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In this blog,I would like to express what i have learned in my critical literacy in week 1.
Firstly,let me introduce to the readers about the ten elements which I have learned in Critical Literacy.The first one is topic.In my opinion,topic is very important in every writing or literacy because i think topic played a very big role in attracting the people to have a view or to read any articles or any written sources such as newspaper.Secondly is content.For me,content must be related with the topic because each of them are playing an important role in giving the satisfaction of reading the article.For example in The Convicted Killer,the content is about what happened to Deborah Parry and how can she managed to be back at her work even though she was convicted to a murder. The third one is source and the source which has been taken from The Convicted Killer is from the London daily newspaper.In every writing,there must be some aims.I mean the audience/audiences.For example the aim of the Convicted Killer is for non-specialist but it is more suitable for the adults who concerned about what happened in this world.The fifth element is the rhetorical function.It means why is the articles are made of.?
The next element is purpose.In The Convicted Killer,the purposes are to inform and educate the respondents about what has happened to Deborah Parry and how can that happened.The perspective is very important.As we all know,everyone got their own perspective.It is all about commend or condemn what they have read.The other element is positioning.What i got from the learning in the class,positioning is about describing someone in the text.For example Deborah Parry can be described as a very unpredictable killer and she was convicted to a murder of her own colleague.In every article,it must give some impacts whether it's good or bad.Without any impact,readers cannot get what the writer or the editor wants to tell in their article.The last element is visual literacy. The function of the element is to attract the audiences to read the article.From the visual,people will be attracted to have a view on the literacy.As the conclusion,those ten elements are very important to make an excellent article.
Based on topic 1 which is Stories and Facts,it is about the factual writing which included the subtopics of the procedures writing,report writing,creativity and imagination in factual writing,developing report writing,explanation,sexism and factual writing and exposition.There are lots of it but what i got is the procedures of writing are built up around a sequence of events and it is also about how things had happened while report writing is about describing something.In factual writing,it needs creativity and imagination to entertain the people.In any factual writing,it must includes the explanation which is a reason why a judgment has been made and the exposition which is arguments why a thesis has been proposed.
In topic 2,Rules and Regulations which has been presented by Nabila Huda's goup,it is about the social processes,the rules and the regulations.The relationship of style to situation is very precise and functional,so that an analysis of linguistic structures reveals the contexts of language with considerable accuracy.The rules are made to impress the style of writing.The rules are much more oriented to action than the regulations.
READING 2.2(LANGUAGE,PERSPECTIVE AND IDEOLOGY
From this topic, it's talk about the language, the perspective and the ideology which have been using in writing. From my point of view, the language means the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of particular country or it means, the system of sounds and writing that human beings use to express their opinions and feelings. For example the language which has been using the white and black people are different. The white people tend to use the harsh words in their writing while the black people are more likely to use the appropriate words. For the perspective and ideology, both are also important in writing. Perspective means the opinions or attitudes toward someone or something while ideology is a set of ideas which form the basic for a political or economic system. The white people like to be bias in their writing while the black people are more fair and square in their writing.So, it shows that, everyone got their own way to write an article.
READING 2.3(TEXTS AND TEXTUALITIES)
Text and textuality are different. Text is a combination of sign while textuality is the context of a writing. The sign has such meanings for various groups of people in various social context. For example the words 'herb' or 'weed' signify something quite different. Texts may often seem to represent a preffered meaning and the meaning may be accepted, negotiated or opposed by different social groups or the readers. Textuality got its own analysis and production. The basic premiss of textual analysis is that all signifiers have multiple signifieds. So, as the conclusion of all, text and textuality are related to each other and it is important in creating a good writing.
