1. +
Theory of
Knowledge
Oral
Akash Zaveri

2. + Gay — Straight Alliance At CA
Real Life Situation
 Established due to student use of derogatory terms by SBC
 As an SBC officer, we believe that such terms are being
openly used in the CA community mainly amongst students in
inconsiderate ways
 Hence, use of derogatory language hints towards disrespectful
attitude
 Words such as “gay”, “faggot”, “homo” are potential words that
can affect certain people’s emotions
 As open-minded students of the IB and CA, we should respect
and compassionately impact our society (at the least)

3. + Knowledge Issue
language
How does our use of affect
emotion?

4. + Significance of Real Life
Situation
 Seeing how language filters what people believe & perceive
 Language affects emotion in two ways —
 Positive (+)
 How does our use of language positively affect
emotion?
 Negative (-)
 How does our use of language negatively affect
emotion?

5. + Language Hinders Emotion (Negative Affect)
Weakens Knowledge Claims
“Language is a means of making sense of emotions”
Weakens:
Negatively connoted language affects emotion
 Sets antipathetic mood, motivation, and disposition
Language has several interpretations hence, different views =
Potentiality of emotions being hindered
Example:

6. Language Promotes Emotion (Positive Effect)
+ Strengthens knowledge claims
“Language is a means of making sense of emotions”
Strengthens:
•Motivates individual to feel a certain (positive) way
•Motivates people to help others learn about other knowledge
claims
Example:
“CA Compliments” Facebook Page

7. + Related Knowledge Issue #1
Weakens knowledge claim:
VAGUENESS
Example:

8. + Related Knowledge Issue #2
Strengthens knowledge claim:
Nobody is being judged for who they are
Compassionate, respectful knowledge community
Example:

9. + Implications (in my real life situation)
Strengthens
Knowledge claim:
implications
Weakens
knowledge claim:

10. + Implications
(beyond Real-Life Stituation)
Language
Literature
Uncertain of message
being conveyed
Margaret Atwood’s Moral
Disorder
Ethics
Moral Standards


11. + Alternate Knowledge Perspective
“How does our use of
language affect emotion?”
Literature Teacher

12. Importance of knowledge issue
+ Concluding Thoughts
Language is always used and determines relationship
between different people and communities
Understanding and respecting people is important,
Misuse of derogatory terms may occur not but may be
harmful.
Increased awareness