CRITICAL LITERACY (JOURNAL ENTRY)

HOMEWORK

READING 4.1. (BODY LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO MUGGERS)
In this article, the writer discuss about the body language that speaks to muggers. This topic based on the research that has been done by two New York psychologists, Betty Grayson and Morris Stein, who got “muggability” ratings of 60 New York City pedestrians from the people who may be most qualified to judge-prison inmates. From the research, they came out that each person use of 26 movements that form basic components in Labanalysis,a common system for describing and notating movement. Well, from my point of view, I am agreeing that the muggers can read victim’s body language. From the victim’s body language, the muggers can easily detect either that person can easily or not for been their victim.

JOURNAL ENTRY

READING 4.3, GROUP 7 (WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?)
Group 7 was presented about “what is the evidence4?” I can say that their presentation is quite okay although lack of preparation. Evidence has a lot of meaning and it depends to the situation on how to define the term of evidence. The meanings of the evidence are, the fact, signs, or objects that make you believe that something is true. Besides that, evidence also can be defined as a information that is used in court in order to try to prove something.

READING 4.4, GROUP 8 (STATISTIC)
ON FEB 9, my group CTZ and ANNE had present on topic 8 “statistic”. We have well prepared and try our best for the presentation. Statistic has two meaning. In plural verbs it refers information about any phenomenon or activity expressed in numerical form. On the other hand, in singular sense it denotes the art and science of collecting, presenting, analyzing and interpreting numerical data. Unqualified averages, fallacious sampling, percentages unaccompanied by actual number and misleading presentation are the factors that lead to the consciously or unconsciously statistic.

READING 4.5, GROUP 9 (CROOKED AND FALLACIOUS THINKING)
Group 9, Anis and Sern had present about Crooked and Fallacious thinking. I just can say that this group doesn’t have the group coheviness. Sern doesn’t help Anis at all. Generally, crooked is something that is dishonest and fallacious thinking is a wrong information that can lead to the misunderstanding. Transfer device is use to attract people, circular argument is to make conclusion at the 1st sight and false analogy is used to support an argument.