READING 2.2(LANGUAGE,PERSPECTIVE AND IDEOLOGY
From this topic, it's talk about the language, the perspective and the ideology which have been using in writing. From my point of view, the language means the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of particular country or it means, the system of sounds and writing that human beings use to express their opinions and feelings. For example the language which has been using the white and black people are different. The white people tend to use the harsh words in their writing while the black people are more likely to use the appropriate words. For the perspective and ideology, both are also important in writing. Perspective means the opinions or attitudes toward someone or something while ideology is a set of ideas which form the basic for a political or economic system. The white people like to be bias in their writing while the black people are more fair and square in their writing.So, it shows that, everyone got their own way to write an article.
READING 2.3(TEXTS AND TEXTUALITIES)
Text and textuality are different. Text is a combination of sign while textuality is the context of a writing. The sign has such meanings for various groups of people in various social context. For example the words 'herb' or 'weed' signify something quite different. Texts may often seem to represent a preffered meaning and the meaning may be accepted, negotiated or opposed by different social groups or the readers. Textuality got its own analysis and production. The basic premiss of textual analysis is that all signifiers have multiple signifieds. So, as the conclusion of all, text and textuality are related to each other and it is important in creating a good writing.
Reading 3.3 and Reading 3.4
In this week, I have learned about reading 3.3 which is Critical Literacy and reading 3.4 which is Speech and Speaker. In reading 3.3, what can say is there are 5 elements on critical literacy. First is field which is an area of knowledge, interest and study. The second element is tenor which means the general meaning or character of something or someone. For example in the convicted killer article, it described about a victim named Deborah Perry. The other element is which is different type of text such as sarcastic, cynical and comment. The other elements are genre which is a style of art of literature and ideology which is a set of beliefs and principles.
In reading 3.4, it explained about the formation of individuals in discourse and genre. In the article, it said that discourses present modes of talking about the world from the point of view of a social institution. For example is sexism. Beside that, discourses construct reading position and subject positions for the readers of texts. Genres also construct reading position. In the article also said about language and language users. Language has a different look to different speakers and writers. The resources of a language are arranged around speakers and writers in specific ways and they can marshall a certain range of linguistic resources.
In reading 3.4, it explained about the formation of individuals in discourse and genre. In the article, it said that discourses present modes of talking about the world from the point of view of a social institution. For example is sexism. Beside that, discourses construct reading position and subject positions for the readers of texts. Genres also construct reading position. In the article also said about language and language users. Language has a different look to different speakers and writers. The resources of a language are arranged around speakers and writers in specific ways and they can marshall a certain range of linguistic resources.
PERSPECTIVES ON READING 2.1(BATTLING THE BULLIES)
The article of reading 2.1 talked about battling the bullies. It shows the event that happened to Ms.Watson's son which is bullying. As we can read the article, there are lots of perspectives will be given by the readers and audiences. In my opinion, the stance taken in the article is about the writer has condemned the school by the way they handling the bully cases. As we can see in the article, the school doesn't take a harsh and strict action from what has happened to the victim of bullying. Alongside, the mediation is such a useless action because we already know what will happen to the victim and the bully when they are facing to each other. At the end, the problem didn' go anywhere because the school doesn't take a serious action towards the bullies. So, the conclusion is the school should do something so that the bullies cannot go far as the other person will become their victim.
POSITIONING OF READING 3.1(PLEASE, LET ME GO TO YOUR SCHOOL)
The reading is about the descrimination case againts The Hills Grammar School which made by Mrs Finney. Mrs Finney has sued the school because the school didn't accepted her disabilities daughter to enter the school. I will focusing on the positioning of the article. The article describes Mrs Finney's disabilities daughter, Scarlett who was rejected by The Hills Grammar School as if she really wanted to enter the special school. In the article, she felt really dissapointed of the rejection. The school stated that they will take and accept the disabilities children but in this case, Scarlett has been refused to be part of the school. For example, in the article the writer says that Scarlett told the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commision about her dissapointment when the Baulkham Hills private school refused to enrol her. So, for the justice, the writer stated that, Mrs Finney and Scarlett will brought some evidences to the court to sue the school.
