The battle over the words used to describe migrants - BBC News Images of people scrambling over barbed wire fences in Calais or crossing the Mediterranean in fishing boats have dominated the media over the last few months. And a debate has even emerged about the very words used to describe people. The word migrant is defined in Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another". It is used as a neutral term by many media organisations - including the BBC - but there has been criticism of that use. News website al-Jazeera has decided it will not use migrant and "will instead, where appropriate, say refugee". There are some who dislike the term because it implies something voluntary but that it is applied to people fleeing danger. "Migrant used to have quite a neutral connotation," explains Alexander Betts, director of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University. "Refugee implies that we have an obligation to people," says Betts. More from the Magazine
Les mères et leurs nounous, je t'aime moi non plus Pour la première fois, une sociologue, Caroline Ibos, décrypte, dans un livre à paraître le 8 février "Qui gardera nos enfants?", les relations complexes entre les parents et leurs employées à domicile d'origine africaine. LE MONDE | • Mis à jour le | Par Pascale Krémer Une poignée de femmes noires, dans un square, serrées à trois ou quatre par banc, surveillent des enfants blancs. Personne ne les remarque, la scène est, à Paris, d'une absolue banalité. Son livre, Qui gardera nos enfants ? Tout commence par un recrutement qui tient du cérémonial. Ce qui frappe Caroline Ibos, c'est la "confiance fondée sur rien". Autant de stéréotypes attachés aux mères dont ces femmes actives tentent justement de s'affranchir pour elles-mêmes ! Dans les faits, nous explique-t-elle, la relation employeur/domestique se résume à une relation asymétrique et difficile entre deux femmes. D'où aussi une fréquente dégradation des relations employeur-employé. Il y a du vrai dans leurs propos.
Why do politicians speak the way they do? 13 February 2015Last updated at 23:00 ET Election mania is just around the corner, with politicians making their pitches for the public's votes. What are the techniques they use to try and snare people's attention, asks David Stenhouse. Rhyme and Repeat "If you don't want the time, don't do the crime," the-then Home Secretary Michael Howard told the Tory Party conference in 1995. As poetry goes, it was hardly John Keats, but it did reveal one of the first rules of political speechmaking - a rhyme can get your message over. The address Dr Martin Luther King delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 is known as the I Have a Dream speech for a good reason - he repeated the phrase over and over. Barack Obama repeated the phrase "Yes we can" until it became a rally call for his 2008 election campaign. Reframe and rename Frank Luntz, the American political consultant and pollster, has changed the debate in US politics by encouraging politicians to change their language.
Faking Diversity and Racial Capitalism – Nancy Leong For decades now, it’s been fashionable for institutions of all kinds to showcase their racially diverse constituencies. This is true even when the institution in question has been sued for discrimination on the basis of race, gender, or other protected categories: But behind the smiling, diverse faces, many institutions also share a dirty little secret. A lot of the diversity is the result not of the institution’s inclusive practices when it comes to recruiting, hiring, admitting or whatever other word is appropriate. Rather, it’s the result of Photoshop. One of the first Photoshop incidents that gained public traction was this gaffe by the University of Wisconsin: Perhaps if you just glanced at this image, you wouldn’t notice anything amiss. It’s easy to mock the University of Wisconsin for this crude attempt at faking diversity. Even when schools don’t actually use Photoshop, they often find other ways to boost the appearance of diversity. Moreover, it’s not only schools.
Spoken English features | Department of Linguistics Some general features of spoken English Backchannels Listeners may show the speaker that they are listening and understanding by saying mmm or little words like yeah, usually skilfully placed at the end of a clause. These are called backchannels or, sometimes, minimal responses. Clause combining When they are speaking spontaneously people do not usually have time to combine their clauses in the varied ways that they might use in writing (when they might have many subordinate clauses introduced by a range of conjunctionss such as however, therefore or since). Deixis When they are speaking people often refer to things that are in the immediate context. Conversational historical present When people are talking about something that happened in the past the verbs are usually in the past tense, but they are sometimes in the present tense instead (even though they are talking about the past). Examples: Past tenses I thought “what on earth is he up to? I was thinking “what on earth is he up to?
