AV tools for teaching intro to ling anth (esp. films, youtubes, etc)

[Janina Fenigsen]

Here goes my list of YouTube clips:







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvul3DC4l4E signing for “deaf” -derogatory



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGx1icFdLQ&feature=related John Baugh’s on
language, prejudice, ling profiling, AfAm origin



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9x6kMO-mbo court proceedings with Spanish
translator, used to illustrate Hymes’ SPEAKING model



http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=small+talk&search_type=&aq=foffice
small talk parody, used for participation structure illustration



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8561sf6Bg7s cavemen small talk



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDtVc3swF0U&feature=related small talk on
Titanic (spoof)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoR0U9l_QGQ  Mickey Mouse, boat christening
ceremony, used for performative illustration



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcdY_wSklo&feature=related Pinker on
swearing



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqwsYErMGQE&feature=related no “should” in
Mende, used to illustrate lexicalized modality



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKsZ3_8qLg US Army Language and culture
tactical training



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67V8qWQd_EM the creation of a sign sequence
for “Obama” in manual language (some iconicity)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfDWQG47pAQ, nonverbal communication



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=274_VdeckAU&feature=player_embedded

 Obama’s presidential oath, used to illustrate performativity conditions



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8IvWp_lzUo Iranian politeness



http://www.slate.com/id/2264198/  (Hollywood multilingualism, from Kerim)



http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/08/19/doctor.laura.caller/index.html?hpt=C1
Laura Slesinger n-word



http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/08/18/netiquette.ask.date/index.html?iref=NS1
 asking out etiquette





http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/04/14/crowley.silent.stance.cnn?hpt=C2



“silent” speech



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPburLEZyY Colbert Congressional Hearing-
heteroglossia



http://www.theonion.com/video/incomprehensible-shouting-named-official-us-langua,19417/
new official language

Good luck,

Janina

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Jennifer Dickinson <
Jennifer.Dickinson at uvm.edu> wrote:

> Alejandro,
> I really like Multilingual Hong Kong which is a great video on
> codeswitching that the students also seem to like.
>
> From a series by Oliver Sacks Parts of "The Rajin' Cajun" can be used for
> a very simple intro to ASL but it also deals with related communication
> issues.
>
> On YouTube the Swedish Chef is good for discussing mock language,
> including an episode that discusses mock Japanese.  There are also some old
> Bugs Bunny cartoons that show WWII era mock German.
>
> And then there's this piece which is good for a day when you just want to
> give everyone a laugh:
>
> http://youtu.be/BZXcRqFmFa8
>
> J.
>
>
>
> On 12/12/2011 10:20 AM, Alejandro Paz wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm teaching a second-year introduction to ling anth for the first time.
>> The sister courses in socio-cultural here use a great deal of AV material,
>> along with the lectures and tutorial discussions. I'd be very grateful for
>> any recommendations for useful movies, youtube clips, and the like that
>> others have found useful to teach ling anth topics. For example, I have
>> found the comedian Russell Peters is useful for introducing students to
>> ethnicity and race with language. There's a youtube clip from one of his
>> shows on "cultural names" that works well.
>>
>> I have a feeling that this has been asked before, and if so, feel free to
>> point me to the archived discussion. If not, I'm happy to collate the
>> answers that I get into a blog post or the like.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Alejandro
>>
>>