Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
Orientation (attendance: beetroot)
Introduction + Video Task Info / sample (quinoa)
Role, Family, Baggage Slides / Handout / Task (potato)
Cultural Baggage Slides / Handout + More / Task (onion)
Deep Culture D-I-E / Task / 1 2 3 4 5 (fennel)
Challenges, Safety, Connected Slides / Handout / Task (parsnip)
Adjustment Cycle Slides / Handout / Task (leek)
Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick Slides / Handout / Task (spinach)
Getting Settled, Relationships / Slides / Handout / Task (squash)
Culture Shock Slides / Handout / Task & Holidays Slides / Handout / Task (kale)
The Return Slides / Handout / Task (alfalfa)
REVIEW TEST / Video Task Due [bring USB or send download link] (pea)
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (daikon)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Assignments
3. Video Project
4. Student Presentation
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Culture can be compared to how fish relate to water: As long as we stay within our own culture, we don't take notice of things. Everything is normal, just as it should be. Only when we have fish-out-of-water experiences do we realize that there are other worlds. Unfamiliar environments, values, and behaviors can be stressful, and they can lead people to make skewed judgments or react in a negative inefficient way to the "strange" culture. However, with cultural intelligence/intercultural communication education, people will discover that there are valuable gifts hidden in the unfamiliar. At the same time, with renewed eyes, they appreciate the gifts in their own culture.
Expectations
Introductions
Biang-biang
Whaling
Getting down on one knee
Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice
Meaning of my Existence
Hope Invites
The Giving Tree
Flight Safety Video
Santa
Vocabulary Test
Essay Test
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance and Weekly Participation
2. Midterm Test
3. Final Test (or Report)
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook.
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Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
*The password for the weekly downloads → Hint: Big, white, and furry in Romaji.)
09.20 Orientation (attendance: beetroot)
09.27 Introduction + Video Task Info (quinoa)
10.04 No Class
10.11 ONLINE - Role, Family, Baggage (1) Slides / (2) Handout / (3) Lecture / (4)Task (potato)
10.18 Cultural Baggage Slides / Handout + More / Task (onion)
10.25 Deep Culture D-I-E / Task / 1 2 3 4 5 (fennel)
11.08 Challenges, Safety, Connected Slides / Handout / Task (parsnip)
11.15 Adjustment Cycle Slides / Handout / Task (leek)
11.22 Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick Slides / Handout / Task
11.29 Getting Settled, Relationships / Slides / Handout / Task (squash)
12.06 Culture Shock Slides / Handout / Task & Holidays Slides / Handout / Task (kale)
12.13 The Return Slides / Handout / Task (alfalfa)
12.20 Presentation Preparation / Video Task Due (pea)
01.10 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (daikon)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Assignments
3. Video Project
4. Student Presentation
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
*The password for the weekly downloads → Hint: an large white animal in romaji)
04.12 Orientation (attendance pw: beetroot)
04.19 Introduction + Video Task Info (quinoa)
(Self-study looking at printout of Handout ↓ then submit Task↓ via OhMeiji "Report")
04.26 ONLINE Role, Family, Baggage Slides / Handout / Lecture / Task (spinach)
05.09 Cultural Baggage Slides / Handout + More / Task (potato)
05.16 Deep Culture D-I-E / Task / 1 2 3 4 5 (onion)
05.24 Challenges, Safety, Connected Slides / Handout / Task (fennel)
05.31 No class - Self Study (parsnip)
06.07 Adjustment Cycle Slides / Handout / Task (leek)
06.14 Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick Slides / Handout / Task (shallot)
06.21 ONLINE Getting Settled, Relationships Slides / Handout / Lecture / Task (squash)
06.28 Culture Shock Slides / Handout / Task & Holidays Slides / Handout / Task (kale)
07.04 The Return Slides / Handout / Task / NEXT (alfalfa)
07.11 Presentation Preparation / Video Task Due (pea)
07.18 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (daikon)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Assignments
3. Video Project
4. Student Presentation
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
ONLINE/ON DEMAND VERSION (Originally created for sessions during COVID19)
Below, you will find all the materials viewable and downloadable.
Click on the blue font below, input the password, view (or print) the PDF file.
_____Video Task Information
01__ Role, Family, Baggage / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (spinach)
02__ Deep Culture, D-I-E / Overview / Handout + More / Lecture / Task (potato)
03__ More D-I-E / Task (onion)
04__ Challenges, Safety, Connected / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (fennel)
05__ Adjustment Cycle / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (parsnip)
06__ Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (leek)
07__ Getting Settled, Relationships / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (shallot)
08__ Culture Shock / Overview /Handout / Lecture / Task (squash)
09__ Holidays / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (kale)
10__ The Return / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (alfalfa)
_____ Video Task Due / Semester Test (pea)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Assignments
3. Video Project
4. Semester Test
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
Your class will be conducted as an online/on-demand class. Below, you will find all the materials viewable and downloadable. Click on the blue font below, input the password, view (or print) the PDF file.
