LESLEE MEEK 16 YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH 5 YEARS TEACHING AP LANG/COMP 2 ND YEAR AS A READER (Q1/Q3) AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO READ SOURCES/PROMPT MUST DEVELOP AN ARGUMENT MUST USE AT LEAST 3 SOURCES AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING SIX SOURCES, INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION FOR EACH SOURCE. THEN SYNTHESIZE INFORMATION FROM AT LEAST THREE OF THE SOURCES AND INCORPORATE IT INTO A COHERENT, WELL-DEVELOPED ESSAY THAT ARGUES A CLEAR POSITION ON WHETHER MONOLINGUAL ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE TODAY. AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

1. ARGUMENT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THE ESSAY 2. DEVELOP YOUR ARGUMENT BY USING SOURCES/EXPLAIN THE REASONING FOR IT 3. CITE THE SOURCES IN THE ESSAY AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

1. FOCUSED ARGUMENT ARGUMENT NOT FOCUSED : “EVER SINCE MAN HAS STEPPED FOOT ON THE LAND WE CALL THE UNITED STATES, ENGLISH HAS BEEN IT’S [SIC] DOMINANT LANGUAGE.” ARGUMENT FOCUSED: “RECENTLY, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY GLOBALIZED. WITH THE HELP OF THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT, ENGLISH HAS BECOME THE DOMINANT LANGUAGE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATION. HOWEVER, THIS HAS LED TO THE DECLINE OF STUDENTS LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES, MAKING MONOLINGUALISM INCREASINGLY PREVALENT IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES……. THUS, MONOLINGUAL ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE DEPRIVED OF ALL THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, TO THINK, AND TO GAIN FROM THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES.” AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

2. DEVELOP YOUR ARGUMENT BY USING SOURCES/EXPLAIN THE REASONING FOR IT SOURCE HEAVY RESPONSES DID NOT DEVELOP A VOICE OR INTEGRATE SOURCES WELL: “ WHEN TRADING OR ANY OTHER DEALS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES, THERE WILL HAVE TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO KNOWS BOTH LANGUAGE. AS IN (SOURCE B) IT SAYS “THIS IS THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE, COMMERCE, GLOBAL POLITICS, AVIATION, POPULAR MUSIC, AND ABOVE ALL, THE INTERNET.” (SOURCE B) “REASONS WHY THEY ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE ARE, ONE, “LANGUAGE LEARNINGS IS NOT JUST TECHNICAL MASTERY OF GRAMMAR BUT RATHER, IN HIS WORDS…: (SOURCE A), TWO, “EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE TO LEARN ENOUGH SPANISH TO SPEAK TO THEIR EMPLOYEES… (SOURCE C), THREE “225,505,953 TOTAL PEOPLE SPOKE ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME” (SOURCE E).” AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

2. DEVELOP YOUR ARGUMENT BY USING SOURCES/EXPLAIN THE REASONING FOR IT “MONOLINGUAL SPEAKERS ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF THE MANY BENEFITS WHICH ACCOMPANY LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES, SUCH AS LEARNING THE CULTURE OF OTHER COUNTRIES. RUSSELL BERMAN (SOURCE A) CRITICIZES HAASS’ ARGUMENT THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AND MASTERED FOR THE SAKE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL ECONOMY.” ENGLISH CAN THEORETICALLY BE USED, BUT KNOWING THE COUNTRIES NATIVE TONGUE WILL GET YOU MUCH FARTHER AND OPEN YOU UP TO CULTURAL CUES AND OTHER THINGS MONOLINGUALITY WOULDN’T HAVE AT ALL (SOURCE F). EVEN CRITICS OF BILINGUALITY SUCH AS THOMAS CONCEDE ON THE IDEA THAT LEARNING A COUNTRIES [SIC] FIRST LANGUAGE WILL HELP US DO BETTER IN OUR BUSINESS THERE, SUCH AS SPEAKING MANDARIN IN A CHINESE MARKET (SOURCE B).” AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

3. CITE THE SOURCES IN THE ESSAY: 1 SOURCE COULD NOT RECEIVE HIGHER SCORE THAN A 2 2 SOURCES COULD NOT RECEIVE HIGHER SCORE THAN A 4 NO BONUS FOR USING MORE THAN 3 SOURCES ISSUES ON SCORES 5 AND BELOW: A. DID NOT DEVELOP AN ARGUMENT BUT USED THE SOURCES TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT B. DID NOT EXTEND THE ARGUMENT AFTER THEY QUOTED OR TIE IT TO THEIR MAIN PREMISE C. FOCUSED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF THINKING GLOBALLY D. CLAIM-EVIDENCE- IMPACT/REASONING IS THE NEEDED PATTERN FOR UPPER SCORES AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

TAKE AWAY FROM READING: 1. MANY STUDENTS MISREAD THE TONE OF SOURCES- MISUSED IN ESSAY 2. HAVE STUDENTS PRACTICE THE SYNTHESIS WITH NO SOURCES FIRST TO LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP THEIR ARGUMENT FOR THE PROMPT, THEN GIVE THE SOURCES AND HAVE THEM INTEGRATE THE QUOTES INTO THE ESSAY 3. PRACTICE THE BIG PICTURE- HIGH SCORES WERE MORE PHILOSOPHICALLY ARGUED 4. AVOID LETTING THE SOURCES SPEAK FOR YOU, SUMMARIZING THE SOURCE AND SAYING “I AGREE” AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION

WHY BECOME A READER? 1. BEST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- HANDS ON SCORING MAKES YOU AN EXPERT 2. THE AP LANGUAGE SESSION IN 2017 IS IN TAMPA!!! 3. COLLEGE BOARD PAYS FOR AIRFARE/MILEAGE/FOOD/HOTEL, AND YOU GET A STIPEND 4. AP LANGUAGE/COMPOSITION IS THE FASTEST GROWING AP COURSE- WE NEED MORE READERS AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION QUESTION 1: SYNTHESIS QUESTION