How is this related to voice? Makes it more personal, personality of the writer.
How is voice related to academic language?
Using your own voice in an academic discussion to direct your audience is also considered...
Mixing Academic and Colloquial Styles
Connors and Lunsford: Mellow, bad old days, folks,
Fast Food Nation: nutcase/lunatic/maniac/ loopiness/eccentric
Smitherman: ovah, dem; formal for who black audience; language that is used with a specific audience.
Anzaldua: Tex Mex,
When to Mix?
Audience - professional writing for professional situations, formally
Purpose - what do you want to do with your writing.
Graff "Hidden Intellectualism"
What's the hook? Everybody knows some young person... laying the
What is the thesis? Is it explicit (meaning, he says something like "In this paper I...") What does not occur to us...
What is the so what/who cares? From the hook, it should be everyone. Read further, targeting staff and teachers by saying realize that academically smart even though you are talking about pop culture. School board who teaches; telling students they are not dumb, smart in other ways.
Consider colloquial and metacommentary? Are these similar? "Hood" "hillbilly" - descriptions of people; clean cut; On the one hand, in short;
Language, Audience, and Metacommentary: Asians in the Library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuyDZevKrU
First of all, what's her place and why is it important to her?
How does Alexandra use transitions as metacommentary?
How does Alexandra use metacommentary to get her point across?
Does she use metacommentary to clarify anything? What exactly?
Does she use personal stories? What are they?
Response to Asians in the Library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj3sVA
UCLA
ReplyDeletePlease, I’m studying here.
America, the great melting pot. Has it gone to far? Here at UCLA we have quite a large number of asian imigrants. And as such there is a bit of a “culture clash”. In general “Americans” tend to put a large emphasis on a “Do it Yourself” attitude. We grow up knowing that there becomes a point where our lives become our own and the basic nessesities become our responsibilities. This doesn’t occur in the lives of asian americans. To them family is forever you stay as close to your family as long as you are alive. Family is everything. Even during college when the average “American” is coming to terms with their own adult responsibilities. Asian families often live together and still cook and clean for their children while they are in college.
All of this is largely just a foreign concept. Very little of this directly impacts the lives of the steriotypical american. Some other actions however do and are quite frustrating. For example a Western Standard is that libraries ought to be silent, or at the very least silent so that people may focus with great gusto on their text of choice. This is exceedingly true in college libraries, especially during finals week when the students lifetime well being could very well be impacted by the studying done then. For this reason the now common phenomenon in asian culture of talking on your cellphone while in the library becomes quite frustrating and is indeed a harm to the masses. For this reason something needs to be done to limit this. For afterall how many great minds have discovered their ephinaies while unintentionally evesdropping?
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ReplyDeleteDear Library Patrons at UCLA,
ReplyDeleteDuring finals week, people should try to be more respectful while using cell phones in the library. There are generally accepted manners for cell phone use in the library and with respect to others. If you are to take a call in the library, please try to excuse yourself and walk outside they library to try to not bother others who are trying to study and do homework. I am sure that as it is an inconvenience to others when people talk on the phone, that it would also be an inconvenience to you if others were to talk on the phone while you were trying to study and do homework. For example, when trying to study for a political science final, a student close to me was talking very loudly on his cell phone and disturbing my thought process. This could of been easily avoided if he could of just excused himself from the room. Different cultures have different traditions and norms for their society, but as a common courtesy to everyone trying to get an education, please try to be more polite and conscious of those around you.
Thank you
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ReplyDeleteLos Angeles, CA 20893
20 July 2011
Student of UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
2957 Pretty Street
Los Angeles, CA 20857
Dear Students of the UCLA Library,
As a dedicated student of university of California Los Angeles, I ask that my fellow student be respectful of other’s academic right to a quiet place to study. The library is recognized as a place for students to be productive and proactive in their academic studies. When visiting the library students are expected to follow the guidelines that have been established in school systems since grade school. Following these implied guidelines provides an atmosphere where students can succeed to their fullest potential. By ignoring these rules it is not only harming the individual, but it is an inconvenience to all others present in the library. For example, a student studying for finals, and important part of the academic year, will be distracted by other students talking loudly on their cell phones. This is unfair to impair the academic potential of surrounding students and simple solution is available. If students are irresponsible and disruptive to others, they should be asked to step outside and if it reoccurs, consequences involving their library privileges being revoked should be applied.
I am asking nothing more than common courtesy and a chance to reach my highest academic potential. I ask that these rules be self enforced so that all students are given equal opportunity to be successful.
Thank you for your compliance,
Jill Jones and Shelby Stafford
UCLA Students
UCLA brings forth a magnitude of diverse people from all around the world and various cultures. These cultures also bring a mixture of customs and courtesies that might not be accepted by some students at UCLA. One example is the courtesy of not talking on your cell phone while you are in the library. Since it so happens to be UCLA’s finals week, there are many students frequenting the library for study purposes. I was one of these students studying for a Political Science final when the cell phone courtesy was broken by an Asian student. The student accepted a phone call and talked for several minutes before I politely motioned to him to be considerate of others in the library. After his call ended, he then proceeded to make another phone call while still remaining in the library. While I am not familiar with Asian customs and courtesies when it comes to talking on cell phones in libraries, I must proclaim that if a foreign student decides to pursue a college education in the US, they should respect the customs and courtesies that are respected and followed by other students; especially during finals week.
