Università Roma Tre - Corso di Studio in Lingue e Comunicazione Internazionale – 2005-2006 – Convenor: Patrick Boylan
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First year English for English minors |
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Oral
Performance in speaking the language of a DOUBLE* |
Click to see the evaluation CRITERIA and the evaluation FORM.
Identi-Kits
of
the students who used electronic media
by
Groups
Here
are the possible defects in the students' presentation
that would
justify a thumbs down evaluation. Anything else they do is fine.
BIOGRAPHY:
Many students have not documented the biography of their double very
well, because they have chosen a famous singer or actor and have
documented only her/his career. But a career doesn't tell us
everything about a person. For example, if you meet an athlete at a
party and want to get to know what s/he like, you don't talk only
about his/her success in sports, you try to find out what
made him/her be what s/he is .
So if the student only knows a singer's or a film star's career,
THUMBS DOWN.
CULTURE: It is not
enough to document the double's psychology or personal “culture”
(world view). Culture is NOT individual. It is what makes
the double similar to the other people of his community, from the
standpoint of values shared. For example, the singer Van
Morrison has a Protestant,
working-class Northern Irish culture that he escaped from by
identifying with American blue grass singers but that he still
carries in him. In fact, his songs are darker and more
imaginative than those of American blue
grass singers and this is due to his culture.
So
if the student only knows a singer's or a film star's personality but
not his/her roots, THUMBS DOWN.
LANGUAGE:
It is not enough to document a double's language by presenting texts
that s/he has written. Documenting the double's language means
finding a site that explains how the double's English is different
from Standard British or General American. To do this the
student must discover what linguistic community her/his double
belongs to in REAL life. Example: when he sings, Van Morrison
sounds like he speaks Southern Appalachian (Ridge and Valley)
American English. But, in reality, he speaks Hiberno
English (specifically, the Belfast
dialect). So
if the student only knows a singer's or a film star's way of singing
or speaking on stage, THUMBS DOWN.
Evaluation Form
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1st
Year English for English
minors - School of
Humanities - University
of Rome III - Convener:
Patrick Boylan 2005-06 Student's name (BLOCK LETTERS):_____________________________________________ Student's group: _____ Double's
name: ______________________________________ From:
_________________________________ 1.
After discussing (and perhaps viewing) the
biographical material, CIRCLE 2.
After discussing (and if possible viewing) the
cultural-identity material, 3.
After discussing (and viewing) the language
description material, MARK:
1 or more NOes = NO
(credit); all 3
YESes = YES
(credit); all 3 YESes + great performance = +
(credit plus)” Signature of Evaluator: ________________________________
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