*The password for the weekly downloads → Included in the first email I sent to you.)
2021 AUTUMN SEMESTER SYLLABUS FOR STAY-HOME STUDENT (在宅受講配慮者用シラバス)
Click on the date below --> Print out the Handout --> Watch the Overview --> Listen to the Lecture while looking at your Handout --> Complete the Task --> send the completed Task to the professor using Oh-Meiji "Report." You can study at your own pace. There are only 2 requirements: (1) register your attendance at Oh-Meiji between 9:00 - 9:20 on the dates below, and (2) complete everything by January 11, 2022.
09.21 Orientation (attendance password: beetroot)
09.28 Introduction + Video Task Info (pw: quinoa)
10.05 Role, Family, Baggage / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (spinach)
10.12 Deep Culture, D-I-E / Overview / Handout + More / Lecture / Task (potato)
10.19 More D-I-E / Task (onion)
10.26 Challenges, Safety, Connected / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (fennel)
11.09 Adjustment Cycle / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (parsnip)
11.16 Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (leek)
11.30 Getting Settled, Relationships / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (shallot)
12.07 Culture Shock / Overview /Handout / Lecture / Task (squash)
12.14 Holidays / Look / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (kale)
12.21 The Return / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (alfalfa)
01.11 Video Task Due / Semester Test (pea)
01.18 Extra Session (daikon)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
1. Attendance (register your attendance between 9:00-9:30 each week) 10%
2. Weekly Assignments 30%
3. Video Project 30%
4. Semester Test 30%
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
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Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Spring 2020 Class will be conducted as an online/on-demand class which will consist of mostly self-study. The class will examine globalization through the journey a T-shirt makes from cotton production to where it ends up after it is no longer useful for its wearer. Learning about the interwoven economic global supply chain will surprise and give you much food for thought.
*You will have to study a lot (in English) for this class as the materials were not created for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. If you are willing to put in the hard work, you will learn much. This class is for motivated students with intermediate English ability.
Email: ProfessorLisaVogt@gmail.com
Be sure to include Meiji / Global B / Grade-Class-Number / Full Name
09.22 Introduction / Information (attendance pw: turnip)
*The dates mentioned in the video is for the spring semester, so please disregard. The content is the same for autumn.*
09.29 T-Shirt Project / Overview / Student Introductions / Task (pw: kohlrabi)
10.06 The Economics / Podcast / Lecture / Material_01/ Listening (broccoli)
10.13 Technology & Subsidies / Podcast / Lecture / Material_02 / Listening (endive)
10.20 Indonesia [satellite farms / spinning] / *Podcast / Lecture / Material_03 / Listening (alfalfa)
10.27 Two Sisters / Podcast / Lecture / Material_04 / Listening (cabbage)
11.10 Garment Industry / Podcast / Lecture / Material_05 / Listening (squash)
11.17 Bangladesh / Columbia / Podcast / Lecture / Material_06 / Listening (pea)
11.24 Nixon and Kimchi / Podcast / Lecture / Material_07 / Listening (cucumber)
12.01 Container / Podcast / Lecture / Material_08 / Listening (rye)
12.08 Taxes / Look / Podcast / Lecture / Material_09 / Listening (corn)
12.15 The Afterlife / Podcast / Lecture / Material_10 / Listening (shallot)
01.12.2021 Work, Trade, Clothes / Podcast / Lecture / Material_11 / Listening (garlic)
01.19.2021 Final Essay (Report) /(parsnip)
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Task Sheets
3. Final Essay (Report)
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION for ZAITAKU STUDENTS
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the some students cannot attend classes on campus. For these students, Global Competence B will be conducted as a 100% on-demand class which will consist of self-study. Students will examine globalization through the journey a T-shirt makes from cotton production to where it ends up after it is no longer useful for its wearer. Learning about the interwoven economic global supply chain will surprise and give you much food for thought.
Questions or problems?
ProfessorLisaVogt+GloB@gmail.com
01 T-Shirt Project / Overview
02 The Economics / Podcast / Lecture / Material_01/ Listening
03 Technology & Subsidies / Podcast / Lecture / Material_02 / Listening
04 Indonesia [satellite farms / spinning] / *Podcast / Lecture / Material_03 / Listening
05 Two Sisters / Podcast / Lecture / Material_04 / Listening
06 Garment Industry / Podcast / Lecture / Material_05 / Listening
07 Bangladesh / Columbia / Podcast / Lecture / Material_06 / Listening
08 Nixon and Kimchi / Podcast / Lecture / Material_07 / Listening
09 Container / Podcast / Lecture / Material_08 / Listening
10 Taxes / Podcast / Lecture / Material_09 / Listening
11 The Afterlife / Podcast / Lecture / Material_10 / Listening
12 Work, Trade, Clothes / Podcast / Lecture / Material_11 / Listening
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Weekly Task Sheets
2. Final Essay (Report)
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the some students cannot attend classes on campus. For these students, Global Competence B will be conducted as a 100% on-demand class which will consist of self-study. Students will examine globalization through the journey a T-shirt makes from cotton production to where it ends up after it is no longer useful for its wearer. Learning about the interwoven economic global supply chain will surprise and give you much food for thought.
