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

[Liz Coville]

Hi everyone,

Here are three more (I think they haven't been mentioned here -- sorry if
they have):

Stephen Fry on prescriptivism (kinetic typography):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

David Harrison appearing on the Colbert Report (illustrates humor,
interview as speech event):
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/103268/september-25-2007/k--david-harrison

Trailer for _Is that a Fish in your Ear_.  Very elementary introduction to
spatial orientation (Levinson et al):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1lvS0R91k

Cheers,

Liz

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:37 PM, INMACULADA M. GARCIA-SANCHEZ <
igarcias at temple.edu> wrote:

> In addition, to many of the titles that have already been mentioned here,
> such as "The Linguists," "Do You Speak American?" and "Multilingual Hong
> Kong"...I have also used successfully "Speaking in Tongues" (about
> bilingualism, language ideologies about bilingual education, and dual
> language immersion schools in the US).
>
> Best,
>
> Inma
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Alejandro Paz
> <alejandro.paz at utoronto.ca>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
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------**---------------------- Alejandro Paz
> > Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Humanities University of Toronto
> > Scarborough Graduate Depts of Anthropology and Linguistics University of
> > Toronto ------------------------------**-----------------------
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> Department of Anthropology
> Temple University
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>



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