Thoughts on Teaching, Language, and Social Change from Melisa "Misha" Cahnmann-Taylor
A joke to ponder submitted by the incredible Connie Manguno: How does milk introduce itself in Spanish? Soy milk Teachers and learners of Spanish spend a lot of time on “ser” (to be) vs. “estar” (also ‘to be’). This is a playful way to introduce English speakers to “I am” using the “ser” verb form […]
Konglish and translingual jokes! These Korean/Konglish jokes were shared with me by a brilliant UGA student, Ekaterina (Katya) Mushurueva 10/22. I am so grateful to work with such terrific, translingual minds in an asynchronous “e” class entitled LLED 6631e Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. The prompt to students was to read about translanguaging and post a […]
– What’s considered trashy if you’re poor, but classy if you’re rich? – Day drinking, speaking two languages, hard drugs, tax avoidance. Misha asks: why is this joke funny? Misha answers and asks you to chime in: I like how this joke raises attention to the socioeconomic disparities in values or the way perceived “deficits” […]
I am very excited to read students posts this week in my course on bilingualism and bilingual education. Among other creative requests, I asked that students share a bilingual “joke” to help us understand how humor works to reinforce messages about bilingual/translingual identity in the U.S. and the world. Here’s one of my posts. I […]
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