Homework:

• Type the second draft of your essay (i.e., Essay 1.2)

• Be sure to read and consider my comments on your first draft when revising.

• Minimum of 1100 words in length

• Minimum of 4 references to our readings (see p. 124)

• Develop a concise thesis with controlling idea (see p. 105)

• Avoid too many personal examples and an overly personal tone

• Remember to not only describe the differences in non-verbal communication across cultures but, more importantly, how these differences make inter-cultural communication difficult.

• Pay more attention to your grammar and vocabulary.

• Give your essay an appropriate title.

 

On Tuesday, 1/22, bring in 2 print copies of your essay.  Make sure one of them does not have your name on it, but rather your student ID number.

 

In case you forgot, the original essay prompt was:

What are some of the extra-linguistic reasons why communicating with someone from a different culture is difficult?  Discuss in detail.

REMEMBER: Monday, January 21 is a holiday.  Campus closed!

Today we took a reading quiz based on Core Readings #1 and #2 from Chapter 4.

Homework:

Review your vocabulary

-----Class Cancelled!-----

Vocabulary for Chapter 4

Core #1:

assumption, dominate, dispute, subsistence, embryo, androgen, speculate, estrogen, prolactin, hermaphrodite, testosterone

Core #2:

startling, interpretation, hostile, dissecting, inquiry, deficit, embryonic, plummet, vulnerable, articulate, nursery

Core #3:

reluctant, intimacy, asymmetry, pique, taciturn, succinct, solicited, tantamount, divergent, fleeting

Homework:

• Read Core Reading #2, "Boys Will Be Boys"

• Do "Main Ideas" exercise

• Do "Summarizing and Paraphrasing" exercise

Today we wrote our first draft of our first essay (i.e., Essay 1.1) in class in response to the following prompt:

What are some of the extra-linguistic reasons why communicating with someone from a different culture is difficult?  Discuss in detail.

Homework:

Chapter 4, New Directions

• Read Core Reading #1, "Sex Roles," pp. 189-95

• Do "Main Ideas" exercise, p. 195

• Do "Summarizing and Paraphrasing" exercise, pp. 196-97

Tomorrow we will have our FIRST ESSAY in class!

• you can bring your dictionary

• you can bring two pages of notes

• bring blue book or 8 1/2 x 11 paper

• see p. 55 for possible essay prompts

Homework:

Prepare for essay

Read Additional Reading #1, "Polite but thirsty," pp. 36-39

Read Additional Reading #2, "Friends and strangers," pp. 40-43

Homework:

Read Core Reading #3, "Time talks, with an accent"

Do the "Main Ideas" exercise

Homework:

 

Read Core Reading #2, "Where do we stand?", pp. 19-22

 

Do the following exercises:

Main Ideas, p. 23

Supporting Details, pp. 23-24

Vocabulary in Context, pp. 24-25

Vocabulary for Core Reading #1

assumption

extent

devotion

accountable

observation

inclination

aim

circumstance

conceive

encounter

legitimize

obligations

extracurricular

egalitarian

idiomatic

constructive

connotation

slouch

attire

efficiency

comprehension

feasible

indecisive

pervade

implicitly

interpersonal

confrontation

superiority

brochure

apron string

rugged

errand

paradoxically

imbue

compulsively

stiffen

preserve

expenditure

outrage

aloof

assertiveness

interracial

admiration presumably

consequences

aggressive

self-reliance

persistently

Homework:

Read Core Reading #1, "American values and assumptions," pp. 5-13

If you do not have the book, you can download the article here.

 

Do the following exercises: (download exercises here)

Main Ideas, pp. 13-14

Supporting Details, pp. 14-15

Vocabulary in Context, p. 16