Summary: In this class, we worked on your introductions for your paper. If time, we will work in pairs with the worksheet attached below about leading a successful global team through the exercise, one discussion question prepared by Henry Rollins. Afterward, we matched words in new pairs to create popular business expressions and completed the sentences with the phrases from exercise two.

Mayer, E. (2016, November 28). How to lead a successful international team [Video]. YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3X7legs3gM&list=PLPulR4Kq63KREjGxCe2D7kVvfNkP-snG9&index=3

Worksheet with the Video: Henry Rollins -How to lead a successful team

Homework due by 1 pm the day before Class 10

1. Please write four questions related to intercultural (cross-cultural) based on your 4Cs homework (concepts, challenges, connections, changes): Please use your homework notes and type/copy paste in this document by putting together ideas from your 4Cs homework for your midterm paper. Please use this form because the APA references are included for you. 

Please keep the references for the readings and viewings in APA style on the third page of the document. Delete the articles you are not using. 

2. You are not researching new articles, but you have read and taken notes on already categorizing the readings and viewings. If it is confusing, look at students’ A, B, and C Synthesized Notes attached to Class 08. Find all of your best writing and include it in the homework.

3. It is essential to use the author’s or speaker’s name and date where you got your ideas from. If you use direct quotations, please also write the time it was said in the video or the page and paragraph number in the reading.

Attachments:

Student Paper A

Student Paper B

Student Paper C

S = Stacey -Ask her anything you need to write a successful paper.
A = APA Style  -Owl Purdue 
V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism  -Leander Hughes
E = Check all Explanations on all documents and this website for your paper’s success. 

Could you please type your name, draft number, ESP1a class name, date, like this: Name_ESP1b_Introduction_’Your Name.’1. Using your ideas from your notes on your readings and presentation.

Over the weekend, you will write the 1st draft of your essay with a revised introduction, literature review, discussion/summary, conclusion, and references. Please remember to follow:    

A). A very quick guide APA Style formatting sent via Risyu messages due to my computer memory.    

B). The organization of an essay with topic sentences that support each paragraph based on what you learned in class in sessions 08, 09, and 10. These paragraphs are based on the best of Concepts, Challenges, Connections, Changes four research questions that was the homework for Class 08.

2. Your paper needs to be typed with double-spaced lines, at least three pages, and a minimum of 800 words (cover page, introduction, literature review).

Please use the word count on your PC or Mac, and type the word count number at the end of your paper before the reference section like this: Word Count: 1,2??

3. Then, do not forget to type your name, draft number, ESP1a, name, draft like this: Name_ESP1b_ 1st or 2nd_Draft. 

4. Remember there are 4,000 points to get to feed children in hunger on Free Rice! 

Summary:

GCED Online Campus. 2019, May 19). What is global citizenship education [Video].

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLeREqPKR08&t=79s

Evans, H. (2016). What does it mean to be a citizen of the world [Video]? YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODLg_00f9BE&t=32s

Documents:

Student A ESP1b 4Cs Synthesized Notes

Student B ESP1b 4Cs Synthesized Notes

Student C ESP1b 4Cs Synthesized Notes

Homework due by 1 pm the day before Class 09: 

1. Please write four questions related to intercultural (cross-cultural) communication based on Concepts, Challenges, Connections, Changes: Please make four research questions loosely based on the concept of your report related to culture, the challenges you or others faced, the connections you feel with culture, and any changes, awarenesses, reflections, or solutions made.

Please keep the references for the readings and viewings in APA style at the end of the document. Delete the articles you are not using. 

2. You are not researching new articles, but you have read and taken notes on already categorized the readings and viewings. If it is confusing, look at students A, B, and C’s 4Cs Synthesized notes attached to Class 08. Find all of your best writing and include it in the homework.

3. It is essential to use the author’s or speaker’s name and date where you got your ideas from. If you use direct quotations, please also write the time it was said in the video or the page and paragraph number in the reading.

