TED EVALUATIONBy: Charlina Foster

JOHN MCWHORTER….TEXTING’S

EFFECT ON LITERACY AND WRITING

WHO IS JOHN MCWHORTER?

Linguist

John McWhorter earned his PhD in linguistics from Stanford

University in 1993 and became Associate Professor of Linguistics

at UC Berkeley after teaching at Cornell University.

Also has written a book All About the Beat: Why Hip Hop Can't

Save Black America.

TEXTING IS NOT WRITING AT

ALL..?!

That’s a ludicrous statement. It draws in the audience by make

you think and ask questions.

GAINING OUR ATTENTION AND

KEEPING IT

Humor and short stories with examples that tie in great with the

topic.

Historical reference with relevance.

John felt free to comment on other

speakers' talks he talked about Lincoln and

the Gettysburg address.

COMMANDMENT #5

John makes use of past works as examples and comparison to

events now used commandment number 7 very well.

DYNAMISM

John McWhorter on the dynamism scale would get a 3 because of

his lack of enthusiasm while speaking on the subject. He could

used a little more humor to connect with the audience. At times he

lost my interest and that’s not good you want to keep the

audience engaged.

USE OF STEP 2 BASED ON

DUARTE

He’s spreading and idea I learned to look at the idea of texting in

a whole new light.

I give McWhorter for that.

DELIVERY METHODS

Precision

Clear/crisp voice

Knowledge on the subject or all needed to deliver an exceptional

speech to an audience.

COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ken Robinson John Mcwhorter

Funny and engaging.

Uses a lot of imagery and

story telling to create

prespective.

Uses humor but not as

heavily as Ken

Linguist so is educated on

the subject from a up-close

perspective.

TIPS

Remember to engage the audience

Be knowledgeable on the subject

Use great verbal and nonverbal gestures.

SPEAKING LIKE YOU WRITE OR

WRITING LIKE YOU SPEAK

There is a difference between the two one is formal and the other

id casual.

Texting gives us the ability to write like we speak which was

impossible until the emergence of handheld technology.

WORKS CITED

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stop_sign.svg

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_langua

ge_jk.html

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