The Language Connection, Or Talk Is Not Always Cheap  

Oleh:

Altman, Howard B.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Foreign Language Annals (Full Text; di PROQUEST 2004 - terbaru) vol. 11 no. 4 (1978), page 359-365.
Fulltext: 11_04_Altman.pdf (420.76KB)

Isi artikel

Although language is our professional 'connection,' i t also has the capacity to function as our 'disconnection' in two ways: on the one hand, teachers of different languages disconnect themselves from one another, resulting in a highly fragmented profession; on the other hand, the language we use, and the ways in which we use it, in communicating with one another, with our students, and with educational decision-makers has t h e e f f e c t of disconnecting us from ourselves and from those we most need to impress. In Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk, Postman illustrates how our use of language often works against us. Crazy talk is talk which has bad or unachievable purposes; stupid talk is talk which is ineffectivein achieving its purposes. By examining our professional discourse, various examples of crazy talk and stupid talk in our journals and our interactions with one another are illustrated. It is hoped that an awareness of the impact of our use of language will allow i t to serve as our 'connection' instead of our 'disconnect ion .'

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