Learning about Discourse Mapping in “5 Myths about Mental Illnesses”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed:  Discourse Mapping

Time Required for Activity: 20 mins

Objective: 

To learn about Discourse Mapping from an English text.

In this video, a narrator attempts to debunk five common myths about mental illnesses.

Prediction

You will watch a video in which a narrator challenges five common myths about mental illnesses. In the video, the narrator provides an argument for why each myth is inaccurate. Before watching […]

2022-02-09T10:14:08-06:00February 9th, 2022|

Discourse Mapping a Procedural text – “How to Cook with Cast Iron”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed:  Discourse mapping; Comprehension: English discourse

Time Required for Activity: 60 mins

Objective: 

To create a discourse map of a video text explaining how to clean and cook with cast iron skillets.

In this video, a narrator from YouTube cooking channel Tasty explains how to clean and cook with cast iron skillets.

The activity in this post is based on:

Winston, E.A. & Monikowski, C.M. “Discourse Mapping: Developing Textual Coherence […]

2022-01-25T11:03:37-06:00July 19th, 2018|

Identifying discourse markers and examples of spatial structuring in Creative Advocacy Through Visual Narrative by Melissa Malzkuhn

Example from 2:46-2:54: Melissa uses her non-dominant hand to mark herself as a child on her left side and then talks about herself as a PhD student and contrasts her experiences with protest… marking those two different spaces with both her body shifting and use of dominant & non-dominant hands.

Example from 3:34-3:37: Melissa sets up the space with her […]

2022-01-27T13:47:25-06:00July 9th, 2018|

Learning about Message Coherence in “Riddle_Short bio”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed: Message Coherence

Time Required for Activity: 15 mins

Objective: To learn about message coherence from an ASL text.

In this short video, Ms. Wanda Riddle, an American Sign Language researcher and educator, introduces herself.

Prediction

You will watch a video in which Ms. Wanda Riddle, a faculty member in the Department of American Sign Language […]

2022-01-27T15:02:32-06:00March 27th, 2018|

Practice Discourse Mapping “What’s The Best Age To Learn A Second Language?”

Best way to learn a second language videoDeveloped by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed:  Message Coherence

Time Required for Activity: 30 mins

Objective:  To improve message coherence when interpreting a fast and challenging English text into American Sign Language.

In this video, Dr. Sapna Parikh discusses the process of language acquisition, focusing on second language acquisition for children and adults.

The activity in this […]

2022-01-27T15:14:07-06:00November 1st, 2017|
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