User:Mar Montes

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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-15 Fall 2017

My Research Topic is: Language Acquisition

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Language Acquisition

Part 1:

Examine Wikipedia articles that are directly related to your Research Topic and select a substantive article to evaluate. This could be an article about an idea (e.g., I might choose the one about Trance) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley). Answer the following questions:

+ ++1. I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: Language Development. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_development

+2. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? Yes or No- No there is not a warning banner on the article at all.

If there is a warning banner, copy and paste the warning banner here. I honestly could not find an article related to my topic that had a warning banner on it.

-Write a brief explanation of the reason the issues mentioned in the warning banner are important. For example, if the issue is “needs additional citations for verification,” why does that matter?

Please note: If the article you are evaluating does not have a warning banner, choose a warning banner from a different article and explain the warning that is in that banner.

+3. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article? The lead section of the article is very easy to read and it summarized almost all of the key points of the article.

+4. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and footnotes at the end?” The structure of the article is well put together and has the necessary subheadings and footnotes however is has no images of diagrams at appropriate places.

+5. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic? This article is not that extensive so it was pretty easy to see the comprehensiveness of it.

+6. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay? The article serves to provide information about my topic and its different aspects so yeah, it definitely has a neutral point of view which allows it to read like an encyclopedia article rather than a persuasive essay.

+7. Are the references and footnotes citing reliable sources? Do they point to scholarly and trustworthy information? Beware of references to blogs; look for references to books, scholarly journal articles, government sources, etc. In the beginning of the article it appears to do a great job in providing sources and footnotes however towards the end it becomes sketchy with many citations needed. On the bright side, the sources and footnotes that are provided are reliable because it’s using scholarly sources such as books and other journal articles.

8. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating:

+a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English? The lead section is well written in terms of correct english however is it missing a few summarization points.

+b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”? There are not any opinions on this article but there are uncited information such as facts that would still need to be confirmed.

+c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts? The article is mainly about how infants and children develop language and although the article talks about other children across the, it does not provide sources or citations.

+d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? This article seems to cover all the aspects that are associated with my topic.

+e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? No, not necessarily. At first glance it might appear as so but after reading and checking, some parts of the information that is provided does not need to be overly explained so therefore it makes it simple to make it short.

+f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes? Yes. Yes it does.

+g. Look at the “View History” for the article. As you read the conversation there, do you see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors?

__________________________No I do not.

Part 2:

Evaluate the Wikipedia article you selected using the CARDIO method. Write your answers following each word below:

+Currency (When was the last update of this article? hint: check the View History) September 27th, 2017

+Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?)  I clicked on their profiles and some had websites to prove their credentials others didn’t provide confirmation for their “credentials” which of course gives the indication that they could possibly be lying.

+Relevance (to your research topic)  My research topic is literally learning languages so starting with the kids is a very nice firm step up.

+Depth- I would consider the depth of this article scholarly.


 * Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.)  Its an article. Yes, and more exactly, it is an encyclopedia article for the general public

+Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?) To educate others on Language acquisitions.