Monday, October 29, 2012
No classroom meeting today: office hour for those who have questions
Monday, October 22, 2012
The next four Mondays
will be conferences and finishing all three interviews.
10-29 While you may continue work on interview two and three I will be available in LH 116 during class time. We will not meet in Miller Center. Come see me - first come first served - next week.
11-5 The second interview is due. You can use any compuetr to access and review the interviews posted by your peers. Twelve of you have mandatory meetings with me - sign up sheet will be added today.
11-12 The last interview is due. The second half of class will meet me in LH 116 according to the sign up sheet.
11-19 I meet the people who were scheduled on Nov. 12
11-26 class meets in Miller Center
Sign-up-sheet
10-29 While you may continue work on interview two and three I will be available in LH 116 during class time. We will not meet in Miller Center. Come see me - first come first served - next week.
11-5 The second interview is due. You can use any compuetr to access and review the interviews posted by your peers. Twelve of you have mandatory meetings with me - sign up sheet will be added today.
11-12 The last interview is due. The second half of class will meet me in LH 116 according to the sign up sheet.
11-19 I meet the people who were scheduled on Nov. 12
11-26 class meets in Miller Center
Sign-up-sheet
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Review of interview 1
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Please read all posted interviews. If one is missing, fill out a form with the name and zeros. You will receive evaluation forms today and you are expected to fill out one set of parameters for each class mate.
Evaluation criteria
Use these criteria in reviewing and rating all class interviews.
Name:________________________________________________________
How is the preparation documented? 0..1..2..3
How good are the personal considerations regarding the interview process? 0..1..2
How comprehensive and informative is the country report? 0..1..2..3..4
How does the interview read? Interesting, good questions/answers? 0..1..2..3..4..5
How well is the complete interview presented on the blog? Clarity, errors, visual appearance all count. Audio files add a point. The max is still 6 points. 0..1..2..3..4..5..6
total:______________________________________________________________
Scorecard
Make a copy of the scorecard in your own spreadsheet program and add up the rows to show totals. Make your spreadsheet visible to all with the link, Create a post named: Review of interview 1 and type the words "My scorecard". Link your scorecard to those two words.
Then write a short review of your top three interviews.
Best interview: (add student name and url) - 15 points (as an example)
Then wrte a paragraph about the entire interview blog. Why did it score higher than others?
Do the same for your second best interview, as well as the third best interview.
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Please read all posted interviews. If one is missing, fill out a form with the name and zeros. You will receive evaluation forms today and you are expected to fill out one set of parameters for each class mate.
Evaluation criteria
Use these criteria in reviewing and rating all class interviews.
Name:________________________________________________________
How is the preparation documented? 0..1..2..3
How good are the personal considerations regarding the interview process? 0..1..2
How comprehensive and informative is the country report? 0..1..2..3..4
How does the interview read? Interesting, good questions/answers? 0..1..2..3..4..5
How well is the complete interview presented on the blog? Clarity, errors, visual appearance all count. Audio files add a point. The max is still 6 points. 0..1..2..3..4..5..6
total:______________________________________________________________
Scorecard
Make a copy of the scorecard in your own spreadsheet program and add up the rows to show totals. Make your spreadsheet visible to all with the link, Create a post named: Review of interview 1 and type the words "My scorecard". Link your scorecard to those two words.
Then write a short review of your top three interviews.
Best interview: (add student name and url) - 15 points (as an example)
Then wrte a paragraph about the entire interview blog. Why did it score higher than others?
Do the same for your second best interview, as well as the third best interview.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Calendar for interview completion
The first interview needs to be posted by noon next Monday, October 22. That day in class, we will learn how to evaluate, tabulate, and review these posts. The best interview will be awarded a 10% grade boost (one letter grade for the semester). The next week (10-29), we will not meet in class but rather in my office. I will put out a schedule next week for you to meet me in my office for a 10-minute talk about this class and you.
