unit 2

In this unit, we are studying the 10 elements based on an article titled Battling the Bullies. The article focuses on the seriousness bullying issues that happened in schools at Australia. It is covers about the bullying case which had happened to the Mary Watson’s son, 6 years old at school. He was begun to wake up at midnight, crying and complaining of his pains. He is also in weird behavior and he is avoiding going to the school every morning. When Ms. Watson saw her son’s behavior, she is spying her son in school and then she knows her son is being bullied. Later, she sees the principle and a series meeting were held then. But it was not working. From the article, parents need to discover how a school deals with bullying problem before enrolling a child. The article is from a daily newspaper in education section, dated Tuesday, 8 April 2003 by Martina Simos as a writer. It is written for parents, teachers and counselors to inform, educate and persuade them in how to handle of this kind of issues. The stance taken from the article is negative because regarding to Ms. Watson’s son case, the meeting did not resolve the bullying issue when the victim and bully are together in one room. The readers are likely to be aware and concern about the seriousness of bullying. The visual aspects are significant because the readers can relate the headline with picture and predict what will article about.

In Background Reading 2.2, it is discussed about ‘Language, Perspective and Ideology’. I also learned active and direct, passive and indirect sentences. I actually not really understand with the topic but from the glossary, I can catch it up more.

1. Ideology – the belief system and outlook of a particular group of people.
2. Perspective – the stance from which something is viewed.
3. Metaphor – a word or phrase used to describe somebody or something
Eg: beautiful like a flower
4. Metanomy – the act of referring to something by the name of something
else.
5. Euphemism – more pleasant.
Eg: passed away = died
6. Equivocation – speaking ambiguously
7. Attenuate – to make something weaker and less effective.

In Background Reading 2.3, the topic is ‘Text and Textualities’. Text is a combination of signs. By analysing the choices and patterns in a text like from the Dunhill advertisement, we can uncover possible meanings of each of the chosen signs on the cigarette’s box.

Glossary:
1. Signifier – the form of a linguistic sign (nonverbal)
2. Signified – the meaning express by a linguistic signs.(pinaform)
3. Paradigmatic – the typical example or pattern of something.
4. Syntagmatic – relating to the choice or pattern of sentence structures.
5. Semiotic – the study of signs and includes the study of words and image.
6. Connotation – a meaning or connection which is implied for a person or group of people.
7. Denotation – the part of the meaning of a word or expression which refers to something in a real of possible world.
8. Myth – a belief that is commonly accepted by a culture without the need for proof and close examination.



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