For this weeks blog, week 7, I decided to work on identifying the differences between the way men and women use language. In this blog I am planning on explaining what I believe the differences in not only how men and women use the language but also the tone, words, facial expressions, and everything else that goes along with having a conversation. Most women, when they speak, all have the tendency to have the same patterns of speech or similarities. In my opinion women, it happens more in mother's than just any in general, have a nuturing kind of tone that goes along with their voice. It is very common in all women, normally, to have a softer sort of tone but at the same time they have a higher pitch to their voice. The easiest way to describe it would be to say that it is more of a feminine type of voice. Another thing that is very significant with women is that they tend to speak with their heart as in they speak with the highest tintention of not offending anybody. Women do not like to be hurt with words or actions so they try not to hurt anybody else's feelings. But at the same time we tend to just speak out and not think of what we said until after we say it. Women tend to project their feelings not only through facial expressions but also through their body language. Women, in my opinion, have an easy to read sort of body language. But then again it may just be because I know what I do personally depending on how i am feeling at that moment or how i am just feeling in general. Women speak with there bodies and looks, as in facial expressions, more than their words. When they are mad they tend to give you like this evil death ray kind of look. It pretty much says that they want to kill you with their eyes. Also with this they have their arms crossed in frustration. there are just so many different techniques to understanding the woman language.
But then on the other side of language you have men. As confusing as they seem, they really are not that different from women. Well they are but not really. While women tend to blurt out the answer to anybody's question men tend to sit a allow their answer to maranade. They take their time responding to a question and in most cases they are only like a one or two word response. While women on the other hand like to drag on the answer and give every detail they want to, even if it is not necessary. Men have more of a masculine voice. And by this i mean they have a deeper and lower voice than women normally do. Of course there are some exceptions for both men and women but for a moment we will just include them into these two groups. men are more subtle with their emotions. Most of the time they would be quiet when they are upset which is the complete opposite of some women. You do not really know what is going through a man's head because unlike women they do not like to share their feelings or problems. Men and women both differ in their use of a language. Whether it is with their tone, words or just the language in general. We were made to be different so just embrace it. No matter how upsetting it is.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Speechless :)
Nonverbal ques are used by everybody around us. Most are done whether they are aware of it or not. There are many examples of nonverbal ques. These ques have many faces; they can be anything from a simple little gesture like a smile to something bigger like a shift with a limb or with your entire body. I have always taken notice to the different kinds of gestures that go with the different emotions and emphasis of words. Depending on the person and what they want to say with their body, eyes, facial expression, hands, stance or posture. There are even insignificant ones like something as little as a smile can represent a lot of things. It can be like a hello greeting, or used with one, a happy gesture or even a way to hide how unhappy you are. It can be used to hide your feelings either way this action shows a feeling without having to say anything at all. They are very good ways to help with talking to people. Other people use a lot of different gestures but there are a few that I know I use all the time. And they all have an emotion that goes with them, whether I do it purposely or not. Depending on the topic or issue my body alignment can and will always change. It will fit with my seriousness of the conversation. The more intense, or the more serious I need to be, the taller or more proper I stand, well I have better posture. I call it my “serious” or my “business” stance. Also I tend to “speak with my hands” as in gestures with size or different directions. I use them to show the severity or how strongly I feel about them. I also speak with my eyes or facial expressions. If I think your full of it I tend to have big eyes, or wide eyes. If I am confused I have a questionable look on my face, by questionable I mean like my eyes are squinted and even my posture reflects it. I tend to lean forward and turn one of my feet kind of outward. And to make it really easy I, most of the time, have my arms out sort of in the air with my palms up. Most people do this when they say what or something like that. Then I have a tendency to smile no matter how I am feeling. I am the kind of person that can hide behind a smile. I tend to send people the message that, no matter how bad my day was, I am happy and having a terrific time. My mom always told me to smile no matter how bad you hurt inside because you never want to show people that you can be hurt. So I am a tough kid because of that. There is on that I know I do but I am not very happy about it. I tend to play with my hair when I get nervous or anxious. I never knew why I did this but I used to think it was just cause I tend to fidget but I was wrong. But verbal ques are everywhere around us. I am very confident when I say that even you have at least one nonverbal way of speaking.
Friday, March 12, 2010
English the Language that Dominates
This week for the blog assignment I decided to try and explain the problem nonnative speakers face while they try to compete in today’s global economy, which is dominated by a single language.