Reading 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and Reading 4.1
The reading 4.1, the article talks and discusses about the research of body language that speaks to muggers. In the article, according to two New York psychologists who are Betty Grayson and Morris Stein, there are several movements’ characterized easy victims which are they moved awkwardly, raising their left legs with their left arms and many more.
In reading 4.3, it discussed about evidence. What is evidence? Evidence is the facts, signs or objects that make someone behave that something is true. For example in the court, if someone wants to sue a particular person, they need to provide the evidence so that the court will support and take action on that particular person. The article has provided a case which is the spectacular kidnapping stunned the American nation which happened in 1932. First, the case took a very long period to prove the case because they lack of evidences but at the end, the kidnapper was convicted to the kidnapped and murdered case.
In the next reading which is reading 4.4, it explained about statistic. The word of statistic has two meanings. When it’s used with a plural verb, it refers to information about any phenomenon or activity expressed in numeral form such as college-enrolment figures. In singular sense, it indicates the art and science of collecting, presenting, analyzing and interpreting numerical data.
Crooked and fallacious thinking was discussed in reading 4.5. Crooked and fallacious thinking is the thinking which is fake, dishonest and false. It was made by the writer or presenter to attract the audiences to read and listen to their arguments and discussions. There are eleven ‘devices’ which have been used by the writers or speakers in crook and fallacious thinking. They are the transfer device which is use something to attract people, circular argument, false analogy, either-or-assumption, equivocation which is complicated thinking, taking ‘what is’ to be ‘what ought’, jumping from a non-include proposition to an inclusive conclusion and so on.
The reading 4.1, the article talks and discusses about the research of body language that speaks to muggers. In the article, according to two New York psychologists who are Betty Grayson and Morris Stein, there are several movements’ characterized easy victims which are they moved awkwardly, raising their left legs with their left arms and many more.
In reading 4.3, it discussed about evidence. What is evidence? Evidence is the facts, signs or objects that make someone behave that something is true. For example in the court, if someone wants to sue a particular person, they need to provide the evidence so that the court will support and take action on that particular person. The article has provided a case which is the spectacular kidnapping stunned the American nation which happened in 1932. First, the case took a very long period to prove the case because they lack of evidences but at the end, the kidnapper was convicted to the kidnapped and murdered case.
In the next reading which is reading 4.4, it explained about statistic. The word of statistic has two meanings. When it’s used with a plural verb, it refers to information about any phenomenon or activity expressed in numeral form such as college-enrolment figures. In singular sense, it indicates the art and science of collecting, presenting, analyzing and interpreting numerical data.
Crooked and fallacious thinking was discussed in reading 4.5. Crooked and fallacious thinking is the thinking which is fake, dishonest and false. It was made by the writer or presenter to attract the audiences to read and listen to their arguments and discussions. There are eleven ‘devices’ which have been used by the writers or speakers in crook and fallacious thinking. They are the transfer device which is use something to attract people, circular argument, false analogy, either-or-assumption, equivocation which is complicated thinking, taking ‘what is’ to be ‘what ought’, jumping from a non-include proposition to an inclusive conclusion and so on.
Reading 5.3 and 5.4
Reading 5.3 which is Types of Exposition: ‘persuading that’ and ‘persuading to’, has been presented by Atikah and Shima. Their presentation was good and there is some parts that is not clear especially about the explanation of the chapter. In my point of view, there are three types of exposition. They are analytical and hortatory exposition, reasoning in exposition and personality in exposition. Firstly, the focal element of an exposition is thesis. Hortatory exposition is ‘persuades to’ while analytical is ‘persuade that’. In reasoning in exposition, the expositions are about why. The function of Exposition is to interpret and explanation, so realizing and effect are important. Personality in exposition is often characterized as impersonal.
Reading 5.4 is about Metaphor. Metaphor is a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical thrive. It is a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For example, in ordinary language, “you’re so stubborn” but in metaphor, the people will use the words, “your head is hard like a stone”. Beside that, metaphor is clearly crucial to the way in which we talk about and construct our world. Lastly, metaphor draws on our knowledge of the physical world of concrete objects.
