Post+One+-+The+Inquiry

__Post One: The Inquiry__
Answer the following questions in a Google Doc and prepare for class discussion. Your final version can be completed and shared as a Google Doc, or in a blog post. You will need to submit all of these reflections and materials at the end of the semester with your final submission of the case study.


 * 1) What individual, group, or culture do you plan on researching for your case study?
 * 2) Write 3 to 5 research questions that you could use to frame your research. These should focus on your topic or person of interest. They should also focus on issues of language, literacy, culture, and/or identity.
 * 3) Identify your initial reasons for your interest in this focus area. Why are you selecting this individual, group, or culture to study.

As you write this first reflective post, you should consider the ways in which your research focus and questions connect with language, literacy, culture, and identity. This should all relate back to the individual, group, or culture that you're studying.

You may want to review these simple steps to writing good research questions. You can also review some examples of possible research questions from previous students.

After you have a first draft of your questions, go back and look at them and think about how you worded them. What insights does your wording give you about assumptions of others' language? How might you reword your question to come at the observation from a positive or neutral standpoint?

You should also consider how you think your case study research will affect your perceptions of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (see p. 58 Otto for definition).