Summary: I was really impressed by the quality of your presentations and your quick replies, and by your willingness to work with me on Monday due to my schedule. Teachers do not have to check your presentations beforehand, but I have a kind heart.

All of your content, rich in cultural awareness and experience, was amazing. I am over the moon and proud of your research. All of you! There are also some significant editing issues with sending your assignments.

Please read —> For a few 2025 students. It amazes me that some of you:

1. Still, you do not even bother to write your name on your file, so when I get your work, I do not even know who you are and search for you amongst 24 students. I have never experienced this lack of attention in my teaching at Chuo University in 20 years. Solution –> Write your name on the file you are sending (One student again and again).
2. Still, send your presentation via a link that I cannot access. Solution –> Send as an attachment or a link on Chuo Gmail. Do not send a 360 MS Word Link again and again and waste so many other students’ and my time.
3. Still cannot make references in alphabetical order. Solution –> Make your reference page in ABC order (Half the Class again and again).
4. Keep sending your file as a PDF that I cannot edit. Solution –> DO NOT SEND BY PDF (you might know who you are. It is one student again and again).
5. In the question-and-answer session, half the students (again and again) do not ask questions. Why would you be so rude to your classmates? Solution –> Ask questions and support your classmates. Why would you NOT want to support them? Being kind to others and being part of the team are important, and not hiding in silence. Silence is a tool for bullying. Even if you do not mean it.

In Cycle 4, if these 5 points are not completed again, I will send your assignments back, and you might not be able to present at your scheduled time, which could compromise your grade. You are stressing out the other students by taking your classmates’ and my attention away from their wonderful research.

Some starting points for thinking about what to present:

1. Please use the readings and viewings to define what Intercultural Communication means to you with in-text citations. 2. Use examples close to the audience’s experiences. 3. Don’t forget to use the readings and viewings in your presentation. 4. Support your information with the general information, cultural challenges (it could be miscommunication), cultural awareness/connections, and changes (for you).

Presentation Guidelines that are not on the Cycle 3 Presentation Information Sheet attached below:

1. Please prepare for your slideshow presentation. The assessment guidelines are attached below. As best you can, design a draft of your slides in PowerPoint, based on the feedback from your paper.

2. Make sure that you have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. If you have time, please start making your slideshow draft on your computer, and we can work on it in class.

3. The presentation is about 8-10 minutes and 3-5 minutes of questions and answers, and the slides should be around 16 to 22, depending on how many images you would like to share

4. Useful image links that can be shared for educational purposes, if their company name is on your slide (just the name and not the website URL):

Pixabay

Creative Commons

Irasutoya

Student A, B, and C Presentation Samples: The samples are the final papers

Student A

Student B

Student C

Attachment for the Presentation:

Presentation-Guidelines_Intercultural-Communications IBIL Cycle 3Download

Homework for Presenters on October 26th: Please send me a draft of your presentation so I can provide you with feedback. Being earlier than the deadline will help me. I would like to give you extra time, but I am teaching an annual weekend class for Open University Japan on Saturday and Sunday, so I can only start reviewing the weekend presentations from 19:00 on Sunday. That is the deadline at 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 25th. Notice the earlier submission time, not at midnight.