WRITING TEST 2

PIN328
Communicative Competences VI

Second Semester 2021

Prof. Carmen Kanelos Saldías
Prof. Rodrigo Santos Iturra
Resultado de Aprendizaje:

Domina, a nivel Intermedio B2 (Usuario Independiente -Avanzado), las 4 habilidades lingüísticas en el idioma
inglés para interactuar en ámbitos académicos y culturales.

Instructions
1. Develop a 4-6 paragraph essay answering one of the following possibilities:
a) How can the present Chilean Social movement be explained through the Conflict Theory stated by Karl Marx?
Base your essay on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPYTndFFTko&t=27s
b) Can the Hippie movement be considered “a culture” from the perspective of the Cultural Iceberg
Theory (1976), by Edward T. Hall?
Base your essay on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37t0u-4BTI
c) Is community life feasible? Base your essay on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pD29OT_7Bns&t=187s
d) Reflect on whether you -as youngsters- connect to social movements because of the reasons portrayed
in the video. Base your essay on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zySKwvQCpXE
e) How can Chilean education foster social justice? Provide reasons for your answer based on the
following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEyFoScko0k&ab_channel=LASocialScience

2. Watch the video twice.

3. Take notes on the main ideas
4. Your essay must contain introduction, body, conclusion (4/6-paragraph essay). Remember to follow the
correct structure of an essay and do not write longer than a page.
5. Articulate your ideas, support them, construct and evaluate giving your arguments and examples;
provide a coherent point of view about the question.
6. Your arguments, capacity to analyse, the reasoning behind a given point (agreeing or disagreeing) will
be assessed. This is not a summary of the video.
7. Use varied vocabulary and grammar tenses, as well as the proper language used for an essay.
8. Send your document on Word to ckanelos@ucm.cl and rsantos@ucm.cl
9. The essay will be assessed with the following checklist:
Checklist: 5 4 3 2 1

5= outstanding 4= strong 3= acceptable 2= needs revision 1= poor/not present

Arguments, reasoning and critical analysis:

Ideas/arguments are enough to support the essay. Ideas/arguments are based
on the video and the student’s critical analysis.
Examples support the arguments. (x3)

Content organization and format:

All paragraphs have clear, well-developed and relevant information.

Ideas are supported appropriately and they are not repeated (x2)

Use of language, grammar and mechanics:

Grammar, syntax, use of complex structures are at the expected level. (x2)

Lexicon:

Vocabulary used is the expected for the level, according to contents covered.
(x1)

Spelling and punctuation:

Appropriate use of punctuation, no spelling mistakes evidenced. (x1)

Total score ________/45 points Grade =

Can the Hippie movement be considered “a culture” from the perspective of the Cultural Iceberg Theory
(1976), by Edward T. Hall?

Through time in our world, there have been many cultures with characteristics that make them unique,
including language, clothing, and food, which can be identified with the naked eye. Thus, this is how the theory
of the cultural iceberg of Edward T Hall arises since he states that at the tip of the iceberg are all those
characteristics that are easy to see in a culture, while below the surface there are more ideological aspects that
cannot be perceived among them, religion, values , and beliefs. That is why this essay has the purpose of
analyzing the hippie movement based on the theory of Edward T Hall. However, it is important to identify the
superficial and deep characteristics of the hippie movement to know if it is true culture.

The hippie movement was born in the 1960s in the United States, as a social response to the violence of the
Vietnam War. This movement is characterized by its nomadic lifestyle, the use of loose and colorful clothes,
long hair adorned with flowers (which in the thoughts of others is considered dirt and mess). As well as the use
of symbols with which they promote love and peace. Furthermore, they are included in vegetarian and organic
diets because they did not intend to harm any animals to prepare their food. These superficial aspects allow us
to know, from a general perspective, this social movement as a culture due to the specific aspects that they
express.

Therefore, it is paramount to consider that this movement has its convictions very well represented, so
following the deep analysis in ideological terms, the hippie movement thinks in community. That is to say, most
of its values, beliefs, and actions are to do good to others. For example, they promote life in self-managed
communities as an expression of nonconformity against consumerism in society. Moreover, its essential values
promote free love (without discrimination of any kind), peace as a rejection against wars. In addition, in
religious terms, hippies consider that each person should have their spiritual awakening, so there was no
religion imposed on this culture, however, this “free religion” has influences from eastern religions such as
Hinduism and Buddhism. In this way, hippies present a culture where freedom, love, and peace are their
greatest values, so they oppose the standards imposed in society with their actions, promoting sexual freedom,
the use of psychedelics, clothes loose, and peaceful protests for environmental care and against violence.

To summarize, the hippie movement according to the cultural iceberg theory of Edward T. Hall, can be
considered a culture. Due to the most characteristic aspects of its lifestyle, with its symbols, colorful clothes,
and long hair that are perceptible to the naked eye. In addition, to the deepest aspects where the beliefs,
values, and convictions, this culture is firmly expressed in its struggle to promote love and peace, freedom, the
happiness of people, life in the community, and caring for the environment. This is how the analysis of this
culture leads us to know that, although at first glance, it may seem that hippies are not influential in society
because of the way they live, it is true that they have great ideas that can change the world towards one less
destructive, violent, and consumerist.

- Angela Castro