Free ebook THE AUDACITY OF HUMANITY ed. by Prof. Gaunt in 3 weeks

Before spring break I mentioned that I was creating an ebook that inspired our final project The Baruch Big Picture Book. I released it to the world on Friday April 2, 2010 and it's been viewed by over 3000 people since then and counting.

The ebook is called THE AUDACITY OF HUMANITY and it features over 39 authors, ages 10 to 63, from 5 continents, representing multiple ethnicities, sexualities and belief systems with different abilities and limitations. We are ONE people, the human race, courageously up-ending stereotypes and generalizations.

Each contributor offers their story as a radical transformation of what leadership can be. We are not contained by description (check out our bios). We agree to be offended
and stay connected. From A to Zed, we are a collective testament to the audacity of humanity. Be the audacity of that!!

One is a former student from ANT1001. Read the page under the tag "LEARNING ENGLISH" by Mei.

This is free. Liberate it. Tweet it, email it, post it on your own site.

The New First Family, A New President, A New America

Five Genders in Indonesia from National Geographic

Language Exercise from Kottak Website

NOTE: Post a comment once a week to one of any of the posts made since the previous Friday by Prof. Gaunt. Be sure to "surf" through any links. Strongly suggest composing your response in MS Word, then cut and paste as a comment. Avoid grammar and spelling mistakes; use spell and grammar check. Also rewrite your post at least once and don't forget to read other comments first so you are not saying the same thing 30 times.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT LANGUAGES?

1. Currently, which five languages are the most commonly used in the world?
2. What percentage of the world's languages are spoken by 10,000 or fewer people?
3. How does the FAQ distinguish between a language and a dialect?
4. What five characteristics does Terralingua use to define what groups constitute a minority? How is this definition different from or similar to your own understanding of what a minority group is?
5. Why do you think it is important to maintain linguistic diversity around the world? Knowing what you do about the link between language, culture, knowledge, and identity, how much information will be lost as more languages go extinct?

Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for answers from Teralingua http://www.terralingua.org/basics/FAQ.html. It is an international, nonprofit organization concerned about the future of the world's biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity.

POST A COMMENT: What did you learn from this information and status of the world on languages?