Reading 5.3 which is Types of Exposition: ‘persuading that’ and ‘persuading to’, has been presented by Atikah and Shima. Their presentation was good and there is some parts that is not clear especially about the explanation of the chapter. In my point of view, there are three types of exposition. They are analytical and hortatory exposition, reasoning in exposition and personality in exposition. Firstly, the focal element of an exposition is thesis. Hortatory exposition is ‘persuades to’ while analytical is ‘persuade that’. In reasoning in exposition, the expositions are about why. The function of Exposition is to interpret and explanation, so realizing and effect are important. Personality in exposition is often characterized as impersonal.
Reading 5.4 is about Metaphor. Metaphor is a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical thrive. It is a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For example, in ordinary language, “you’re so stubborn” but in metaphor, the people will use the words, “your head is hard like a stone”. Beside that, metaphor is clearly crucial to the way in which we talk about and construct our world. Lastly, metaphor draws on our knowledge of the physical world of concrete objects.
Reading 5.1
The article is about ‘AUSTRALIA’S METHADONE MESS’. In the article it discussed about a drug addict who is David Marx. He was a drug addict and has suffered for a long period. At the end, he managed to begin a new life and control his addict to drug. It also told the readers about Methadone. It stated that, Methadone is also like Heroin. It is a pressant that works by activating the brain’s opiate receptors, triggering a cascade of physical effects including smaller pupil size, pain relief and feeling well-being. Other than that, the article educated us the way to the addicts to have a normal life which is quitting. So, the article is good because it educate us to beware of drugs.
The article is about ‘AUSTRALIA’S METHADONE MESS’. In the article it discussed about a drug addict who is David Marx. He was a drug addict and has suffered for a long period. At the end, he managed to begin a new life and control his addict to drug. It also told the readers about Methadone. It stated that, Methadone is also like Heroin. It is a pressant that works by activating the brain’s opiate receptors, triggering a cascade of physical effects including smaller pupil size, pain relief and feeling well-being. Other than that, the article educated us the way to the addicts to have a normal life which is quitting. So, the article is good because it educate us to beware of drugs.
READING 5.2
OUT OF PUFF “Think you can get away with the odd ciggie here and there? Time to think again”)
The article is taken from Sunday Mail on May 4, 2003 and the writer of it is Kelly Baker. The article focuses on cigarette and woman. It contains about the case of a woman named Lisa. She is an athlete who works very hard for her first half marathon, quit drinking and aware of what she has eaten. There is one thing that she cannot refuse which is smoking. The article also discussed about why does woman smokes. The writer said in her article “women seem to be particularly susceptible to nicotine addiction.” The research stated that women smoke because they believe that it can keeps their weight down. As the conclusion, I would like to stress that smoking is not good for health because smoking can give lots of disadvantages to the smokers. So, STOP SMOKING!
OUT OF PUFF “Think you can get away with the odd ciggie here and there? Time to think again”)
The article is taken from Sunday Mail on May 4, 2003 and the writer of it is Kelly Baker. The article focuses on cigarette and woman. It contains about the case of a woman named Lisa. She is an athlete who works very hard for her first half marathon, quit drinking and aware of what she has eaten. There is one thing that she cannot refuse which is smoking. The article also discussed about why does woman smokes. The writer said in her article “women seem to be particularly susceptible to nicotine addiction.” The research stated that women smoke because they believe that it can keeps their weight down. As the conclusion, I would like to stress that smoking is not good for health because smoking can give lots of disadvantages to the smokers. So, STOP SMOKING!
Reading 6.1
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
Topic:
The article focuses on the cases of abduction, murdered and villain which happened to the young people especially children.
Content:
The article covers about the press conferences of children abductions. Other than that, it also discussed about the main roles that need to be played by media mass in helping the parents to find and search their children who have been kidnapped.
