Looking For Linguists: an extra credit opportunity
Hello, Linguists and Members of Various Communities of Practice!
So, a lot of you have been asking for extra credit opportunities. Here’s a great one– you’ve got until Thursday morning’s class to complete it.
One of the most common ways that we display the categories and communities we belong to is through the use of online profiles– your Facebook profile, your OK Cupid profile, your Soundcloud profile, your LastFM or Pandora profile, your Ello profile, your Tumblr profile, your Twitter profile, your LinkedIN profile, and on and on and on…
Your task for these possible extra credit points is to create a profile for the brand-new social meet-up site:
“Looking For Linguists”
Looking For Linguists is a social meet-up site where linguists are paired with non-linguists for language-related adventures. Choose your role– either you’re a linguist or a non-linguist– and create a profile that would encourage someone to pair with you for an adventure.
A couple things all LFL profiles must have:
1.) Tagline: Eleven words or less. Something that would make people searching LFL want to check out your profile. The title of your post will be LFL: [your tagline]
2.) About Me: Up to 140 characters describing who you are, generally (if you’re not sure how many characters 140 is, use this online tool)
3.) My language: Up to 500 characters. Must include– Geographic Region I’m From / Race~Ethnicity / Two Possible Communities of Practice I engage in / Two unique or interesting ways I use language / and optionally, you can include information on your social class or your gender~sexuality.
4.) Favorite Movies or Music (limit yourself to three things)
5.) Favorite Word. — make sure you describe *why* it’s your favorite– don’t just state the word!
6.) Describe your ideal linguistic adventure. Begin with who you’re looking for (be linguistically relevant!)
7.) Answer the question: “How is linguistics like a pine cone?”
8.) Under post “tags” give five words that describe you or your language experiences
9.) Under “categories” choose Pine Cone Linguistics, Thought Exercises, LFL, and Posts
10.) Finally… make sure you upload a profile picture to include! The profile picture should be oriented in the top-left of your post and should be 150 x 150 pixels (use the WordPress image editing tools if you need to change the size of your picture). Set your profile pic as a “featured image” if you want!
Here’s MINE so you can see what these things should look like.
GRADING: Grading will be a trickle-down system– Whoever has the best LFL profile will get the most extra credit points, and so on down the line. So be aware of things like formatting, spacing, use of good tags, appropriate insertion of links, proper formatting of the picture, use of a good (or interesting) picture, etc. After you post, look at your “LFL profile” and make revisions if necessary. And if you see any of your fellow students’ LFL profiles, make sure to comment on them!
Have fun!
-doug
D5 Creation
LFL: Aztec Student, Future ESL Teacher, former band/ current Nostalgia Nerd
About Me: I am a third generation native San Diegan.
My nationality is Scottish, Irish, and German.
* I understand just a little bit of german *
(Ich mach der strand / I like the beach)
I’m a distant relative of a late designer named Geoffrey.
I’m a former high school band nerd. *flautist*
I’m a self-proclaimed “skate-nastics” expert
(especially the scandals)
ask me ANYthing I just might/probably know it :=)
My Language: Caucasian of the middle-class from the east county about 20 minutes from Tijuana border. Grew up around Spanish,
however not quite as bilingual as I probably should be by now.
I have also been around people speaking Arabic, that language is to at the very least interesting to listen to when you have no basic knowledge of it – from what one word sounds and looks like to the makeup of its grammar where in spanish I can at least recognize verb words when I hear them. I also consider myself to be ‘nerdesque’ in reminiscing of old toys,cartoons(when there was actually good ones)on tv with friends.
My favorite movies:
1) Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion
2) *Also* A Walk To Remembr
3) The Goonies
Favorite Word: Nostalgia
nos·tal·gia/näˈstaljə,nəˈstaljə/
noun
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
I have an inherited Care Bear (TenderHeart)amongst other old stuffed animals – I remember the toys I had that I wish was saved – if I were to see it/them at an antique store/pawn shop I would buy it.
My Ideal Linguistical Adventure:
A Guy whom will go for a walk and into the puddles when its actually RAINING. He should be He would like to go to Antique store looking to buy those old magazines that include liquor and cigarette ads, plus watch Pawn Stars and want to go to Las Vegas with me to go to the actual Pawn Shop. He is a sports fan in general of football and baseball – of the local teams not a necessity, of skatenastics; either/or a plus epecially the judging systems an the borderline horrible coverage. On a day with nothing to do we would eat popcorn, red vines, nerds other fav candies while watching on DVD reruns of Quatum Leap, The Office, I Love Lucy, and all of the Star Trek TNG movies.
How is linguistics like a pine cone?
By the understanding that they both reproduce.
The pine from the cones come from tree and we have learned about linguistical trees with syntax. In addition to humnan and animal life, plant life and languages are always evolving.
#LFL #san diego #nerd #nostlgia #linguistics