One week later, Monday at noon, the second interview needs to be posted. That's November 5. The last interview is due one week later. All interviews need to be completed by November 12, noon.
The same day, we will discuss topics for final papers. These need to fit into the context of Global Communications so that you can use the newly found competence for the final paper. If a research paper is not your cup of tea, do a fourth interview but know that students who choose that option cannot get an A in class (unless they won an interview competition before). Final papers are due on the day of our final by 6PM. Questions?? Ask!
Sign-up for student-instructor interviews: here.
One week later, Monday at noon, the second interview needs to be posted. That's November 5. The last interview is due one week later. All interviews need to be completed by November 12, noon.
The same day, we will discuss topics for final papers. These need to fit into the context of Global Communications so that you can use the newly found competence for the final paper. If a research paper is not your cup of tea, do a fourth interview but know that students who choose that option cannot get an A in class (unless they won an interview competition before). Final papers are due on the day of our final by 6PM. Questions?? Ask!
Sign-up for student-instructor interviews: here.
Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student (or an US student)
Create groups of three students. These cannot be people you have worked with before.
1. Brainstorm the topic
2. Create a list of unsorted ideas - at least 12 per person
2.1 Research the topic and see what is available online or in the library. A-papers use sources from the library or web to strengthen their argument
3. Create an outline of your own solution for this writing task and compare it to the group members
4. Change into single mode and write the paper. Take no more than 45 minutes to do that. No later than 7 PM reconvene with your group.
5. Review all three papers and determine, which is best. Write down the reasons in a document that you create in google documents. In that document, compare the strengths and weaknesses of all three papers. Use meaningful parameters to describe strengths and weaknesses.
6. Each group member now links to that google document in their post that contains their personal essay from today.
7. Continue work on your own first interview. It is due on your blog next week.
- the topic of the paper is: Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student
- the 12 ideas - or more- are elements that support the topic above.
1. Brainstorm the topic
2. Create a list of unsorted ideas - at least 12 per person
2.1 Research the topic and see what is available online or in the library. A-papers use sources from the library or web to strengthen their argument
3. Create an outline of your own solution for this writing task and compare it to the group members
4. Change into single mode and write the paper. Take no more than 45 minutes to do that. No later than 7 PM reconvene with your group.
5. Review all three papers and determine, which is best. Write down the reasons in a document that you create in google documents. In that document, compare the strengths and weaknesses of all three papers. Use meaningful parameters to describe strengths and weaknesses.
6. Each group member now links to that google document in their post that contains their personal essay from today.
7. Continue work on your own first interview. It is due on your blog next week.
- the topic of the paper is: Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student
- the 12 ideas - or more- are elements that support the topic above.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Categories
Category 1: Family - 1, 24
What is the value of family in your country?
What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)
Category 2: Culture - 7, 45
How does your home country culture differ from the US culture?
What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)
Category 3: Food - 3, 71
What is the most famous food in your country?
What are your meals like? Size, number, times of day.
Category 4 : Education - 18, 69
What is the education system in your country?
Do a lot of people get a chance to attend college in your country?
Category 5: Social - 42
What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
Category 6: Religion -29,
What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?
Category 7: Special Occasion - 2,
What are some holidays that you celebrate in ________ and how do you celebrate them?
What is the value of family in your country?
What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)
Category 2: Culture - 7, 45
How does your home country culture differ from the US culture?
What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)
Category 3: Food - 3, 71
What is the most famous food in your country?
What are your meals like? Size, number, times of day.
Category 4 : Education - 18, 69
What is the education system in your country?
Do a lot of people get a chance to attend college in your country?
Category 5: Social - 42
What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
Category 6: Religion -29,
What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?
Category 7: Special Occasion - 2,
What are some holidays that you celebrate in ________ and how do you celebrate them?
Meeting 7 on Oct 9
We need to establish the list of core questions, categorize them, and settle the ones we will be using.
Furthermore, each student needs to write a statement of purpose for the interviews. Label it "Interview objectives" and have it on your blog by this evening.
