of the profile and reflect on how you are on your way to becoming a Communicator. Think of the following: group work, oral communication, written communication, viewing activities, making presentations and using technology. What have you done well? What do you need to improve on?

Dying Languages 
Assignment due 30 April.
View the following videos and write a newspaper article responding to the following question.
Many languages are spoken by a small number of people and some are in danger of dying out. Write an article to be published in your school magazine on why and how minority language should be maintained.

Migration

Imagine that you are one of the immigrants,write a diary entry reflecting on this news. Your diary should be at least 250-400 words

Supplementary Material

• Read the text and watch the video here
• Read this as well

 Respond to the following questions.

Define the following:

1. Immigrant
2. Refugee
3. Asylum seeker
4. What are the benefits and challenges of  migration 

 Individual Oral
 

 Prepare detailed notes for an individual oral commentary. Use the previous activities to inform your commentary.