Source:
The article comes from an article on a newspaper called Time. It was published on August 26, 2002 and the writer of the viewpoint is Walter Kirn.
Audience:
The article is written for the reporters, media’s people and the person who are involve in distribution of the abduction. The article also suit for the public so that they will know the dangerous situation which will happened to the children who are not be watched by the parents.
The Rhetorical Function:
The article is designed to inform the readers the risk that the children will get if they are not with the adults or if they are playing around without their parents along.
Purpose:
The article aims to inform the effectiveness of the co-operation which given by the media in helping the public. Beside that, it wants to tell the important of media to the people in terms of promoting, researching and finding lost people and so on.
Perspective:
The stance taken in the article is the way the writer wrote the article. In the article, the writer seems to be focus on the things that have been done by the media in helping the people to find the lost children.
Positioning:
The article describes the media and the reporters of the press conference. It states about their role in public and in the article, it shows the importance of them to help the people.
Impact:
The effect on the readers is likely to be the influence of media to the viewers and people.
Other than that, from the accident, it will make the media become concern about the serious problem which happened to the children nowadays.
Visual Literacy:
The visual aspects of the text are interested because it showed the image of two children which are best friends who have been abducted and murdered. By looking at the image, the readers will become more interested to read the article.
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
Topic:
The article focuses on the cases of abduction, murdered and villain which happened to the young people especially children.
Content:
The article covers about the press conferences of children abductions. Other than that, it also discussed about the main roles that need to be played by media mass in helping the parents to find and search their children who have been kidnapped.
Source:
The article comes from an article on a newspaper called Time. It was published on August 26, 2002 and the writer of the viewpoint is Walter Kirn.
Audience:
The article is written for the reporters, media’s people and the person who are involve in distribution of the abduction. The article also suit for the public so that they will know the dangerous situation which will happened to the children who are not be watched by the parents.
The Rhetorical Function:
The article is designed to inform the readers the risk that the children will get if they are not with the adults or if they are playing around without their parents along.
Purpose:
The article aims to inform the effectiveness of the co-operation which given by the media in helping the public. Beside that, it wants to tell the important of media to the people in terms of promoting, researching and finding lost people and so on.
Perspective:
The stance taken in the article is the way the writer wrote the article. In the article, the writer seems to be focus on the things that have been done by the media in helping the people to find the lost children.
Positioning:
The article describes the media and the reporters of the press conference. It states about their role in public and in the article, it shows the importance of them to help the people.
Impact:
The effect on the readers is likely to be the influence of media to the viewers and people.
Other than that, from the accident, it will make the media become concern about the serious problem which happened to the children nowadays.
Visual Literacy:
The visual aspects of the text are interested because it showed the image of two children which are best friends who have been abducted and murdered. By looking at the image, the readers will become more interested to read the article.
Reading 7.1(Dieting)
Topic:
The article focuses on the issue of dieting.
Content:
The article covers about the process of dieting and weight control which happened during these days. Other than that, it states about the weight loss products which have been produced and the effect of the products. The article also included the research of dieting that doesn’t permanently work.
Source:
The article comes from a book written by Martin Seligman which is ‘The complete guide to self improvement.’
Audience:
The article is written for non-special person because the article is about the current issue that happened long times ago until now. Everyone can read the article but it is most suitable to be read by the person who in diet and planning to loss their weight.
The Rhetorical Function:
The article is designed to inform and warn the readers about dangers and pitfalls of commercially available weight loss programs and products.
Purpose:
The article aims to inform, warn and reassure the people who are concerned about their weight. It also written to make people realize the bad things that might be happened to the person who are too obsess with diet.
Perspective:
The stance taken in the article is the way the writer wrote the article. In his article, he has condemned the diet products and advertisement of losing weight. He also has talked about the medical that has supported the process of dieting.
