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What is she saying to Elmo?
A Switch - A Message . . .
. . . from Batman. . . or Eric?
Words without Voice...
Wii or Something Like it
How many SED260 students. . .
Figuring Out the Devices
Playing with Toys
But thinking about how to say, "Potato Chips!"
Symbols & More Symbols
But What's So Funny?
You are correct - it is communicating your thoughts to get what you want to accomplish. It is NOT making sure the words are in the right order. WORD ORDER is more about structure which is syntax.
ReplyDeleteHow you communicate to your mother is different than how you communicate to your doctor. Consider how you communicate with your peers. How is this different than how you communicate with the your employer?
Do you change the vocabulary you use? What about the topics of converation?
What is different in your conversations with these people?
Why?
I use slang terms when talking to my mother, daughter, and friends. When I talk to bosses or professionals I have to think about what I say before speaking so that everything I want to say comes out correctly.
ReplyDeleteWe speak differently to get along with others and to get our point across.
I found a website that explains a little bit more about pragmatics.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/Pragmatics.htm
This is one of the websites that is in Blackboard - if you go to the weekly resources tab and look at the resources I've put in the folders you'll find various websites to help you with the weekly concepts!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry I thought this was a different site.
ReplyDeleteI had an Oral Communications teacher in High School that would fail a student if they used slang tetrms in her class. She said if we would not say it to a judge she did not want to hear it in her class.
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