hw

Real life situation: working out

Not a knowledge issue: what does it mean to work out?

Poor: Does working out benefit you?

Intermediate: What are the risks or working out?

Good: How can working out affect the perception of yourself, and blur your reasoning?

knowledge issues

Level	Examples
Good	How does wearing jeans makes us behave differently?	To what extent can we trust our sense perception to explain the paranormal?	Does the idea of an epidemic affect our sense perception?
Intermediate	How is wearing jeans better than wearing other types of pants?	Should we believe paranormal claims?	Should we be worried about the effects of swine flu?
Poor	Why do we wear jeans in school?	Does the paranormal exist?	Is swine flu likely to kill millions?
Not a Knowledge Issue	Wearing jeans in school	What is the sixth sense	What do we mean by epidemic?
Real life	An interview with Miss Anne	A film on haunting	A new report on a new swine flu

Language

Let's see..what can I say about language...
The English word LANGUAGE derives from Latin lingua, "language, tongue."
LANGUAGE for me involves all the possible ways of communicating something to somebody else. Not only words, but body language, signs, etc. I find it very interesting the way that my dog and I communicate. I think it can be "called" body language, and sounds. Sometimes she reacts to my actions with a particular noise that tells me she's angry or unconfortable, or she may run in circles when she wants to go out. Its interesting to see how I understand her without any words, and how she understands some of the things I tell her.
I find it very impressive as well the thousands of languages that we humans have created over time, and their complexity. The miiiilions of letters, pronunciations, words..  Language is so important to us humans because without it we could not communicate, and as a very social specie communication is essential to us. 


Brenda :)