Reference no: EM133667553

Assignment:

• Always use your own words. Do not use AI to generate any part of your writing, and do not use anyone else's words without quotation marks and acknowledgement.

• Be respectful. You are welcome and encouraged to share your opinions, including when you disagree with a classmate, but please express your disagreement respectfully.

• Think about how your words may affect others. Avoid making statements that show disrespect to others based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or cultural background.

• Put careful thought and effort into your writing, and do your best to use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Instructions:

Before you begin, make sure you have carefully read "Will Translation Apps Make Learning Foreign Languages Obsolete?" by John McWhorter.

Initial post:

Your initial post should answer all of the questions below, in a total of at least 200 words.

1. Describe your reaction to the text as a whole. For example, did it make you think differently about the topic, and if so, how? Could you relate with anything the author said? Were there any points that you particularly agreed or disagreed with?

2. Choose a line of one to three sentences that particularly stood out to you. This could be something you strongly agree or disagree with, or something you found especially thought-provoking or well-worded. How does this line fit into the text as a whole? How does it support the main ideas?

3. Explain your reaction to the line you chose, and share how it connects to a personal experience or belief of yours. Explain if you learned something new from reading it, or what you think others should learn from it.

4. Write a question for your classmates asking for their opinions about the text. Your question does not have to be specifically about the line you chose; it could be about any part of the text, or the text as a whole.