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

[Martha Karrebæk]

There is also a fantastic clip in Stephen Fry's Planet Word where (as I recall it) Fry interviews a member of the French Academy on the issue of language death. Fry wants to hear if the Academy does not find it problematic or at least thought provoking that many indigenous languages in France disappear. Maybe Fry even wants the Academy member to recognize that the French Academy could do something to prevent this and help the endangered languages survive. In stead the academy member answers that he does not pity the development and that he believes that it is the best solution in that the people who used to speak the indigenous languages are lucky in that they get the best and most beautiful language in exchange for the useless one they used to speak. 

This clip can be used for a range of discussions on language, ideology & language death. 

Martha

Den 12/12/2011 kl. 19.03 skrev Janina Fenigsen:

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvul3DC4l4E signing for “deaf” -derogatory
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGx1icFdLQ&feature=related John Baugh’s on
> language, prejudice, ling profiling, AfAm origin
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9x6kMO-mbo court proceedings with Spanish
> translator, used to illustrate Hymes’ SPEAKING model
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> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=small+talk&search_type=&aq=foffice
> small talk parody, used for participation structure illustration
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8561sf6Bg7s cavemen small talk
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDtVc3swF0U&feature=related small talk on
> Titanic (spoof)
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoR0U9l_QGQ  Mickey Mouse, boat christening
> ceremony, used for performative illustration
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcdY_wSklo&feature=related Pinker on
> swearing
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqwsYErMGQE&feature=related no “should” in
> Mende, used to illustrate lexicalized modality
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKsZ3_8qLg US Army Language and culture
> tactical training
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67V8qWQd_EM the creation of a sign sequence
> for “Obama” in manual language (some iconicity)
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfDWQG47pAQ, nonverbal communication
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=274_VdeckAU&feature=player_embedded
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> Obama’s presidential oath, used to illustrate performativity conditions
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8IvWp_lzUo Iranian politeness
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> http://www.slate.com/id/2264198/  (Hollywood multilingualism, from Kerim)
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> http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/08/19/doctor.laura.caller/index.html?hpt=C1
> Laura Slesinger n-word
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> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/08/18/netiquette.ask.date/index.html?iref=NS1
> asking out etiquette
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> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/04/14/crowley.silent.stance.cnn?hpt=C2
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPburLEZyY Colbert Congressional Hearing-
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> http://www.theonion.com/video/incomprehensible-shouting-named-official-us-langua,19417/
> new official language
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> Good luck,
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> Janina
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Jennifer Dickinson <
> Jennifer.Dickinson at uvm.edu> wrote:
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>> Alejandro,
>> I really like Multilingual Hong Kong which is a great video on
>> codeswitching that the students also seem to like.
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> And then there's this piece which is good for a day when you just want to
>> give everyone a laugh:
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>> http://youtu.be/BZXcRqFmFa8
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>> J.
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>> On 12/12/2011 10:20 AM, Alejandro Paz wrote:
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>>> Hi everyone,
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> 
>>> Alejandro
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>>>