Questions or problems?
ProfessorLisaVogt+GloB@gmail.com
09.29 Introduction / Information (attendance pw: turnip)
10.06 T-Shirt Project / Overview / Student Introductions / Task (pw: kohlrabi)
10.13 The Economics / Podcast / Lecture / Material_01/ Listening (broccoli)
10.20 Technology & Subsidies / Podcast / Lecture / Material_02 / Listening (endive)
10.27 Indonesia [satellite farms / spinning] / *Podcast / Lecture / Material_03 / Listening (alfalfa)
11.03 Two Sisters / Podcast / Lecture / Material_04 / Listening (squash)
11.10 Garment Industry / Podcast / Lecture / Material_05 / Listening
11.17 Bangladesh / Columbia / Podcast / Lecture / Material_06 / Listening
11.24 Nixon and Kimchi / Podcast / Lecture / Material_07 / Listening (cucumber)
12.01 Container / Podcast / Lecture / Material_08 / Listening (rye)
12.08 Taxes / Podcast / Lecture / Material_09 / Listening (corn)
12.15 The Afterlife / Podcast / Lecture / Material_10 / Listening (shallot)
01.12 Work, Trade, Clothes / Podcast / Lecture / Material_11 / Listening (garlic)
01.19 Final Essay (Report) /(parsnip)
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Task Sheets
3. Final Essay (Report)
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Culture can be compared to how fish relate to water: As long as we stay within our own culture, we don't take notice of things, everything is normal just as it should be. Only when we have fish-out-of-water experiences, do we realize that there are other worlds. Unfamiliar environments, values, and behaviors can be stressful, and they can lead people to make skewed judgments or react in a negative inefficient way to the "strange" culture. With cultural intelligence/intercultural communication education, however, people will discover that there are valuable gifts hidden in the unfamiliar, and at the same time, with renewed eyes appreciate the gifts in their own culture.
CLASS CONTENT WILL CHANGE DEPENDING UPON THE CLASS MAKEUP.
2020 CLASSES
Due to the COVID-19 situation, this class will be conducted as an online/on-demand class which will consist of mostly self-study. We will examine globalization through the journey a T-shirt makes from cotton production to where it ends up after it is no longer useful for its wearer. Learning about the interwoven economic global supply chain will surprise and give you food for thought. Further details will be provided on May 12, 2020.
*You will have to study a lot (in English) for this class as the materials were not created for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. If you are willing to put in the hard work, you will learn much. This class is for motivated students with intermediate English ability.
ONLINE "S1"
05.12 Introduction / Student Intro /pw: turnip
05.19 T-Shirt Project / Overview /pw: kohlrabi
05.26 The Economics / Podcast / Class Task 01/ broccoli
06.02 Technology & Subsidies / Podcast / Class Task 02 /endive
06.09 Indonesia [satellite farms / spinning] / *Podcast / Class Task 03 /alfalfa
06.16 Two Sisters / Podcast / Class Task 04 /squash
+ Additional Study Sessions
+ Garment Industry / Podcast / Class Task 05
+ Bangladesh / Columbia / Podcast / Class Task 06
IN PERSON "S2"
06.23 Nixon and Kimchi / Podcast / 07Class Task 07 /cucumber
06.30 Container / Podcast / Class Task 08 /rye
07.07 Taxes / Podcast / Class Task 09 /corn
07.14 The Afterlife / Podcast / Class Task10 /shallow
07.21 Work, Trade, Clothes / Podcast / Class Task 11 /garlic
07.28 Final Reports/Essay Due /parsnip
EXPECTATIONS:
Students are expected to come to class on time and with a positive attitude. Enrollment will be limited.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Tasks, Presentation, Participation, Contribution, and Attitude. The more you speak up in class, the better your grade will be.
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
Global Competence B (Tuesday 2)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Culture can be compared to how fish relate to water: As long as we stay within our own culture, we don't take notice of things, everything is normal just as it should be. Only when we have fish-out-of-water experiences, do we realize that there are other worlds. Unfamiliar environments, values, and behaviors can be stressful, and they can lead people to make skewed judgments or react in a negative inefficient way to the "strange" culture. With cultural intelligence/intercultural communication education, however, people will discover that there are valuable gifts hidden in the unfamiliar, and at the same time, with renewed eyes appreciate the gifts in their own culture.
