Reading and Writing Essay

Based on Amoja Three Rivers’ “Cultural Etiquette,” Lynette Clemetson’s “The Racial Politics of Speaking Well,” and your own observations and experience, do some prewriting about issues of cultural sensitivity and language use. Don’t submit this, but look ahead: in Unit 3B we will discuss other texts dealing with this topic, and you will write and submit an essay dealing with any of this material you choose.
Amoja Three Rivers, “Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned”
Lynette Clemetson, “The Racial Politics of Speaking Well”
Based on Natasha Spring’s “Freedom of Speech vs. Politically Correct Language” and John Leo’s “Free Inquiry? Not On Campus,” revise and expand the essay on cultural sensitivity and language use that you started in Unit 3A. Your revised essay (on all four texts) need not radically shift its focus or perspective on the issues (though it can), but it should meaningfully incorporate ideas and challenges from the two new readings into its discussion of the underlying issues. Use specific details from the texts to support and illustrate your observations, being sure to use quotation marks when including an author’s words.
Natasha Spring, “Freedom of Speech vs. Politically Correct Language”
John Leo, “Free Inquiry? Not On Campus”

Skim through the eight thematic texts listed above and take some notes about the topics covered. Select some of the the texts to read more thoroughly, and then do some note-taking, brainstorming, and rough drafting for an essay dealing with issues of standardization, expectation, and judgment in response to language use.Continue working on your essay about standardization, expectation, and judgment in response to language use.Your finished essay need not deal with all eight Thematic texts assigned this week, but it should meaningfully incorporate a range of ideas and challenges from the readings. Use specific details from the texts to support and illustrate your observations, being sure to use quotation marks when including an author’s words.
William Deresiewicz, “You Talkin’ to Me?”
Geoffrey Nunberg, “The Decline of Grammar”
David Crystal, “The Prescriptive Tradition”
Edward Finegan, “State of American: What is ‘Correct’ Language?”
Dennis Baron, “Language and Society”
Carmen Fought, “Are Dialects Fading?”
John Fought, “Gatekeeping: Barring the Gates of Language”
Cecelia Cutler, “Crossing Over”

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