Multimedia Collection
Out West
(Do You Speak American? series)
DVD
60 minutes
2005
PE2808 .M262 2005 pt.3 DVD
In this program, Robert MacNeil heads to California to take part in meaningful dialogues on Spanglish, Chicano, Ebonics, and "Surfer Dude" before going to Seattle to consider the implications of voice-activation technology. Linguist Carmen Fought, Stanford University's Cliff Nass, Screenwriters Amy Heckering and Winnie Holtzman, and others speak their minds about Spanish in America, why teens create their own language, gay self-empowerment by redefining discriminatory terms, the oo-fronting sound shift, and whether technology will reinforce or weaken racial/regional stereotypes. The teaching of standard English without devaluing or denigrating cultural linguistic differences is addressed. Web links are included. A computer with a DVD-ROM drive is required to access them. Some language may be offensive.
Distributed by Films for Humanities & Sciences (www.films.com)
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