Thursday, September 11, 2014

Vocabulary

1: Anthropologist

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues by Mark Bauerlein

Back in 1959, anthropologist Edward T. Hall labeled these expressive human attributes "the Silent Language."

When Hall labeled the attributes as human expressions.

Inference

When I was in middle school we went on a class trip to a museum and the tour guide asked us. Who was out favorite anthropologists and one of the kids answered Indiana jones.

2: Acculturation

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues by Mark Bauerlein

And how could they, for the silent language" is acquired through acculturation, not schooling.

Is acquired through acculturation, not schooling.

Inference

After learning a new culture I try to see what I can acculturate into mine so I can develop new recipes.

3: Idiom

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues by Mark Bauerlein

It is a skill that we all must learn, in actual social settings, from people (often older) who are adept in the idiom.

Adept in the idiom

Inference

When im away for the tv and the soccer game is on and everybody gasp, i say what happen and they reply it hit the woodwork and now its a corner.

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