Where and when did I find this word?
I found this word in a scholarly article entitled, Conversing with Miguel: An adolescent English language learner struggling with literacy development by Elaine Rubinstein-Avila. This paper was authored by Miguel's summer literacy program tutor. This is one of the more enlightening article that I've read about English language learners because it contains the first-hand student account of their own literacy development,while most scholarly papers offer professional insights into ELL literacy development.
What does this word mean?
In psychology, phenomenology is used to refer to subjective experiences or their study. In regards to relating to experiences, phenomenological research emphasizes the importance of how people experience and feel things.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have zero familiarity with this word.
Do I want to know this word and why?
I do want to know this word. the paper it was found in was the same type of research paper that I am required to complete in order to graduate. Phenomenological research is important to my major of study. Literacy is such a personal experience that to study it without studying the experiences and the feelings that it conjures would be neglecting a large part of the literacy development continuum.
Do I want others to know this word?
Unless you are in a field where such words should be mastered , it is probably not a very important word for everyone to know
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
5:2 Juxtaposed
Where and when did I find this word?
I found this word in a reading that was assigned in another course. The article is entitled, Imagining the Possibilities in Multimodal Curriculum Design by Peggy Albers. The article is about how and why educators and administrators should focus on multimodal curricular planning. The word was found in the following sentence:
I have always loved literature for its ability to teach me about ideas, places, and people I have not experienced in my own life, but now I see how much more powerful these stories can be when juxtaposed with images, poetry, and music that take the reader to the emotional space of the piece of work.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wordnetweb.princeton.edu/, the word juxtaposed means to place side by side. The example given was: The pictures were juxtaposed so that we could compare them.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have come across this word many times but I had always thought that it meant "add to." When I saw it in this particular scholarly paper, I used the context clues given within the reading to try to define it, but I was unable to come up with anything more than "add to."
Do I want to know this word and why?
I do want to know this word. First, I like the way it sounds, it sounds very "technical." Second, as an educator, I want to know as many words correctly as possible. Somewhat knowing or maybe knowing a word is embarrassing. Third, I can use this word in my classroom and teach it to my students. I create many presentations where I juxtapose clip art, movie or music clips, or pictures within the presentation.
Do I want others to know this word?
I think that many people are like me, we sort of know what a word means. We usually don't use this word when speaking because we are unsure of its meaning but when we come across it while reading or listening we can use the context in which it is used to come up with a round-about definition so that we can sort of understand what we are reading or listening to. It is important for others to know this word because in the technology driven society we live in, it is wise to know such words rather than just sort of know.
I found this word in a reading that was assigned in another course. The article is entitled, Imagining the Possibilities in Multimodal Curriculum Design by Peggy Albers. The article is about how and why educators and administrators should focus on multimodal curricular planning. The word was found in the following sentence:
I have always loved literature for its ability to teach me about ideas, places, and people I have not experienced in my own life, but now I see how much more powerful these stories can be when juxtaposed with images, poetry, and music that take the reader to the emotional space of the piece of work.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wordnetweb.princeton.edu/, the word juxtaposed means to place side by side. The example given was: The pictures were juxtaposed so that we could compare them.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have come across this word many times but I had always thought that it meant "add to." When I saw it in this particular scholarly paper, I used the context clues given within the reading to try to define it, but I was unable to come up with anything more than "add to."
Do I want to know this word and why?
I do want to know this word. First, I like the way it sounds, it sounds very "technical." Second, as an educator, I want to know as many words correctly as possible. Somewhat knowing or maybe knowing a word is embarrassing. Third, I can use this word in my classroom and teach it to my students. I create many presentations where I juxtapose clip art, movie or music clips, or pictures within the presentation.
Do I want others to know this word?
I think that many people are like me, we sort of know what a word means. We usually don't use this word when speaking because we are unsure of its meaning but when we come across it while reading or listening we can use the context in which it is used to come up with a round-about definition so that we can sort of understand what we are reading or listening to. It is important for others to know this word because in the technology driven society we live in, it is wise to know such words rather than just sort of know.
5:1 Bamboo Curtain
When and where did I find this word?
I found this word in a short passage designed to assess student reading comprehension. The passage was on a PSAT review website. The passage is about a young girl conflicted with not feeling Chinese nor American. She was born in China and immigrated to the United States. The word was in the following segment of the passage:
President Richard Nixon's historic trip to China
in February 1972 made a visit seem possible
for me. That summer, China cracked open the
"bamboo curtain" that separated it from the
West, allowing a small group of Chinese
American students to visit the country
as a goodwill gesture to the United States.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wikipedia.org/, the bamboo curtain was a euphamism for the East Asian version of the Iron Curtain. As a physical boundary, it was marked by the borders around the Communist states of East Asia, in particular those of the Peoples' Republic of China, during the Cold War.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I had never seen this word before encountering it in the passage. When I saw it in the passage I circled it so that I would look up the definition later, but it did make me think of the Iron Curtain. Knowing the history behind the Iron Curtain and knowing that China was cut off from the rest of the world for many years, and considering that China is known for its uses of bamboo, I assumed that the bamboo curtain was similar to the Iron Curtain, but instead of the Eastern Europe, it referred to Eastern Asia.
