Week 6 (Oct. 1 and 3)

MLG 205

● Use your planner to write down your study plans for this week

● Return APA Classwork● I will return Portfolios by Friday.● October 1

● Introduce new study/good student skill● APA Workshop: Summarizing and Plagiarism / In-text

Citations● Culture and Communication: Power

● October 3● APA Workshop: Summarizing and Plagiarism● Identity

● Assignments ● October 8: Note-taking Journal 3 due● October 15: Listening and Speech Midterm● October 17: APA / Summarizing / Cross-Cultural

Understanding Midterm● November 7: Portfolio Section 2 Due

Agenda: Get ORGANIZED

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● Last Week:● Know the Rules● Did you try it? What happened?

● This Week:● Have a Goal:

● “Have short-term and long-term goals” (regarding grades, attendance, career, etc.)

● “Keep ‘service’ in mind”

Good Student Skill

● Goals Worksheet● Textbook Review and Vocabulary Study● Student Interview● Professor Interview

Portfolio Section 2

Culture and CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● What is “Power” in Communication?

● “in every society, a social hierarchy exists that gives some groups more power and privilege than others” (p. 52)

● Male vs. female / disabled vs. non-disabled / majority vs. minority

● “Those in power, consciously or unconsciously, create communication systems that reflect … their own ways of thinking” (p. 52).

● Group-related Power● Involuntary groups: age, ethnicity, gender, physical

ability, race● Voluntary groups: educational background, geographic

location, marital status, and socioeconomic status

Culture and CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● Barriers to Intercultural Communication

● Ethnocentrism: “the belief that one’s own cultural group (nationality) is superior to all other cultural groups” (p. 54)● “prevents people from even trying to see another’s point of

view” (p. 55)● Stereotyping: Categorizing people

● “widely held beliefs about a groups of people”● Can be positive:

● Attractive people are social● Muslims are devoted● Asians are smart● Americans are free

● Can be negative:● Muslims are sexist (ignore women) and violent● Asians are poor● Americans are rude

● Developed from our experiences and Media portrayal

Culture and CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● Prejudice

● “a negative attitude toward a cultural group based on little or no experience” (p. 57)

● Should we be “color-blind”?● It’s not possible. We do notice color.● Discourages meaningful conversations about race relations● Allows people to continue to ignore the problem

● Discrimination● “behavior that results from stereotyping or prejudice—overt

actions to exclude, avoid, or distance oneself from other groups” (p. 60)● Can be subtle: lack of eye contact, excluding someone

from a conversation● Can be obvious: verbal insults, exclusions from jobs or

economic opportunities, physical violence, systematic elimination of the group, genocide.

Culture and CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● Activity

● Identify the various cultural groups you belong to, both voluntary and involuntary. Choose two of these groups, and think about each group and your membership in that group.

● Try to describe how belonging to that group influences your perceptions. For example, how is your worldview influenced by belonging to your family? By being a female or male? By being an international student?

● Describe how your communication with others is influenced by your membership in these two groups.

● Assignments ● October 8: Note-taking Journal 3 due● October 15: Listening and Speech Midterm● October 17: APA / Summarizing / Cross-Cultural

Understanding Midterm● November 7: Portfolio Section 2 Due

Homework

● Use your planner to write down your study plans for this week

● Return APA Classwork● I will return Portfolios by Friday.● October 1

● Introduce new study/good student skill● APA Workshop: Summarizing and Plagiarism / In-text

Citations● Culture and Communication: Power

● October 3● Portfolio Section 2: Interacting with Professors/classmates● Identity

● Assignments ● October 8: Note-taking Journal 3 due● October 15: Listening and Speech Midterm● October 17: APA / Summarizing / Cross-Cultural

Understanding Midterm● November 7: Portfolio Section 2 Due

Agenda: Get ORGANIZED

Identity and Intercultural CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● What is “Identity”?

● “created by the development of the ‘self’ (our self concept)” (p. 92)

● How are identities created?● Identities are Created through Communication: “Does

everyone see you as you see yourself?”● Identities are created in spurts:

● Events that provide insight● Framed by long periods

● Identities are Multiple: Belong to various groups / various contexts that highlight our identities

● Identities are influenced by society: It is very difficult to change involuntary identities because they are chosen before we are born.

● Identities are Dynamic: For example, Women today vs. Women 100 years ago.

● Identities are developed in different ways in different Cultures.

Identity and Intercultural CommunicationMartin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.● Social and Cultural Identities:● Gender Identity

● Biological Sex is not the same as gender identity: Communicated through activities and appearance – What does it mean to be a man or woman?

● Sexual Identity● Age Identity● Racial and Ethnic Identity

● Racial Identity = biological or cultural?● Ethnic Identity = involves a common sense of origin and

history that link us to distant cultures (Mexican-American, Japanese-American)

Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.

● Physical Ability Identity: Height, weight, sex, age● Religious Identity● Class Identity● National Identity: Legal status in relation to a nation.

Often perceived based on the world stage.● Regional Identity● Personal Identity:

● How we behave and communicate to others helps construct our personal identity.

● Sometimes it is largely defined by outside forces● If you think you are incredibly attractive, but others

do not, are you attractive?

Identity and Intercultural Communication

● Goals Worksheet● Textbook Review and Vocabulary Study● Student Interview● Professor Interview

Portfolio Section 2

● Review: Return Classwork● Summarizing

● What is it?● How do you do it?● https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/

● Original: Overall, the first two quarters of 2008 have been profitable to the company.  Nineteen of twenty departments report cutting costs at least twenty percent, and sales from fifteen departments have risen five percent, or about $5 million.  Despite these positive developments, most department heads believe that they will not be able to maintain these levels for the remainder of the year.

● Summary: The company has driven profits from January to June of 2008, but the rest of the year is not expected to be as good.

APA Workshop: In-text Citations

● In-text Citations● Use quotations, paraphrases, summaries in

your research● Practice:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/

● Practice: Use your textbook; choose one paragraph● Write one quotation● Write a paraphrase of the quotation● Write a summary of the paragraph● Use in-text citations

● How to do it Microsoft Word● Plagiarism

APA Workshop: In-text Citations