There are many challenges that everybody has to deal with everyday. We are given challenges in our lives in order to better ourselves and grow. These challenges are just things that everybody must go through mainly in the form of a right of passage because everybody has them at one time or another. These challenges are mainly based on the choices you make. But there are some challenges that very few people have to deal with and have choices on. There are people that live in places unfamiliar and not really their own that need to adapt and learn to communicate with the rest of the people. When you live in a region that is dominated by one main language and you have a job, business or just need to talk with people you must know the language that they speak. And in a global economy where English is number one every body knows this in order to survive. If you do not know how to or cant speak to others, due to a language barrier, the you will have a difficult time trying to compete in our global economy. In today’s global economy since most trade is done between nations there needs to be some form of common language. If there is no common language nothing can ever really get done efficiently. Not being able to talk creates problems and problems cause no trade or bargaining to happen which equals no business or slow business which is definitely not a good thing. For those other countries that trade with people in general they all need a common language in order to be able to negotiate or discuss products that their client or clients will need. Instead of dealing with the hassle of everybody learning everybody else’s language, even though it would be pretty amazing to know every known spoken language, like all five million of them, not really but you get the picture, it is jus a pain reliever to have one known language. So the fact that English is that language makes it easier on us, not only because we are a bit lazy but also because it just makes it easier for us because we are probably one of the biggest trade nations. English should dominate the language of the world and the global economy because we are just awesome, not really but if anybody should have an advantage it should be us. We rely on trade, as I stated before, the most especially with things like oil. Knowing how hard it is to learn a second or third language I am impressed on how the rest of the world has joined this advancement. For everybody to know and be able to speak one language is great because it is closing the gaps we have between us little by little. Everyday we show how much the world revolves on everybody and how we need every group to help us out. And now that the market is an English friendly place maybe we can get more done together. Maybe.
There are many challenges that everybody has to deal with everyday. We are given challenges in our lives in order to better ourselves and grow. These challenges are just things that everybody must go through mainly in the form of a right of passage because everybody has them at one time or another. These challenges are mainly based on the choices you make. But there are some challenges that very few people have to deal with and have choices on. There are people that live in places unfamiliar and not really their own that need to adapt and learn to communicate with the rest of the people. When you live in a region that is dominated by one main language and you have a job, business or just need to talk with people you must know the language that they speak. And in a global economy where English is number one every body knows this in order to survive. If you do not know how to or cant speak to others, due to a language barrier, the you will have a difficult time trying to compete in our global economy. In today’s global economy since most trade is done between nations there needs to be some form of common language. If there is no common language nothing can ever really get done efficiently. Not being able to talk creates problems and problems cause no trade or bargaining to happen which equals no business or slow business which is definitely not a good thing. For those other countries that trade with people in general they all need a common language in order to be able to negotiate or discuss products that their client or clients will need. Instead of dealing with the hassle of everybody learning everybody else’s language, even though it would be pretty amazing to know every known spoken language, like all five million of them, not really but you get the picture, it is jus a pain reliever to have one known language. So the fact that English is that language makes it easier on us, not only because we are a bit lazy but also because it just makes it easier for us because we are probably one of the biggest trade nations. English should dominate the language of the world and the global economy because we are just awesome, not really but if anybody should have an advantage it should be us. We rely on trade, as I stated before, the most especially with things like oil. Knowing how hard it is to learn a second or third language I am impressed on how the rest of the world has joined this advancement. For everybody to know and be able to speak one language is great because it is closing the gaps we have between us little by little. Everyday we show how much the world revolves on everybody and how we need every group to help us out. And now that the market is an English friendly place maybe we can get more done together. Maybe.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The L.A.W. :) Learning About Writing
There are many things we can all, as individuals, do in order to be better writers and write a well thought out, complete essay. Here are just a few ideas on how you can easily improve your writing.
Well the first thing you need to do is figure out that you are going to want to be or need to be a writer. Whether it is a career choice or a school assignment.
Then you should pick what kind of writer you are going to want to be. There are a few different types and styles of writing. You can be a change writer, one who hopes that their writing touches people and changes them for the better. Or even give them enough information and knowledge to be informed. There are also propaganda writers, their job involves inviting passive agreement. Or an expository which this person is great with story telling or story writing. Then there are writers that have a clear and concise talent for being able to talk to the average person, or everyday people. The fourth and final kind I found. Discussed in this chapter are different forms of writers and languages that the writers use.
After this you need to decide on a topic. Because everyone needs to know what their topic is or will be. This will obviously reflect your message and what kind of writer you want to be.
These are somethings you should do prior to working on writing the essay, book, article, or any other form of literature.
