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Portfolio Entry #4 ~ SPEECH ACTS ~ ~ CONSTATIVE AND PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCES ~ Introduced by the British philosopher and linguist J. L. Austin and  further developed by American philosopher J.R. Searle , the Speech Act Theory considers the degree to which utterances are said to perform locutionary acts (the act of making a meaningful utterance), illocutionary acts (to express an attitude with a certain function, meaning to interact), and/or perlocutionary acts (an action or state of mind caused by saying something). Austin offered a summary of the interrelation between these acts: "A speaker utters sentences with a particular meaning (locutionary act), and with a particular force (illocutionary act), in order to achieve a certain effect on the hearer (perlocutionary act)." ¹   Austin insisted that to say something is to do something and thus distinguished two separate parts of speech:  " Constatives " and  " Performatives " . Constatives are sent...

Portfolio Entry #3 ~~ HOW TO CITE SOURCES ~~ There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago) . Here you have APA Citation Style:  Author(s). (Date).  Title of Book  / "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher.   ~ STYLES ~ Journal or Magazine Article Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65. Journal or Magazine Article Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318. Newspaper Article Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3. Art icle from an Internet Database Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Acade...

Portfolio Entry #2 This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office . PowerPoint Presentation - Summary and Key Information on Academic Writing Advice from the University of Toronto (available at  https://writing.utoronto.ca/  ). Direct Download for the pptx file:  https://tinyurl.com/AcademicWritingBazan ~ Metacognitive Analysis of ICT tool (PowerPoint) ~ I personally find a tool like PowerPoint (or any other that allows creation of slides) very useful, as it lets me present all the key information of a certain topic or topics in a dynamic and visually interesting format. The presentation can be then shared to fellow classmates, who in turn have the possibility of using it as material and/or notes to study for an exam. This tool can also be used to create colorful and captivating presentations to use with my own students, especially with children; PowerPoint allows the use of transitions, music, sounds and other attractive effects, which...

Portfolio Entry #1 (To stop the background music, click the Pause key (II) in the music player at the bottom of the blog!)         I HAVE A DREAM       I have a dream, a song to sing      To help me cope with anything      If you see the wonder of a fairy tale      You can take the future even if you fail      I believe in angels      Something good in everything I see      I believe in angels      When I know the time is right for me      I'll cross the stream, I have a dream      I have a dream, a fantasy      To help me through reality      And my destination makes it worth the while      Pushing through the darkness still another mile      I believe in angels      Something good in everything I see      I believe in...