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Unit 1 Assignment 1 Language Analysis

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Topic: In an increasingly isolated world, technology (e.g., Twitter, cell phones, Facebook) has increased our sense of connectivity and community. Speaker 1: In today’s generation, technology has been a necessity to a lot of individual. Speaker 2: Thats true, but sometimes technology can be a distraction to a lot of people too. Speaker 1: Yes, sometimes different use of technologies can be such a distractions to a lot of things. I think that the best thing on handling that situation is having control. Speaker 2: With these different technologies booming and will continue to grow in the future. It still creates isolation towards different individuals. Speaker 1: I beg to differ. I don’t think that it creates isolation, in fact it’s the …show more content…

In my opinion I do think that technology can be sometimes a hindrance to social interactions with other people. Speaker 2: In my opinion to be able to make a long lasting bond, I think that social interaction needs to be present. The more time we isolate ourselves with technologies then there will be fewer times to bond with other individuals. Speaker 1: As far as I’m concerned, I think that the use of technology has its own ups and downs depending on an individual’s point of view. It can either help you throughout the day or it may not. Using technology somehow created a gap or bridge between people all over the world. Speaker 2: I couldn’t agree with you more. It did somehow connected us to people around the world. With the continuous development of new technology, there would be more new cases of bullying. In today’s generation, kids have access to computers or have datas and internet on their phones. With this freedom and the creation of their profiles, we have had instances on kids getting bullied virtually or through the use of social media. Do you agree? Speaker 1: Yes I do agree with you! One of the problems that technology created is the increase of rates on cyberbullying and

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