Reflection 3: CMC Assignment

Assalamualaikum and greetings dear readers,

"The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”  Aristotle

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Undoubtedly, doing the assignment on CMC has served us a host of benefits beyond what we initially expected upon receiving the task. We realise, throughout the course of completing the assignment, some of the vital changes in the way humanity has thrived against the backdrop of modernization and globalisation. In the world where human communication knows no borders and boundaries,  the means of communication in light of the mushrooming technological advancement has greatly transformed. Little did we come to such an awareness of how dependent human beings are when it comes to the usage of computer in their daily life not only for communicative purpose but also for some other aspects of development as well. The emergence of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. marks another great contribution to humanity on a general note. 

In this assignment, we were asked to review a literature that must be related to the topic of our assignment. Since our chosen subject for this blog is Discourse Analysis, we decided to produce an analysis of Twitter conversations with reference to Grice's maxims of conversation. The task of choosing a recently-published research article was somewhat difficult and demanding at first because we had to really be careful so as not to pick one that is irrelevant to our topic. After much scrutiny of the suggested journals and databases, we managed to find and review a research article that was suitable and relevant to what our analysis would lead us to. This, we believe, was a good preparation for us to undertake more daunting tasks of finding and sorting out literature to be reviewed in the future research endeavour. 

Our capacity as future researchers in linguistics was apparently tested through the completion of the analysis done on Twitter conversations with reference to Grice's maxims of conversation as mentioned above. As we were faced with quite a number of challenges, we must emphasise the necessity to be more persistent, determined and patient in an otherwise a seemingly stress-free assignment. The sweetness of the task lies in the unparalleled cooperation and commitment from the members of the team and together we experience the fruition of completing the task in the stipulated time. Having done the analysis and presented it in the class, we hope to disseminate new information and knowledge to the fellow classmates and we also benefited a lot from their excellent presentations. 

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In summary, we have learnt a great deal from the task assigned to us. We managed to derive some important values pertinent in the completion of the assignment. Not only did we finish the task successfully, our ukhuwwah and friendship have become stronger and we value each moment we spent together in finishing the task. We hope our lovely readers would find this beneficial. May Allah grant us His immeasurable boons and compassion alongside our good deeds. Blessed days ahead of you!!

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