Please include prompt 1 and prompt 2
Prompt 1: English as a world language
After watching the Ryan and Walker TED talks … describe their main points. Are we moving towards one language = English? What are the advantages and disadvantages if that were to be the case? Why English and not another language, particularly Chinese? What’s your take on McWhorter’s statement that “…if the Chinese rule the world, they will likely do so in English”? Is it a problem (culturally), that, as Pullum discusses, higher education in a number of non-English speaking countries is moving towards English as the language of instruction?
Prompt 2: Endangered languages and technology
After watching the TED talks by Davis and Plotkin… describe your reactions to their arguments. Is it important to preserve the world’s languages? Isn’t it crucially important for individual advancement in any country to speak English? Does it matter in that case that a native language disappears?
The Grading Rubric is attached. PLEASE FOLLOW AND READ THE GRADING RUBRIC.
COM 233 Grading Rubric
Students who get a 100 on the Discussions, Quizzes and Learning Journals will have displayed the following
Thorough engagement with the textbook content Responded to all of the “prompts” in each discussion or quiz question (many prompts have several parts)
Provided sufficient detail and examples to reveal an “excellent” level of critical thinking in regards to the course content addressed by the prompts and questions.
An 85 indicates a “good” effort at all of the above, but some detail may be missing to thoroughly reveal the student’s level of critical thinking.
A 75 indicates an average effort at all of the above, meaning more detail and examples were required to completely show the student’s level of engagement and critical thinking.
A 59 indicates an incomplete response and/or one lacking in sufficient detail and examples to show the student has engaged with the actual course content.
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