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Pendant des décennies, nos reportages étaient racistes. Pour nous en détacher, il nous faut le reconnaître. Cet article fait partie d'un numéro spécial du magazine National Geographic dédié au concept de « races » qui nous définit parfois, et nous sépare souvent. Nous sommes le 2 novembre 1930. National Geographic a envoyé un reporter et un photographe couvrir un événement majeur : le couronnement d'Haïlé Sélassié Ier, dernier empereur d'Éthiopie. Si une telle cérémonie en l'honneur d'un homme Noir avait eu lieu en 1930 aux États-Unis par exemple, et non en Éthiopie, il n'y aurait sans doute jamais eu de couverture médiatique. Je suis le dixième rédacteur en chef de National Geographic depuis sa création en 1888. Le principe même de races est une hérésie scientifique, et ne résulte d'aucune façon d'une différenciation biologique, comme l'explique Elizabeth Kolbert, mais d'une différenciation sociale aux effets dévastateurs. « Les distinctions raciales continuent de construire nos opinions politiques et d'influencer notre construction en tant qu'individus. » Ce que M.
verbtenses usage Manuels scolaires: quand les bras nous en tombent Cette affaire est particulièrement grave parce qu’elle montre à quel point l’éthique et le bon sens peuvent être bafoués dans une logique du faire qui tourne le dos au voir clair et à la conscience sociale. Voilà ce qu’était cet exercice : Dans un premier temps, suite à des protestations, les Éditions Nathan ont réagi de la pire des manières : « Les éditions Nathan ont pris connaissance d’une publication émise sur les médias sociaux qui met en avant une critique relative à l’exercice 93, page 34 du manuel de mathématiques de Terminale ES-L de la collection Hyperbole. L’exercice a pour but de calculer la somme des termes d’une suite dans le cas concret d’une augmentation régulière de population, un sujet classique des programmes de lycée. Les programmes actuels encouragent la transdisciplinarité et l’ouverture sur d’autres thématiques. Ils invitent également à traduire une situation concrète à l’aide d’une suite arithmético-géométrique. Catherine Lucet Présidente des Éditions Nathan »
Structure of speech This web page is intended for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2) syllabuses in English Language. This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science. For a more detailed explanation, see the guide to Pragmatics on this site. Introduction In answering questions at Advanced level, you will have opportunities to interpret language data, which are included in the exam paper. Speech and writing The outward difference between speech and writing is a source of much confusion. Speech is historically prior to writing, and most people speak long before they are literate. Back to top However, if either deserves to be called the "real" or original form of the language it is speech. It may well be that in the 21st century, speech will no longer be seen as the poor relation of writing, or its less educated precursor. Transcribing spoken data Conversational maxims
Marie Dasylva, coach de vie en entreprise pour femmes racisées Café Comptoir des Arts, Paris 5e - « Je suis un peu la bonne copine qui te dit la vérité, celle que tu n’as pas envie d’appeler parce que tu sais qu’elle va te tuer. Je suis la no-bullshit friend », lance Marie Dasylva, assise dans l’un des confortables sofas de son QG, un bistrot du 5e arrondissement. Une tasse de café sur la table, l’auto-entrepreneuse parle vite, avec la verve des convaincus. « À l’intersection du racisme et du sexisme, la racisée est en guerre. » Raison pour laquelle elle a fondé son « agence d’empowerment » il y a un an, baptisée Nkali (link is external). « C’est un mot igbo qui veut dire ‘se réapproprier sa narration’. » Elle est régulièrement contactée sur Twitter, où elle se fait appeler SnatcheuseDeFranges (link is external). C'est jeudi . pic.twitter.com/dIxm12SMcf (link is external)— SnatcheuseDeFranges (@napilicaio) 30 novembre 2017 (link is external) Cliquez sur le tweet pour voir le thread. « Pépite ? « Pépite est noire et lesbienne.