EAP102 Spring 2019

Speakers and discussion: Paper 5

Walk through Paper 5 expectations

Keep working on Paper 5

Word Museum

Interviewing Americans

Work on Paper 5

Writing Exercise #12

Observations and inferences

Speakers and practice interviews

Start working on Paper 5

Speakers: prepare to interview an American

Word Museum

Speakers and discussion:

• Observations and questions about Boyhood

Intro to Paper 5

Submit Word Museum ppt’s

Writing Exercise #11

Speakers and discussion:

• Osland and Bird, cultural paradoxes

Intro to Boyhood

Watch Boyhood

Writing Exercise #10

Word Museum

Speakers and Q&A:

• Lin vs. Hu, Grove, and Zhuang

Voice markers

Review: summarizing and quoting

Paper 4 due next class

Read Osland & Bird (selections)

Speakers and discussion:

• Hu, Grove, and Zhuang vs. Lin Yutang

Guidelines for Paper 4

Start writing Paper 4

Read TSIS Chapter 5

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Speakers and discussion: Hofstede Chapter 4

Introduction to Paper #4

Read Lin Yutang, “Absence of the Social Mind”

Read Hu, Zhuang, and Grove, “A Brief Background to the Chinese Way of Life”

Writing Exercise #9

MCMP 2019: What’s next?

Understanding Hofstede’s dimensions

Read Hofstede Chapter 4

Experiment with Hofstede country comparison tool

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Decoding American cultural practices (cont’d)

Speakers and Q&A: Hofstede’s dimensions

Copyediting practice

Final copyedited manuscripts due next class

No speakers next class

Speakers and discussion:

• Reflections on revising MCMP chapters

• “Decoding” American cultural practices

Intro to copyediting process

Hofstede Chapter 2 reading + article excerpt

Read copyediting handouts

Begin copyediting

Speakers: critiquing sample papers

Critique groupmates’ papers

Final drafts of MCMP papers due next class!

Session 4: going forward

TSIS 8: improving “flow”

Hofstede Chapter 1 cont’d

Read classmates’ essays

Writing Exercise #8

Revise midterm papers

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Speakers and discussion

• Hofstede Ch. 1

None. Bring to next class:

• Hofstede Ch. 1

• Day 14 Discussion Script & your notes from last class

• They Say, I Say

(Optional) Think about further reading, illustrations, and Chinese vocab list

Speakers and discussion

• Sharing our papers

Peer evaluation

Read Chapter 1 of Cultures and Organizations

Writing Exercise #7

Word Museum presentations

Speakers and discussion: debating the topics we’re writing about

Metacommentary

Midterm paper rough draft due next class

Speakers and discussion

• How can we “show that we know it’s true”?

• What will these essays need to do to be good?

In-class workshop

Keep working on your essay

Skim TSIS Chapter 10 (Metacommentary)

Reread Preface F

Writing Exercise #6

Speakers

• Topics and questions

Pro tip: “Show why you know it’s true”

Discussion

• What will these essays need to do in order to be good?

Reread Prefaces J and I

Find (or create) a second source

Writing Exercise #5: Write the beginning of your chapter

Discussion: Choosing a specific focus

Pro tip: “Describe it first”

Choose an object or activity

Find a source relevant to it

Writing Exercise #4

Word Museum presentation

Speakers and discussion:

• Deciding on a vision for our book

Vote!

Stay tuned for topic assignment!