Positioning:
The article describes the diet process and the products that can make the obesity people become beautiful. It also stated about the ‘natural weight’ which is difficult to reduce.
Impact:
The effect on the readers is likely to be negative and also positive. First the negative, the company that produced weight products will get problem in promoting and selling their products and the positive impact will be the people will realize the effects that they might get by practicing dieting in their life.
Visual Literacy:
The visual aspects of the text are not very attractive because it doesn’t show much image that related with the issue. The literacy of the article is very long but excellent because it includes lots of information that the readers didn’t know.
Topic:
The article focuses on the issue of dieting.
Content:
The article covers about the process of dieting and weight control which happened during these days. Other than that, it states about the weight loss products which have been produced and the effect of the products. The article also included the research of dieting that doesn’t permanently work.
Source:
The article comes from a book written by Martin Seligman which is ‘The complete guide to self improvement.’
Audience:
The article is written for non-special person because the article is about the current issue that happened long times ago until now. Everyone can read the article but it is most suitable to be read by the person who in diet and planning to loss their weight.
The Rhetorical Function:
The article is designed to inform and warn the readers about dangers and pitfalls of commercially available weight loss programs and products.
Purpose:
The article aims to inform, warn and reassure the people who are concerned about their weight. It also written to make people realize the bad things that might be happened to the person who are too obsess with diet.
Perspective:
The stance taken in the article is the way the writer wrote the article. In his article, he has condemned the diet products and advertisement of losing weight. He also has talked about the medical that has supported the process of dieting.
Positioning:
The article describes the diet process and the products that can make the obesity people become beautiful. It also stated about the ‘natural weight’ which is difficult to reduce.
Impact:
The effect on the readers is likely to be negative and also positive. First the negative, the company that produced weight products will get problem in promoting and selling their products and the positive impact will be the people will realize the effects that they might get by practicing dieting in their life.
Visual Literacy:
The visual aspects of the text are not very attractive because it doesn’t show much image that related with the issue. The literacy of the article is very long but excellent because it includes lots of information that the readers didn’t know.
DRUGS OR GUNS
The article is about the South Africa government has to face two legal cases which has challenging its priorities. The article was written by Peter Hawthorne. The article is very hard to understand because the way the writer wrote the article is very personal such as when he state of the events that have happened in South Africa. As we all know, Africa is a country that is known as a crime and chaos country. Because of all that, the government has taken the advantage of what had happened. So, as a conclusion, I would like to express my feelings toward the article that the article is very hard to understand.
The article is about the South Africa government has to face two legal cases which has challenging its priorities. The article was written by Peter Hawthorne. The article is very hard to understand because the way the writer wrote the article is very personal such as when he state of the events that have happened in South Africa. As we all know, Africa is a country that is known as a crime and chaos country. Because of all that, the government has taken the advantage of what had happened. So, as a conclusion, I would like to express my feelings toward the article that the article is very hard to understand.
Reflection on Critical Literacy
Critical Literacy is a very interesting subject. It has taught me how to do a critical review on an article. I have learned 10 elements in making a review on an article. The 10 elements are the topic, content, source, audience, rhetorical function, purpose, perspective, positioning, impact and visual literacy. All the way of the learning with Madam Yaya, I think that the way she taught the subject is really relate to this subject. Other than that, Critical Literacy is a subject that can make a student be a good writer. So, as a conclusion, I think that this subject is a very good subject in terms of making the student knows how to make a review on an article and other.
Critical Literacy is a very interesting subject. It has taught me how to do a critical review on an article. I have learned 10 elements in making a review on an article. The 10 elements are the topic, content, source, audience, rhetorical function, purpose, perspective, positioning, impact and visual literacy. All the way of the learning with Madam Yaya, I think that the way she taught the subject is really relate to this subject. Other than that, Critical Literacy is a subject that can make a student be a good writer. So, as a conclusion, I think that this subject is a very good subject in terms of making the student knows how to make a review on an article and other.
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