Lastly, we need to talk about the interviewing process and enjoy a few mock interviews in class.
Raw input from students. Han Sole and Gabin coordinating selection of core questions.
Copied from source document:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFZOQzGmUtfuV8bps3HgFGvw-ULkAl2loqIVpDuGWaQ/edit
En191f12s27 Questions for the interviewee:
Core ten questions, directed by Gabin:
Each student contribute at least two questions that have not been asked here yet. So read first, write later. This will yield at least 50 questions.
How can we organize them? Which categories would they fit? Create the categories from the fundus of questions herein (below), and post the categories you find here. I want to see a blog post from every student that shows the categories used by us in the document below:
1. What is the value of family in your country?
2. What are some holidays that you celebrate in China and how do you celebrate them?
3. What is the most famous food in your country?
4.How do you view the history of your country?
5.Why have you chosen to work in this country?
6.what are the differences between here and your country?
7. How does your home country culture different from the US culture?
8.What is the dynamic of families in your country?
9.where are you suggest us to travel in your country?
10.Does your country encourage marriage at a younger age?
11.In times of stress, how does your country handle with it?
12.What interests make you come to US?
13.what is the most important festival in your country?
14.What is the biggest holiday that is most celebrated in your country? Who participates?
15. how do you view the way government is ran in your country? how does your government compare to that of the U.S’s?
16.Do you like girls in your home country?
17. Do women in your country have the same right as women?
18.what is the education system in your country?
19. Could you describe the most common characteristics of people in your country?
20. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Who did you look up to (childhood hero)?
21. Is marriage important that everybody want to achieve in your country?
22. Is there anything you would like the government modify about your country?
st concerned in your c
23. How do people consider newborn specially girls in your country?
untry?
24.What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)
25. What in your country is considered “taboo”?
26.How do y
27. what events are famous in your country?
28.how women like men looks get young boys and girls ..add consecutive numbers as you ad
country nowadays?
29. What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?
30. what things you do not like in your country?
31.what do you think about the culture here and why did you choose to live here?
32. What are you views on tattoos? What are the views your country has on tattoos?
33. What are the issues mo21.How many children each family has in your country? (on average) Are there still gender discrimination, race discrimination in your country?
22.what is the most economic resour
34. Do you know any Turkish German people back in your country?
35. What kind of censorship exists in your country?
36. How are women viewed in your comarried according to your country?
37. What do you know about Turkish culture?
38.What are some commonly shared food dishes in your country?
39. Do you think Turkish German people experiencing any adjustment issue? Do you think they get used to live in German culture? Do you find Turkish people more European or more Middle Eastern?
40. What does your country stand for?
41. How are women viewed in your country?
42. What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
43. Do you see Turkish German people as a part of your culture?
44. What are some issues are most concerned in your country nowadays?
45. What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)
46. What sports are valued in your culture?
47. Do you think Turkish people in Turkey and Germany have exactly same culture?
48. why most of the stereotypes says you are eat a lot of spices food??
49. What Turkish German people enrich to German culture?
50. Do you know why that much Turkish people live in Germany? How does it place in history?
51. What do you think about Turkish German people’s future in Germany?
52.Does domestic violence more often in your country?
53. What most women do not like about men in your country?
54. What do you think, majority of German people think about Turkish German people?
55. Do you think there is a double standard in Germany between German people and Turkish German people?
56. What do women think about marriage in your country?
57. If you were to describe your country as an enchilada or a hard shell taco, what would it be? Why?
58. Have you ever visited Turkey or any other district in Germany where majority of the Turkish people live in?
59. Do you find any difference between Turkish German generations in Germany?
60. Beer or vodka? ビールを飲みませんか。お酒も？ Водка? What are some holidays that you celebrate in Germany and how do you celebrate them
61. Eins. Zwei. Drei. Fünf. Zehn. Elf. Zwölf. Zwanzig. Was ist das?
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65. Candlejack was h
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70. How delicious are the pastries?
