Transcript Language, Gender and Culture

Language, Gender and
Culture
Gladwell “Outliers: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes”
Reading Quiz
In your Outliers text, identify the areas of the text that refer to the Korean
Air crash, the Avianca crash, mitigated speech, American communication
and Power Distance Index descriptions. Write a 2-3 sentence description
of each topic.
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What happened in the Korean Air crash?
What happened in the Avianca crash?
What is mitigated speech and who uses it?
How is American communication described?
What is the Power Distance Index and which countries are
in the high and low categories?
Performing your Spoken Word
Texts
Take a minute to collect yourself
and decide how you will perform
it and where each of you will
stand. Take your time, do your
best and have fun!
Fishbowl Etiquette
 Each student is responsible for participating in the fishbowl process. On
the next slide you will see the discussion questions; look over the
questions and decide which ones you want to discuss with your peers.
 Each student is responsible for adding at least four thoughtful pieces of
commentary to the discussion. You may enter the discussion as many
times as you wish, however every student needs to participate in at least
two discussion topics. No hogging a topic!
 Each student is responsible for taking notes on at least four of the
discussion topics. Notes can include questions, ideas that you like or
disagree with, something that you find interesting, etc. You must have at
least four notes for each discussion topic. Bullet points are ok.
Questions
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Why is there a double standard between the way men & women
speak?
In what circumstances is speech with zero mitigation appropriate
(command)? With high mitigation (hint)?
How did gender roles and gender communication develop over
time?
We tend to speak differently depending on who we’re talking to
and how they relate to us. Under what circumstances do you do
this?
Which is considered to be “stronger” direct or indirect
communication? Why?
What role does culture or race play in the way we communicate
with people of the same culture and different cultures than
ourselves?
What are some solutions to solve cultural and gender
communication issues?
Language, Gender and
Culture
Gladwell “Outliers: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes”
Activity 1: Quickwrite
Write a one paragraph response to
this prompt:
Who is responsible for making
meaning out of a message; the
speaker or the listener?
Activity 2: Close reading
Activity 3: Text comparison chart
 Choose examples from the Tannen and Outliers texts that represent
each of the following ways in which one communicates:
Examples from
Tannen’s text
passive
polite
indirect
aggressive
powerful
powerless
insecure
Examples from
Gladwell’s text
Activity 4: ½ page response
Choose one of the topics on the handout
and write a ½ page response in your
classwork. You may refer directly to your
Tannen article.
Activity 5: Explaining Communication
Styles
Choose one particular communication pattern
and discuss what you mean by that form of
communication. Base your explanation on the
examples you provided from the texts and
elaborate on those examples to make your
point. Write a succinct and concise paragraph
that explains the style of communication.
Due now
Activity 1: Quickwrite
Activity 2: Close reading worksheet
Activity 3: Text comparison chart
Activity 4: ½ page response
Activity 5: Explaining communication styles