LOGO Welcome to Global Understanding
Jan 21, 2016
LOGO
Welcome to Global
Understanding
Instructor: CHEN, Yali (Jessica)
Email: [email protected] Cell: 13969115903 QQ: Global Classroom (231138617)
Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00-9:15 P.M. Location: R602 Lizong Building
Course Goals
This course aims at helping students to:
1.Develop cultural awareness and understanding of foreign cultures
2.Develop language skills and cultural competence to successfully communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds
3.Improve oral English proficiency
Cultural exchangebased both on video conferencing as
well as one-to-one chatting online.SDU students will connect consecutively
with a total of two different universities. Each linkage will be with one university
at a time and the two universities we will link with this semester include:
Course Description
ECU – East Carolina UniversityGreenville, N.C. U.S.A.
LNU Ivan Franko Lviv National University Lviv, Ukraine
Grading
20% Attendance
40% Class Discussion and Participation
10% Class Presentation
30% Reflective Journals
Attendance
Students are expected to attend and ACTIVELY participate in ALL class sessions.
Prior notification to the instructor of an intended absence is required.
If any student misses portions of more than three classes, the attendance portion of the final grade will be zero.
Class Discussion and Participation
All students are expected to ACTIVELY participate in classroom discussions and activities.
video conferencing groups:everyone is supposed to contribute to
the grand discussion. chatting online groups: focus on the topic and viewing any
irrelevant web pages on the computer is not allowed.
Class Presentation
In local sessions, students will work to research on the topics of discussion:
college life, family and traditions, the meaning of life, and stereotypes and prejudices; and present your findings to class.
You will use PPT or any visuals to enhance your oral presentation.
Reflective Journals
Every student will submit two reflective journals (two pages, double-space) toward the end of this course.
You will reflect on your experience in class and make comparative analysis on different cultures.
Special attention
Inappropriate classroom conduct, cheating, and plagiarism are unacceptable and are grounds for a failing grade in this course.
If you meet someone who has deep prejudice against or hostility toward China, try to show something positive.