Do I want to know this word and why?
I'm glad that I know what this phrase means but I don't think it's is a phrase I couldn't live without. Knowing it expands my vocabulary, and therefore, my writing skills but I don't think it's a vital phrase to know.
Do I want other people to know this word?
Because this word was found in a PSAT review reading passage, it is important that student's and their instructor's know this word.
I found this word in a short passage designed to assess student reading comprehension. The passage was on a PSAT review website. The passage is about a young girl conflicted with not feeling Chinese nor American. She was born in China and immigrated to the United States. The word was in the following segment of the passage:
President Richard Nixon's historic trip to China
in February 1972 made a visit seem possible
for me. That summer, China cracked open the
"bamboo curtain" that separated it from the
West, allowing a small group of Chinese
American students to visit the country
as a goodwill gesture to the United States.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wikipedia.org/, the bamboo curtain was a euphamism for the East Asian version of the Iron Curtain. As a physical boundary, it was marked by the borders around the Communist states of East Asia, in particular those of the Peoples' Republic of China, during the Cold War.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I had never seen this word before encountering it in the passage. When I saw it in the passage I circled it so that I would look up the definition later, but it did make me think of the Iron Curtain. Knowing the history behind the Iron Curtain and knowing that China was cut off from the rest of the world for many years, and considering that China is known for its uses of bamboo, I assumed that the bamboo curtain was similar to the Iron Curtain, but instead of the Eastern Europe, it referred to Eastern Asia.
Do I want to know this word and why?
I'm glad that I know what this phrase means but I don't think it's is a phrase I couldn't live without. Knowing it expands my vocabulary, and therefore, my writing skills but I don't think it's a vital phrase to know.
Do I want other people to know this word?
Because this word was found in a PSAT review reading passage, it is important that student's and their instructor's know this word.
4:3 Paradoxical
When and where did I find this word?
I found this word in a short passage assessing student reading comprehension on a PSAT review website. The passage is about a young Chinese girl that doesn't feel at home in the United States but also in
China. The word was in the following passage:
When I got to college, I decided to learn more about
"where I came from" by taking classes in Asian
History. I even studied Mandarin Chinese. This had
the paradoxical effect of making me question
my Chinese-ness. Other student, and even the
teaches, expected me to sprout perfectly
accented English.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wordnetweb.princeton.edu/, the definition of paradoxical is: seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. The example given: "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking."
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have heard this word many times and from the context clues in the reading passage, I surmised that the definition included contradictory ideas.
Do I want to know this word and why?
Paradoxical is a word I do want to know. It is a word that efficiently describes a seemingly complex idea. The concept of two or more contradictory ideas that both may be true is a difficult concept to teach to students.
I chose this word because even though I somewhat knew what it meant I didn't have the right vocabulary to explain it when a student asked me what the definition was. The best I could do was give him an example of what I thought the word meant. It is important to use the correct vocabulary when teaching vocabulary.
Do I want others to know this word?
It is important for educators of literacy, reading, English, or Social Studies to know what this word means. It is also a good word for writers to know. Good writers use as few words as possible to convey an idea. This one word conveys a lengthy idea and is therefore useful in writing.
I found this word in a short passage assessing student reading comprehension on a PSAT review website. The passage is about a young Chinese girl that doesn't feel at home in the United States but also in
China. The word was in the following passage:
When I got to college, I decided to learn more about
"where I came from" by taking classes in Asian
History. I even studied Mandarin Chinese. This had
the paradoxical effect of making me question
my Chinese-ness. Other student, and even the
teaches, expected me to sprout perfectly
accented English.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.wordnetweb.princeton.edu/, the definition of paradoxical is: seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. The example given: "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking."
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have heard this word many times and from the context clues in the reading passage, I surmised that the definition included contradictory ideas.
Do I want to know this word and why?
Paradoxical is a word I do want to know. It is a word that efficiently describes a seemingly complex idea. The concept of two or more contradictory ideas that both may be true is a difficult concept to teach to students.
I chose this word because even though I somewhat knew what it meant I didn't have the right vocabulary to explain it when a student asked me what the definition was. The best I could do was give him an example of what I thought the word meant. It is important to use the correct vocabulary when teaching vocabulary.
Do I want others to know this word?
It is important for educators of literacy, reading, English, or Social Studies to know what this word means. It is also a good word for writers to know. Good writers use as few words as possible to convey an idea. This one word conveys a lengthy idea and is therefore useful in writing.
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