MULTI- MEDIA ENTRY 1 : RAPPORT-TALK AND REPORT-TALK

  This video is about a new study which was published in the journal of Neuroscience. This study gives us evidence which can support the idea that women talk more than women. I have chosen this video because, unlike Deborah Tannen, researchers of this study think that talkativeness is related to gender and this confused my mind a little. Man that is at the beginning of the video informs us about results of the research. He reports that the average woman speaks about 20000 words a day while the overage man speaks about 7000. Moreover, women usually speak faster and develop more brain power to speak. Later, he explains that women have higher brain levels of language protein, which is called as FOXP2, and this is cause of women’s ability to language. However, the other man says that the research may not be very reliable. I totally agree with that man because it is a research which is coming from just one school. Also, my ideas about talking are almost the same with Tannen. Namely, in my opinion, talking depends on lots of different condition and we must take into account time and place while we are talking about who talks more. As a consequence, it is quite informative despite the fact that I disagree with the information given in the video. You can like it if you share the same ideas with the researchers.

THE ARTICLE ENTRY 1: RAPPORT-TALK AND REPORT-TALK

    “Who talks more: Men or Women?” This question has become one of the most controversial topics throughout history. Deborah Tannen, writer of the article, approaches this question from a different perspective and so I have chosen this article.

   Deborah Tannen says that answer of the question changes from case to case. Namely, women talk more about individual cases while men talk more about communal contexts and she calls these terms as rapport talking and report talking.

   For me, the article is the most rational of writings which I have ever read about tentativeness because fields of interests of women and men are different from each other. We can observe it in our daily lives. Suppose that there is a couple. Woman asks to man how his day is. The man will probably say that“Fine or like any other day” like any other man because majority of the men don’t like talking about this stuff. However, when the man asks the same question to the woman, the result will be much different. The woman most likely will tell everything which has happened during the day to the finest detail. The man even might regret asking such a thing.  :) The woman’s talkativeness results from her tendency to rapport talking. This may explain why people generally think that women are more talkative than men. Let’s think about another situation. In this scenario, when the couple goes to parent- teacher conference, the man will be more willing to speak since he prefers report taking. These stories can be the example for that men use talking to obtain information while women use talking to interaction.          

   In my opinion, the article is both interesting and informative. The writer explains what the rapport talking and report talking are and gives quite vivid examples. Furthermore, she prefers a different way to give information. She mentions about three cartoons and one letter which are about the topic. This makes the article intriguing. As a consequence, Deborah Tannen deserves lots of congratulations. 

JOURNAL ENTRY 1: THE DREAM OF A BUTTERFLY

       Hi everybody :) Today, I will talk about The Dream of a Butterfly. I watched this movie at cinema two weeks ago. It affected me deeply and so I chose this topic.

   The Dream of a Butterfly is a 2013 Turkish drama film based  on biographies of Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu and Rüştü Onur. The film was directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan and starred Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Mert Fırat. Events took place in Zonguldak .The film tells the story of two young tuberculous poets.  Muzaffer and Rüştü are two fiends trying to survive by publishing their poems under difficult conditions of Second World War. 

    I have to admit that the film can’t appeal to everyone because it doesn’t have enough action or events are progressing slowly. However, in my opinion, it is an accomplished film in all respects. Firstly, cast of the movie is well-chosen. Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ , Mert Fırat and Farah Zeynep Abdullah are so successful at acting that you can feel their happiness, sadness or physical pain. Belçim Bilgin is the only actor I don’t like in the movie since she is not appropriate for the role of a high school student. I think younger actor should have been chosen for the role of Suzan. Secondly, it reflects the time of events perfectly. Namely, you can feel the atmosphere of the forties. People’s life styles, clothes, speeches and places are appropriate. For instance, there are scenes about mine workers at the beginning of the film. While I was watching the movie, I was surprised how realistic they were. Moreover, physical appearances of actors are quite convincing. For example, Muzaffer and Rüştü are thin and tired because they have suffered from tuberculosis. Also, I want to draw attention to the point of how emaciated Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ is. According to news I have read, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ lost 13 weights for Kuzey Güney and seven weights for The Dream of a Butterfly  in one year. This shows us that Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ  gives importance to his occupation. Lastly, visual effects, music and poems are perfect. Poem and love are in the middle of everything in that movie. Yılmaz Erdoğan shows us this by saying “Love is the pretext for poetry”. ”Öldükten Sonra” is my favorite poem in the movie ,and I am sure that all of you will find at least one poem which appeals to you. Also, you must know that IMDb rating of The Dream of a Butterfly is 8.2.  As a consequence, The film is worth watching. If you like poetry, you must certainly watch it :)