- At some point this week, look around you and produce a drawing (or take a picture) of a space that you feel is rich in arrangements. In a style similar to the diagram on page 33, annotate your picture or drawing with the “hard” and “soft” arrangements you can identify.
- Map an aspect of your topic to the Ideas/Arrangements/Effects framework. Since arrangements are “a rich and frequently overlooked terrain for creating change” (32): can you identify a way you could change your identified arrangement, and how that might reflect a different idea, or have a different effect?
- Idea: The words’ pronunciation should be simplified.
- Arrangement: New version of the textbook
- Effect: The deletion of characters’ pronunciations leads to the loss of culture.
- Change: Separate texts and articles with uncommon pronunciations to the textbooks for elective courses. Let the students decide whether they want to learn more or not. While reducing stress for beginners, the textbook can still preserve cultural heritage.