English-1302

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All core curriculum courses in the state of Texas must meet a set of general education guidelines.  Throughout the course you will engage in activities meant to test your ability to communicate and think critically.  In addition to these skills, there is another skill that is of great importance but often overlooked:  personal responsibility.  

Perhaps the most important factor in passing any college course is personal responsibility.  This includes actions like showing up for class on time or logging in to your online class each day, buying the necessary books and materials for class, participating in collaborative work,  maintaining communication with instructors and submitting work on time.  

The online environment poses some special challenges in the area of personal responsibility.  Because we do not meet on campus regularly, it becomes even more critical that you remain connected and engaged. 

For this assignment, I want you to reflect on the challenges of online coursework and explain how you will be responsible for meeting those challenges.  Use some of the following questions to help you formulate a 300 word response.  (note: you do not have to answer each question individually.  Rather, I want you to think broadly about the how you will meet the challenges that this course might pose.)

  • What are some of the possible pitfalls of an online course? How can you make sure that you do not fall victim to them? 
  • Do you struggle with procrastination?   If so,  how do you plan to adjust your approach so that you are successful in the course?  
  • How are your time management skills?  Can you look at a due date calendar and plan ahead so that you do not get behind?
  • If some of your writing skills are weak, how do you plan to strengthen them?  
  • What will you do if you find that you are falling behind?
  • Do you currently have a sustainable balance between family, school and work life?  If not, how will you adapt?

Submit your reflection by clicking the assignment link and attaching a document.  Your response should be in essay format with mulitple paragraphs.

Writing Entry # 3

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Directions for Writing Entry Three:
CHOOSE
Choose a crafting technique you would like to focus on for your writing entry.  You are NOT describing the crafting technique.  Remember, you are creating examples that you may use in your future classroom as examples for your students, so you may want to select a crafting technique you know you would use in your future class or select the one you struggle with as a writer so you can practice. 
WRITING
In your writer’s notebook, list the crafting technique or skill and show how you would use that technique or skill in your own writing.  You are creating your own example; you are NOT copying an example you found.  An example of a crafting technique is a recurring line like in the song “Row, row, row your boat.” This line is repeated several times in the song. It makes the song interesting. So in my writing example, I would create an original piece of writing where I would use a recurring line.  I may write about how I hate to clean the house, but enjoy it once it’s done.  My recurring line that repeats may be something like, “Clean, clean, everything clean! (You are not allowed to use the crafting technique of recurring line for your example since it was provided as an example here.)

Global Cultures Signature Writing Assignment

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Instructions:

After watching the Belgian / French film Fear and Trembling, respond to the following prompts in an essay (a minimum of 750 words.).  Please clearly address each prompt (1-4) and each of the components within each prompt.

Prompt 1: Imagine that you took over Amelies position in that company after she left and that she had explained in detail what had occurred there. What did you learn about Anglo-European and Japanese cultural differences from this information (in the film)  that would help you succeed better than she did? Would it have made any difference if she were a man?

Prompt 2: How are women treated differently from men in the film?  Describe similar situations that you might have witnessed or heard about in an American context. Are these matters that would have been reported to an American Human Resources Director?

Prompt 3: On a 1-10 scale per item, apply the Ten Cultural Contrasts to Amelies work performance review at the end of her year at the Yumimoto Corporation from both the perspective of her supervisor, Mori Fubukis,  and the one she would have gotten at an American or Western European company. From your perspective which review would be fairer?[DE2]  NOTE: Since you will probably be renting the film, be sure that you closely evaluate it when you have access.  The Mori Fubukis work review and Amelies response occur at one hour 24 minutes (1:24) until the end of the film.

Prompt 4: What are three specific instances of stereotyping that you noticed in the film? Describe the instances and why you considered them to be cultural stereotyping. The film was made in 2004. How might the situations have changed if it were made today?

Video link: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Fear-and-Trembling/53641

PLEASE let me know if you need me to rent this video OR you can add this to the total price at the end. The link will show a Rent option for $2 and an Own option for $9.99

Discussion-1

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Read the attached hypothetical and answer the 3 questions.  The hypothetical is also located in the files link.

Please discuss these questions and your thoughts within the forum prior to submitting your final work.  Hit Reply to start a new thread or just reply to another student’s thoughts.

After you discuss the topics among your peers in the discussion forum, and are ready to submit your final responses, go to the Assignments link and upload your final response to Canvas as a Word or PDF document.

You will post two separate documents; the initial post is one document and the two reply posts are a separate document.  

The initial post is due on Canvas

 The initial post must be a minimum of 500 words (Approx.1 page) and is worth 20 points. 

You must submit 2 reply posts to different students.  The 2 reply posts are due on Canvas on Friday, January 17th at 11:59 p.m. Each reply post must be a minimum of 125 words (Approx. page) and are worth 5 points.