Day 13
Fri. Apr. 30
Share interview questions about Saudi culture
Look at Amadasi and Holliday (2017) for key words
Speakers: Share recommended sources
Revision: More on audience and purpose
Homework
➤ Notice and record one new word or phrase
Do this one more time! This time, make an extra effort to record the context in detail. How was the word or phrase used in a sentence? Who said it? What was being talked about or described?
As before, please also:
Note your goal at the top of the document
Use the word or phrase in a sentence or two expressing something actually meaningful to you that you might actually say or write
Upload your document to Box.
➤ Reread (and probably rewrite) the beginning of your essay
Reread the beginning of the essay that you’re using at the basis of your final project. Imagine it being read by: 1) a Chinese student, faculty member, or administrator with advanced English; 2) an American student, faculty member, or administrator; and 3) a student, faculty member, or administrator from somewhere not China or the U.S. (say, Nigeria, or Morocco, or Italy, or Mexico). Ask yourself: Would what I’ve written make sense to someone from each of these three backgrounds? And would it be meaningful to someone from each of these three backgrounds?
If your answer is “no” to either of these questions, rewrite your beginning. Post it to the folder “Final paper-beginnings” on Box.
If your answer is “yes” to both of these questions, upload your beginning to the folder and add a note to it explaining why you think it needs no revisions.
➤ Don’t forget about Fran!
Come up with a list of possible explanations for the older man’s behavior in the story, and come to next class ready to share them with us.
➤ Speakers: Jane, Tianji, Viviette
Read (or listen to, or watch) a potential English-language source you think would be helpful for enriching your own final paper, and which you think might your classmates might find useful in their writing as well. (This source could be anything. It could be an academic article, but it doesn’t have to be. It could be something from a popular website, film, online forum, podcast, interview, Youtube channel etc.)
In 2-3 minutes, explain to us:
what this source is (what type of source it is);
who the author is;
who you think the intended audience is;
what you think the author’s intended purpose is in writing / creating the source;
what you’ve learned from this source so far (summarize some of the main points you’ve taken it)
why you think this source could be helpful to your classmates.
Finally, link to your source (or upload it) in the Box folder “16-Recommended sources.”
(Note: If you want to read other chapters from the Hofstede and Gelfand books, please let me know. I have full copies of each and am happy to share them with you. Also happy to make recommendations for other sources if you have something specific in mind.)