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(part two)
Roberto Vargas
Sarah Elichko
BACKGROUND
EXHIBIT
ARGUMENT
METHOD
B / E / A / M
B / E / A / M
Writers rely on background sources, interpret or analyze exhibits, engage arguments, and follow methods.
Bizzup (2008)
Exhibit (Evidence)
Background
Materials used to establish facts. Implies membership in a community based on shared references
The materials to be analyzed, examined or interpreted
Argument
Sources you engage with or respond to directly by countering, extending or refining the claims made
Method (Model)
Using a source's way of analyzing an issue to apply to your own issue
BEAM Activity
Use BEAM to describe how Flores and Rosa use each source they cite in your section.
Form groups of 4.
Key question: How do Flores and Rosa use this source to the further the overall goal of their article?
Source uses:
B / Background
E / Exhibit (evidence)
A / Argument
M / Method
Note: You may need to read a few earlier or later sentences to fully understand your section, but you only need to mark up the sources cited within your section.
{ specialized research tools }
((arab*) AND (world OR popul* OR people*)) AND ((sign) AND (language))
Sign language in the Arab world
How you talk
How a database talks
But first ...
American Sign Language
Derogatory
Nickname
ASL
Sign Language
insult
epithet
moniker
Derogatory Nicknames in American Sign Language
OR
AND
OR
OR
AND
("american sign language" OR ASL OR "sign language")
AND (derogatory OR insult)
AND (nickname OR epithet OR moniker)
((arab*) AND (world OR popul* OR people*))
AND
((sign) AND (language))
{specialized research tools}
Excercise
- Pick terminology from the articles to form your topic
- Go to Tripod / TriCo LIbraries website
(tripod.swarthmore.edu) - Search in Tripod for one of these:
- LLBA
- ERIC
- Click the "Connect from Swarthmore" link
{specialized research tools}
Excercise
- How does race affect how language is taught?
- What role does the concept of "pure language" play in language learning?
- In elementary school?
- In High School?
{specialized research tools}
Excercise
Do you see any differences in the results?
Number of results?
Types of resources/journals?
What options do you have to narrow your results?
Activity: Citing Articles
Creating citations
(ZoteroBib / Zotero)
Using citation trails
(Google Scholar)
1. Work in pairs. Go to scholar.google.com.
2. Do the following search: undoing appropriateness
3. Click "Cited by 179" to view these sources.
4. Navigate to your page of search results.
Pair 1: use Page 2
Pair 2: use Page 3
Pair 3: use Page 4 (etc.)
Activity: Citing Articles
4. From your page of results, choose a source that matches the following criteria:
- Cites Flores and Rosa 2015 :)
- Is a journal article (not a book, thesis or dissertation)
- Wasn't written by Flores or Rosa
5. Once you've chosen an article, tell us about it here:
Contact us:
Roberto Vargas (McCabe)
rvargas1@swarthmore.edu
Andrea Baruzzi (Cornell)
abaruzz1@swarthmore.edu
Sarah Elichko (McCabe)
selichk1@swarthmore.edu
More library info:
swarthmore.edu/libraries
librarian@swarthmore.edu
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