ReplyDeleteOne of the issues here at UCLA during finals week is distractions in the library. The most reoccurring problem would be use of cell phones. I have spent several hours in the library studying and as soon as I am about to reach an epiphany, I hear someone’s cell phone ringing followed by someone of the Asian origin speaking. UCLA enrolls hundreds of Asians each year. I see them in my apartment complex with their families every weekend. It seems like their entire family comes over each weekend to cook and help their students with laundry. I find this a nuisance because it happens every single weekend without fail. I would really appreciate taking your phone calls outside the library. It would help people focus on their studies more especially during finals week. Thank you ching chong ling long
ReplyDeleteCailyn Arnold
Chanda Helms
Dear Asian students at the University of California, Los Angelos. It is finals week and I am experiencing a major problem with Asians manners in the library. I think this problem is fueled by the fact that Asians have not learned propper American manners from their parents. I often see many family members coming to Asians apartments every weekend. They have not been taught to fend for themselves in a college setting. While American young adults are experiencing the challenge of independence, Asian young adults are not familiar with this cultural phenomenon. However, the most vital problem I have experienced is Asians picking up their phone in the middle of the library and having loud conversations. For example, I will be in the middle of studying and just when I reach an idea I will be rudely interrupted by an Asian picking up their phone. If they are having a family issue they need to be polite and step outside of the library. Especially since this is finals week.
ReplyDeleteTo Whom It May Concern:
ReplyDeleteI would like to bring to the forefront the problem concerning the use of cell phones in the library. Though I have am not attempting to personally target any particular ethnic group, but in my many late nights of intense studying during finals week, I have observed multiple instances of cell phone usage that is disruptive to other peer’s focusing ability.
In a particular instance, I was deep in thought studying for my political science final when I heard a cell phone make itself known. Normally, this would not have affected me in a great manner. However, instead of the individual excusing themselves to conduct their conversation outside the study area; they took the call directly in the study area. I understand that there are times that cell phone usage is necessary in emergencies, but the blatant disregard of respecting their peers, including myself, is not appropriate of appreciated.
I want to kindly request that anyone who receives a call while studying in the library excuse themselves to an area that would not disturb others. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration on this matter.
Regards,
Alexandra Wallace
(scripted by Morgan King and Tim Varon)
Dear reader,
ReplyDeleteThere has been a problem arising in the UCLA library and campus living. A large number of foreigners from the East have been moving into the previously mentioned areas and creating disturbances. Such as not being quite in the library, and crowding in non-resident family members into living areas. I propose that all foreign immigrants must pass an American Manners Course, before allowed to attend colleges or be seen in public. Also, all parents must attend a class to teach them not to coddle their children so that their offspring may learn independence.
Sincerely,
Joshua Frasure, David Nilsen, Shelby Mattingly, Greg Millner, Kendresa Cockrell
Students at UCLA who live near my apartment need to be observed and held liable to the rules of others. They interrupt studies in the apartments because they have their family and friends over creating a disruption to others around them. Not only do they cause a disturbance they also keep from their children or relatives learning on their own and “fighting for themselves”.
ReplyDeleteI have also found that in the libraries these students do not allow silence for others because they talk on their cell phones at a extremely loud tone. This conversation that occurs every fifteen minutes take away from the student’s studies. I may be in the middle of an important thought and that thought escape my mind because of the diruption of my fellow classmates.
They may be calling their family who were involved in the tusnami. If this is the case it is still essential that the conversation be moved outside so that it is fair to others who are deep in thought in the library. These issues need to be addressed so that further attention can be paid to the matter at hand. This will be beneficial to all students at our university.
Okay, so here at UCLA it's finals week.
ReplyDeleteSo we know that I'm not the most politically correct person so don't take this offensively. I don't mean it toward any of my friends I mean it toward random people that I don't even know in the library. So, you guys (you my friends) are not the problem.
The problem is these hordes of Asian (ignorant) people that UCLA accepts into our school every single year, which is fine. But if you're going to come to UCLA then use American manners.
So it used to really bug (bother) me but it doesn't bother me anymore the fact that all the Asian (ignorant) people that live in all the apartments around me -- their moms and their brothers and their sisters and their grandmas and their grandpas and their cousins and everybody that they know that they've brought along from Asia (home) with them - comes here on the weekends to do their laundry, buy their groceries and cook their food for the week. It's seriously, without fail. You will always see old Asian people (who do not live here) running around this apartment complex every weekend. That's what they do. They don't teach their kids to fend for themselves. You know what they don't also teach them, is their manners.
Which brings me to my next point. Hi, in America we do not talk on our cell phones in the library. I swear every five minutes I will be -- okay, not five minutes, say like fifteen minutes -- I'll be in like deep into my studying, into my political science theories and arguments and all that stuff, getting it all down, like typing away furiously, blah blah, blah, (and so forth) and then all of a sudden when I'm about to like reach an epiphany... Over here from somewhere, "Ooooh Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong, Ooohhhhh." (some ignorant person stars talking on the phone).
Are you freaking (seriously) kidding me? In the middle of finals week? So being the polite, nice American girl that my momma raised me to be, I kinda just gave him what anybody else would do that kinda like, [puts finger up to lips in a "shh" motion]. "You know it's a library, like, we're trying to study, thanks!" And then it's the same thing five minutes later. But it's somebody else, you know -- I swear they're going through their whole families, just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing .(their whole address book). I mean I know, okay, that sounds horrible like I feel bad for all the people affected by the tsunami, (long distance relationships) but if you're gonna go call your address book like you might as well go outside because if something is wrong you might really freak out if you're in the library and everybody's quiet like you seriously should go outside if you're gonna do that.
So, thanks for listening, that was my rant. I just -- even if you're not Asian (ignorant) you really shouldn't be on your cell phone in the library but I've just never seen that happen before so thank you for listening and have a nice day.