Perspective

For this week, I had learned about new topic. Firstly, last group finished their presentation with the 10 elements about the topic reading 1.3. Then, the next group precedes their presentation with the topic reading 1.2 which is Martin (1987) ‘Stories ad facts’. This group consists of Muaz, Wan Chai and Afif. They had explained about the definition for stories and fact. For me, story can be defined as a description of people and events that are not real but the fact can be defined as a description of people and events that real and give impact to all the people. Essentially, this group should present their topic last week but they did it this week. People can make up a story but they can’t make the story is a fact. But, the story will become a fact if it really happen and give impact to the surrounding.

Subsequently, for the second week I had learned about unit 2. The focus skill for this unit is Perspective. For the background reading, I had learned about reading 2.2 which is Lee (1992) ‘Language and perspective, ideology’ and reading 2.3 which is Thwaites et al (1994) ‘Texts and textualities’. The topic reading 2.2 was presented by Dada, Wawa, Zulikha and Liyana. Thus, they had explained about the different between language, perspective and ideology. In this topic, we can know that everybody have their perspective towards a thing because everybody have different idea. As example, in the text there are two different newspapers that write about the same issue but they describe with their own perspective. When the reader read the newspaper they will never know whether it is true or not but they just believe it. If every writer has their perspective then it will produce variety of news. As a reader they will just follow what the writer have write. We will know that some of the linguistic reflexes of speaker perspective. So, before we write something we should considers about the perspective, language and ideology to deliver good message or news. Before they end their presentation they have ask one question which is what the 3 elements of language is. The answer is symbol, sound and words.

For the reading 2.3, my group which is consists of Faed, Atien, Shimode and Kathy. We have explained about the different between text and textualities and how to using it. Text can be defined as a combination of signs. Before we write a text we should create a sign. From the sign we can explain in the text. Thus, every society has their own meanings with their sign that only they will understand. When we write texts we should arrange it with introduction, content and conclusion. We cannot start to write the texts with conclusion because it’s hard for people to understand what we want to tell to them. Different groups will have different ideas of what is suitable, and member of one group may try to challenge the ideas and taste of another group. For the textualities it can be divide into two which is textual analysis and textual production. The textual analysis will start with sign, connotations and codes, denotation, myths but textual production will start with myths, denotation, codes and connotations, signs. A myth is a set of sign which implies extremely familiar and influential social structure of thinking. The myths that influence texts are not simply true or false because it will affect people. In the practice text, we have to do reading 2.1 ‘Battling the bullies’. We need to submit it next week. For the portfolio task is guided response on ‘Battling the bullies’.