20 Mar communication

1- Interesting Fact & Idea

A form of traditional Malagasy oratory, kabary is based on the unhurried telling of ancestral proverbs, metaphors, and riddles, frequently in a dialogue using call and response.

Originally used in public gatherings and political assemblies of a pre-literate era, the form has since evolved and been popularized, but it has kept its specific rules. Today, despite the rising literacy rate and the familiarity with different manners of speech, kabary is still considered necessary for communication during ritual events, and is also used widely in regular, day-to-day talk.

Interesting Fact & Idea

“The American style of learning is to ask questions, discuss the theory and then go do it and ask more questions,” he said. “The Japanese style is to observe the master, not ask questions and then get your hands dirty at the very beginning. If you ask questions, it can suggest that the master didn’t do his job properly. The different styles can cause problems.”

Interesting Fact & Idea

After listening to C.J. for three years, I felt somewhat prepared to carry on conversations the Asian way. No linear progression. Catching the point of their stories, whether C.J.’s or Phourim’s, was like capturing fireflies. In talking with Phourim, I had no expectation of going in a straight line from point A to point B and the purpose of the discussion.

• Relate the difference used in each of these scenarios to what the text says about Preferences in Organizing Verbal Codes

Suddenly the colleagues he has been friends with for years are trying to send him to prison. In this particular scene, a pre-trial motion is being heard before the judge. What is being decided is whether something Ford said, out of anger, to one of his colleagues is admissible in court. 

• Relate what the text says about dialects to the statement Yeah, your right as it is being dismissed by the judge.
• How does one know the meaning of the actual words versus the real meaning intended? Explain in detail.