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73. كيف حالك؟
74 أنا جيد. كيف حال
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76.
77. Would you like to grab beer after an interview?
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79.
80. What are the
81. Здравствуйте. Как вас зовут?
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Furthermore, each student needs to write a statement of purpose for the interviews. Label it "Interview objectives" and have it on your blog by this evening.
Lastly, we need to talk about the interviewing process and enjoy a few mock interviews in class.
Raw input from students. Han Sole and Gabin coordinating selection of core questions.
Copied from source document:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFZOQzGmUtfuV8bps3HgFGvw-ULkAl2loqIVpDuGWaQ/edit
En191f12s27 Questions for the interviewee:
Core ten questions, directed by Gabin:
- Patent Protected!
Each student contribute at least two questions that have not been asked here yet. So read first, write later. This will yield at least 50 questions.
How can we organize them? Which categories would they fit? Create the categories from the fundus of questions herein (below), and post the categories you find here. I want to see a blog post from every student that shows the categories used by us in the document below:
1. What is the value of family in your country?
2. What are some holidays that you celebrate in China and how do you celebrate them?
3. What is the most famous food in your country?
4.How do you view the history of your country?
5.Why have you chosen to work in this country?
6.what are the differences between here and your country?
7. How does your home country culture different from the US culture?
8.What is the dynamic of families in your country?
9.where are you suggest us to travel in your country?
10.Does your country encourage marriage at a younger age?
11.In times of stress, how does your country handle with it?
12.What interests make you come to US?
13.what is the most important festival in your country?
14.What is the biggest holiday that is most celebrated in your country? Who participates?
15. how do you view the way government is ran in your country? how does your government compare to that of the U.S’s?
16.Do you like girls in your home country?
17. Do women in your country have the same right as women?
18.what is the education system in your country?
19. Could you describe the most common characteristics of people in your country?
20. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Who did you look up to (childhood hero)?
21. Is marriage important that everybody want to achieve in your country?
22. Is there anything you would like the government modify about your country?
st concerned in your c
23. How do people consider newborn specially girls in your country?
untry?
24.What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)
25. What in your country is considered “taboo”?
26.How do y
27. what events are famous in your country?
28.how women like men looks get young boys and girls ..add consecutive numbers as you ad
country nowadays?
29. What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?
30. what things you do not like in your country?
31.what do you think about the culture here and why did you choose to live here?
32. What are you views on tattoos? What are the views your country has on tattoos?
33. What are the issues mo21.How many children each family has in your country? (on average) Are there still gender discrimination, race discrimination in your country?
22.what is the most economic resour
34. Do you know any Turkish German people back in your country?
35. What kind of censorship exists in your country?
36. How are women viewed in your comarried according to your country?
37. What do you know about Turkish culture?
38.What are some commonly shared food dishes in your country?
39. Do you think Turkish German people experiencing any adjustment issue? Do you think they get used to live in German culture? Do you find Turkish people more European or more Middle Eastern?
40. What does your country stand for?
41. How are women viewed in your country?
42. What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
43. Do you see Turkish German people as a part of your culture?
44. What are some issues are most concerned in your country nowadays?
45. What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)
46. What sports are valued in your culture?
47. Do you think Turkish people in Turkey and Germany have exactly same culture?
48. why most of the stereotypes says you are eat a lot of spices food??
49. What Turkish German people enrich to German culture?
50. Do you know why that much Turkish people live in Germany? How does it place in history?
51. What do you think about Turkish German people’s future in Germany?
52.Does domestic violence more often in your country?
