stout & dasgupta, “When he doesn’t mean you: Gender-exclusive language as ostracism”
stout & dasgupta, “When he doesn’t mean you: Gender-exclusive language as ostracism”
Murphy’s Law is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. In a Murphistic universe, it follows that we also need to be wary of Muphry’s Law: “If you write anything criticizing proofreading or editing, there will be a fault or mistake in what you have written.”
Of course there will.
This is also know as Hartman’s Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation: “any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling is bound to contain at least one eror.”
I’m all for gaming as a learning approach to practice parsing parts of speech. Games get endorphins flowing, help develop speed and accuracy, and help identify individual areas of weakness for improvement. For adult studying parts of speech, I recommend:
Grammar Ninja by Greg Lieberman
Or, if you don’t mind paying $1.99 for a game for your iPhone or tablet:
Grammar Pop by Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty)
The internet is at its best when coming up with new words for how the internet is at its worst:
Whether I’ve been a student, an instructor, a parent with or without school-aged kids, or working full-time and not attending school in any capacity, I’ve always felt that September marks the start of a new year. New Year’s Day — in the deep freeze of an Alberta winter, doesn’t feel at all new. Cold — check. Dark — check. New? Not so much.
I’m more likely to make back-t0-school resolutions than New Year’s resolutions. For 2015 my resolution is to use this blog as a research journal where, weekly, I can record some of the articles and critical readings I do as an academic. I’m interested in how the process of blogging will deepen, change and shape that research experience for me.
Happy New Year!
Marlene
Congratulations to Katt Adachi, winner of the Winter 2015 Multimedia Authoring Story Slam Grand Slam Award.
Listen to Katt’s Award Winning Story: My Ojichan
Congratulations to Chris Dyer, winner of the 2015 Multimedia Authoring Story Slam Award (Section 13).
Listen to Chris’ Award Winning Story
Multimedia Authoring Story Slam Award Bachelor of Communications Studies Multimedia Authoring Section 12 Winter 2015