The biggest most important thing is to say what needs to be said and nothing more. After you have said all you feel is necessary and needs to be known about the topic there is no need to add more. Mainly because it takes away from your writing and sort of makes it boring.
Another thing is that you need to make sure you do not repeat yourself. You need to make sure that you do not repeat yourself because it isn't good to repeat, even though repetition leads to retention. There are somethings that should be repeated but later like when concluding it. The worse thing to do is to repeat yourself more than twice and do it with the same words or with rearranged words it all has the same meaning.
You should know the it is okay to repeat a word, a couple times. Do avoid descriptions when referring to an object instead of saying its name because you've used it before.
Order is very important. You need to do it either chronologically, a cause-effect and solution kind of thing or something along those lines. Organization is key, if your essay is not organized people can get lost. Same or similar issues, topics and descriptions should be together. It makes it easier on the reader.
You language and tone needs to be direct. No beating around the bush. You must say directly what you want to say no matter what it is. Nobody can judge you on your writing, not without jugding their own perfectly first. But at the same time you can't make youself the most important things in the world. No making yourself center of attention but it is ok to make an issue the center of attention.
Your speech, or language, and tone all need to be fitting of your possible audience or your intended readers. The language and tone are the most important things with essays. These set the level of what your essay could be. The better they are the stronger your paper is. Mainly becasue you intended audience can have their own language all their own. You can't expect a regular person to to speak as a doctor does, when they are working. The doctor's vocabulary consist of mainly health and medical terms. While a teller or bank personal speaks in their own language that goes with their groups. Every group has their own language so you would either need to simplify it to make it every reader friendly or just got with a more advanced audience.
Besides these things the basics are necessarily like grammar and spelling. You need to make sure you spell words properly and have complete sentences. Just a little common sense alone can do a lot for your paper but if you want to go above and beyond then listen to the articles written in this chapter and you will get a lot of advice. How you choose to use it is your choice.
Well the first thing you need to do is figure out that you are going to want to be or need to be a writer. Whether it is a career choice or a school assignment.
Then you should pick what kind of writer you are going to want to be. There are a few different types and styles of writing. You can be a change writer, one who hopes that their writing touches people and changes them for the better. Or even give them enough information and knowledge to be informed. There are also propaganda writers, their job involves inviting passive agreement. Or an expository which this person is great with story telling or story writing. Then there are writers that have a clear and concise talent for being able to talk to the average person, or everyday people. The fourth and final kind I found. Discussed in this chapter are different forms of writers and languages that the writers use.
After this you need to decide on a topic. Because everyone needs to know what their topic is or will be. This will obviously reflect your message and what kind of writer you want to be.
These are somethings you should do prior to working on writing the essay, book, article, or any other form of literature.
The biggest most important thing is to say what needs to be said and nothing more. After you have said all you feel is necessary and needs to be known about the topic there is no need to add more. Mainly because it takes away from your writing and sort of makes it boring.
Another thing is that you need to make sure you do not repeat yourself. You need to make sure that you do not repeat yourself because it isn't good to repeat, even though repetition leads to retention. There are somethings that should be repeated but later like when concluding it. The worse thing to do is to repeat yourself more than twice and do it with the same words or with rearranged words it all has the same meaning.
You should know the it is okay to repeat a word, a couple times. Do avoid descriptions when referring to an object instead of saying its name because you've used it before.
Order is very important. You need to do it either chronologically, a cause-effect and solution kind of thing or something along those lines. Organization is key, if your essay is not organized people can get lost. Same or similar issues, topics and descriptions should be together. It makes it easier on the reader.
You language and tone needs to be direct. No beating around the bush. You must say directly what you want to say no matter what it is. Nobody can judge you on your writing, not without jugding their own perfectly first. But at the same time you can't make youself the most important things in the world. No making yourself center of attention but it is ok to make an issue the center of attention.
Your speech, or language, and tone all need to be fitting of your possible audience or your intended readers. The language and tone are the most important things with essays. These set the level of what your essay could be. The better they are the stronger your paper is. Mainly becasue you intended audience can have their own language all their own. You can't expect a regular person to to speak as a doctor does, when they are working. The doctor's vocabulary consist of mainly health and medical terms. While a teller or bank personal speaks in their own language that goes with their groups. Every group has their own language so you would either need to simplify it to make it every reader friendly or just got with a more advanced audience.
Besides these things the basics are necessarily like grammar and spelling. You need to make sure you spell words properly and have complete sentences. Just a little common sense alone can do a lot for your paper but if you want to go above and beyond then listen to the articles written in this chapter and you will get a lot of advice. How you choose to use it is your choice.
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