Active Reading (Learning Outcome Three): Employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading response for inquiry, learning, and thinking.
I read an essay called “Making Conversation and The Primacy of Practice” by Anthony Kwame Appiah and I had to prepare it for discussion. I went through the essay highlighting areas where I had questions, terms that needed extended definitions, and what connections I made with the article. Once I found quotes for each section, I provided an explanation on what my take was on the quote. This process helped me get use to analyzing important texts and other scientific articles. Below, the questions are in red, the definitions are in blue, and the connections are in green.
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. “Making Conversation and The Primacy of Practice.” Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, 2nd ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2010, pp. 66–82.
Active Reading Category 1 – Ask Questions(Yellow)
-What does Appiah mean by “equip them with the ideas” and how will that guarantee that people will feel morally responsible for one another? Pg (2)
-What made cosmopolitanism be rejected by the “citizen of the cosmos”?Pg(3)
-How would people from different religions be promoted together?Pg(3)
-Is our Obligations to the people that we are beyond related too based on legal or moral virtues? Pg(3)
-How can you expect everyone in the world to follow the ideas behind cosmopolitanism Pg(4)
Active Reading Category 2- Understand(Blue)
-I do not understand the meaning of the example that the author uses here. Appiah needs to do a better job of explaining his thoughts Pg(2)
-The author should explain more about what paradoxical means and how he uses it in this context Pg(2)
-Appiah provides full explanation about what cosmopolitanism is between these “two strands” Pg(3)
-Appiah simply states here that becoming a true cosmopolitan at this time period is unrealistic
Appiah gives a great example of the two most famous people of cosmopolitanism “Hitler and Stalin” because they had resent over a particular group of humanity Pg(4)
Active Reading Category 3- Draw Relationships(Pink)
-This is a part of what Appiah calls the two strands of cosmopolitanism. The idea that we are all connected to each other even if we are different or come from different backgrounds Pg(3)
Active Reading Category 4- Challenge (Green)-I can see this statement causing arguments among the world that we live in nowadays because patriotism in people towards their country is very high around the world Pg(4)