53. What most women do not like about men in your country?
54. What do you think, majority of German people think about Turkish German people?
55. Do you think there is a double standard in Germany between German people and Turkish German people?
56. What do women think about marriage in your country?
57. If you were to describe your country as an enchilada or a hard shell taco, what would it be? Why?
58. Have you ever visited Turkey or any other district in Germany where majority of the Turkish people live in?
59. Do you find any difference between Turkish German generations in Germany?
60. Beer or vodka? ビールを飲みませんか。お酒も？ Водка? What are some holidays that you celebrate in Germany and how do you celebrate them
61. Eins. Zwei. Drei. Fünf. Zehn. Elf. Zwölf. Zwanzig. Was ist das?
62.
63. right-to-left languages are fun ^___^
64. How attractive are your men? lol? Depends.... on what?Where you find them, usually the ones in the dark alleys are pretty cute after dark ;) I heard trailer parks have hotties too!! I make trailor parks look like heaven!Jack?! Chuck Norris..no...it’s defianetly Jack...good times :) Definitely not jack...or maybe it was....Kelo? no still chucky...too much men for one night, i’m sry :( there must’ve been like...12. CHUCK!!! I remember!!! The names norris...Chuck Norris65. Candlejack was h
66.
67.
68.
69.
70. How delicious are the pastries?
71.
72.
73. كيف حالك؟
74 أنا جيد. كيف حال
75.
76.
77. Would you like to grab beer after an interview?
78.
79.
80. What are the
81. Здравствуйте. Как вас зовут?
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Example of MLA style bibliography
University library resources
Review the above site and prepare to explain in class.
Works cited
King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.
Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." National
Geographic.com. 9 Feb. 2001. 13 Mar. 2003 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.
Rai, Arti K., and Rebecca S. Eisenberg. "Bayh-Dole Reform and the Progress of
Biomedicine." American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 52-59.
The Tuxedo. Dir. Kevin Donovan. Prod. John H. Williams, and Adam Schroeder,
Perf. Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt. DreamWorks, 2002.
Svitil, Kathy A. "Can I Pour You a Pint of Light?" Discover Nov. 2002: 12.
---. "The 50 Most Important Women in Science." Discover Nov. 2002: 52-57.
Source of examples: http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampleworks.html
Review the above site and prepare to explain in class.
Works cited
King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.
Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." National
Geographic.com. 9 Feb. 2001. 13 Mar. 2003 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.
Rai, Arti K., and Rebecca S. Eisenberg. "Bayh-Dole Reform and the Progress of
Biomedicine." American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 52-59.
The Tuxedo. Dir. Kevin Donovan. Prod. John H. Williams, and Adam Schroeder,
Perf. Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt. DreamWorks, 2002.
Svitil, Kathy A. "Can I Pour You a Pint of Light?" Discover Nov. 2002: 12.
---. "The 50 Most Important Women in Science." Discover Nov. 2002: 52-57.
Source of examples: http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampleworks.html
... do not forget
that you have to quote the first complete sentence from page 15 of the selected five books that classmates had brought to class. And you need a bibliography (also called "Works cited") at the end of your post. Author, title, publisher, publication location, and year.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Class tonight as usually MC 206
Make yourself familiar with the SCSU library site. It will help you locate books in the library. You need to find five books. If you cannot find the book on the shelf, try asking your classmates :-).
Select five posts from your classmates that describe their library book work from last week. Think of the 25 listed members (on the right side of the class blog) as five groups. 1-5, 6-10 etc. Pick one from each five in the list. That will - I hope- involve all members of class. Go find those five books and quote the first sentence of page 15. Describe the book (what it is about, who the author is, where and when it was published, and where) and weave the quote into your text. At the end, create a mini bibliography of the five books and return them quickly. Others will be looking for the same books! Post your findings.
Then go back and study the SCSU library site in detail. Peruse the RefWorks site, create an ID and try using it. Use Group code "RWStCloudSU" and training here. Try out what the website can do for you: create a small bibliography. Post it.
Homework for next week: Think of three countries or regions of the world that your interviewee might come from. Find books and on-line resources and write a report why you are interested in this country or region, and which books you found. 500 words. This will prepare you for the needed country reports of our interviews. Post it on your blog. Due noon next week the day we meet.
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