CLASS CONTENT WILL CHANGE DEPENDING UPON THE CLASS MAKEUP.
ONLINE "S1"
05.12 Orientation
05.19 [0] Introduction
05.26 [1] Role, Family, Baggage
06.09 [2] Deep Culture, D-I-E [Video Task Info]
06.16 [3] Challenges, Safety, Connected
IN PERSON "S2"
06.23 [4] Adjustment Cycle
06.30 [5] Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick
07.07 [6] Getting Settled, Relationships
07.14 [7] Culture Shock - Holidays
07.21 [8] The Return [Video Task Due]
07.28 Semester Test
01.21. Student Presentations & WebSurvey
ORIGINAL
04.14 ---
04.21 ---
04.28 Course Overview
05.05 Session A
05.12 Session B
05.19 Session C
05.26 Session D
06.02 Session E
06.09 Session F
06.16 Session G
06.23 Session H
06.30 Information Packet + WebSurvey
07.07 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary
07.14 FINAL TEST
ALTERNATE
04.14 Orientation
04.21 Student Intro, Photo Session
04.28 Video Project Information
05.05 Cultural Intelligence + Discussion
05.12 The Five Important Core Themes
05.19 Change, Cognitive Style, Conflicts
05:26 Control, Decisions, Flow, Formality
06.02 PRESENTATION or MIDTERM TEST
06.09 Freedom, Leader/Manager, Pace
06.16 Quality, Rat/Emotional, Silence
06.23 Comm, Process, Work Style
06.30 FINAL TEST- Vocabulary
07.07 FINAL TEST- Essay
07.14 Final Review and Wrap Up
EXPECTATIONS:
Students are expected to come to class on time and with a positive attitude. Enrollment will be limited.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas: Tasks, Presentation, Participation, Contribution, and Attitude. The more you speak up in class, the better your grade will be.
TEXTBOOK:
No textbook. Weekly printouts will be distributed.
Global Competence A (Tuesday 1)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
For a study-abroad experience to fully achieve its educational goals and to maximize student learning, it is crucial for students to have intercultural communication education prior to leaving Japan. Studying abroad is a way to develop intercultural sensitivity and global competence, but only "spending time" in a foreign country without focused and appropriate preparation is truly mottainai. The lack of intercultural pre-departure education compromises students' ability to decode and bridge complex intercultural situations, find innovative solutions, plan effective communication strategies for adjusting to issues, and develop appropriate behaviors and attitudes. Meaningful relationships in the new culture are harder to establish. With proper education, misunderstandings, misjudgments, conflicts, confusion, and missed opportunities can be minimized. Human behavior and preferences are based on core cultural values and assumptions. For example, different cultures have different acceptable ways to express anger, cope with embarrassment or sadness, manage conflicts, show respect, relate to others, behave in a learning situation, etc., Students who have a theoretical framework of such intercultural matters, insight into one's ways, and a toolbox of skills will have a rewarding and enriched international experience.
2020 CLASSES
Due to the COVID-19 situation, this class will be conducted as an online/on-demand class. Below, you will find all the materials viewable and downloadable. Click on the blue font below, input the password, view (or print) the PDF file.
Email: ProfessorLisaVogt@gmail.com
Be sure to include Meiji / Global A / Grade-Class-Number / Full Name
*The password for the weekly downloads → Hint: an animal in romaji)
09.29 Introduction, Task (attendance pw: beetroot)
10.06 Orientation + Video Task Info (pw: quinoa)
10.13 Role, Family, Baggage / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (spinach)
10.20 Deep Culture, D-I-E / Overview / Handout + More / Lecture / Task (potato)
10.27 [Extra Session* / More D-I-E / Task ]
11.10 Challenges, Safety, Connected / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (fennel)
11.17 Adjustment Cycle / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (parsnip)
11.24 Arrival, Exhaustion, Homesick / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (leek)
12.01 Getting Settled, Relationships / Overview /Handout / Lecture /Task (shallot)
12.08 Culture Shock / Overview /Handout / Lecture / Task (squash) NOTE
12.15 [Extra Session* / [8] Holidays /Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task ]
01.12 The Return / Overview / Handout / Lecture / Task (alfalfa)
01.19 Video Task Due / Semester Test (pea)
07.28. Submission Deadline for Grand Review (chicory)
(** Two Required Extra Sessions)
AUDIENCE:
This course will develop skills and perspectives for students who intend to live or study abroad so that they will get the most out of their international experience.
EVALUATION:
Grades will be decided on a balanced performance in the following areas:
1. Attendance
2. Weekly Assignments
3. Video Project
4. Grand Review
TEXTBOOKS
No class textbook. Materials will be distributed via a website link. (When classes are in session, students are responsible for bringing printouts of the downloaded material to each class.)
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