Amanda Sandwich

[Amanda Sandwich @SandwichAmanda]

#eng211fall22 https://t.co/W30gkaGirR

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#eng211fall22 when talking about bilingual children and the myths of how it can delay or confuse a child, I felt like I never really heard that bc my parents made it clear from a young age that they thought speaking both made me smarter.

[Amanda Sandwich @SandwichAmanda]

#eng211fall22 when it comes to our language preferences based on aesthetics, there is not fact and it's all based on our individual conditioning.

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#eng211fall22 Myth 11 is a common myth I've heard. I thought it was funny bc when it came to learning languages and what came easier to English speakers it was German bc it was the most similar.

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#eng211fall22 I'll be researching different dialectics and the importance of preserving languages. The TedTalk we watched earlier this semester really intrigued me.

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#eng211fall22 The New York Times article was interesting due to the parts of language they explored that centered around people using certain slang to identify strong social boundaries for safety.

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#eng211fall22 Myth 9 shows that rumors about languages in secluded regions can be harmful due to misrepresenting the people that live there.

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@raqigorman #eng211fall22 so true! We all learn things differently.

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#eng211fall22 the quote from Myth 8 that says "the forces of good and evil fight for the souls of our children" shows the dramatics that people usually use to talk about how we need to return to the traditional ways of education vs. what we do today

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Myth 7

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#eng211fall22 though we may find new languages hard to learn, it's our own ability to learn a language that makes it hard, it's not an indicator that a language is harder to learn than your native language.

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#eng211fall22 Myth 8: so many people say that literacy and writing were so much better back then, and I didn't realize how I may have held on to that belief. Until I read the part 40 % of people at a wedding couldn't spell their name and it shook me.

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#eng211fall22 Myth 8 shows that not only is literacy and language not declining in "value", it shows the opposite, that we have added so much more over the years.

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#eng211fall22 Myth 7 shows that we can't measure the difficulty of each language because there are no set standards since each language is unique

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In Myth 5, I was a little torn because I've attempted to learn other languages and they were very complex to me. But seeing my mom learn English it's also clear that English written word=\= pronunciation can be seen as messier #eng211fall22

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As a person who very is fem presenting (most times) and talks a lot about what I believe in, the Chinese proverb “the tongue is the sword of a woman – and she never lets it go rusty” was very empowering #eng211fall22

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#eng211fall22 Rereading myth 3, I realize that when people say that the media is ruing English it just shows how history repeats itself with people who want to be purists because the language that they grew up speaking is changing. It's giving "the next generation is doomed".

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#eng211fall22 Myths 3 & 4 reinforces my belief that languages are not some projects to be finalized and never to be changed again. They serve the purpose of communication and understanding, not to be used as a way to prove you are better than someone bc you speak it "properly".

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@Anemo_Blume Yeah, this book definitely has a sarcastic tone to the way it describes each myth. I love it and find it hilarious. #eng211fall22

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#eng211fall22 Not sure if I'm looking too deeply into Myth 4 I feel like it was meant to be confusing to help us dispel the myth that French is a logical language bc everyone is going to think their own language makes more sense.

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@janahcolm yes! Journalism does provide a way to amplify voices that typically do not have such a large platform like for example, articles in The New York Times.