Summary: First, we discussed how to proceed with the homework and had an active discussion about how Amy Cuddy spoke about how your body language can shape who you are. Then, we looked at the cultural awareness diagram and discussed your reaction to how this awareness develops. 

Then, after studying the Macmillan Publishers Cultural Awareness Worksheets A & B, you discussed the readings with these question prompts:

►  Do you think that cultural awareness is an important part of personal growth?

►  What are your own experiences of working or living alongside people from different cultures?

►  How can cultural awareness help us in business / foreign relations/diplomacy / etc. 

Video springboards for discussion: Cultural Diversity Means Creative Diversity -Talent House

UNESCO is investing in creativity to transform societies!

The UN is also helping us through this project, and not only Freerice.

Freerice.com: This United Nations project website has 60 levels of English vocabulary to learn and develop. For each correct vocabulary comprehended, Free Rice will donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger, so students can learn new words and also contribute to reducing world hunger at the same time. The levels of difficulty range from low to very high, making it suitable for teachers as well. There are also various subjects to choose from, including English Grammar, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and mathematics. And amusingly, there is a warning on the site that claims this game may make the person smarter! http://freerice.com/#/englishvocabulary/1424

Please email the homework by 1 pm the day before Class 08. Class_07 Homework: It is catch-up weeks during the class break for the Mutsume Festival. Please make sure you have completed all 10 notes on the readings and viewings, and try to complete 4,000 points in your FreeRice accounts. If you are all caught up with the homework, you can start your Class 08 Synthesized notes homework. 

The reason: Only two students are completely on time with all of their assignments, so I would like the other six students to catch up with their assignments so we can start their midterm reports.

Note: Please experiment and choose the option you like best. If the option you selected does not work for you, please try another or search for your cultural viewing. If you choose your original homework, please email me.

Then, I can share your fantastic cultural homework with the group. 
If you would like to discuss the same video, please arrange it with your classmate and watch it together or do the same reading. That’s okay too, and fun!

Reading Option 1:

Australian Government. (2020). Supporting cultural diversity. Be you.   https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/relationships/supporting-cultural-diversity

Reading Option 2:

McClay, R. (2017). Four cornerstones of successful cross-cultural understanding. Training Industry: Mind The Gap, 50-51. https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/issue/four-cornerstones-of-successful-cross-cultural-training/

Reading Option 3:

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). (2011). Cross-cultural understanding. Background Briefs. https://tc2.ca/uploads/backgroundbriefs/BBCrossCulturalUnderstanding.pdf

Video Option:

Venture Beat. (2016, Aug. 3). Creativity: What’s diversity got to do with it [Video]? YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwi-YQf7zwE&t=5s

Summary: Remember: with culture, you are your intra-personal cultural island and have a lot to inform our class! I am learning so much from you, too, from the perspective of my island. Then we focused on all things “intra,” or how our communication with ourselves influences our communication with others:

Then, let’s enjoy Macmillan Publishers Worksheet A (attached below): For 15 minutes, please prepare your answers by reading the text and answering the questions on Worksheet A, on pages 1 and 2. All of the answers are suggestions only that will be shown to the entire class..

In groups, please discuss Workshop A, part 2, by using these prompts in your groups:

How can cultural awareness help us in business/foreign relations/diplomacy/etc?

Do you think that cultural awareness is a crucial aspect of personal growth? Why?

What are your own experiences with working or living alongside people from different cultures?

Homework for Class 06: Please choose two videos or readings that are the most interesting to you to view with the closed captions (CC) to read, and then reflect and analyze what you observed in your Google Doc for Class 06.

Please email the homework by 1 pm on Tuesday before Class 07.

An APA Quick Guide

Note: Please experiment and choose the option you like best. If the option you selected does not work for you, please try another or search for your cultural viewing. If you choose your original homework, please email me.

Then, I can share your fantastic cultural homework with the group. If you would like to discuss the same video, please arrange this with your classmate, and watch the same video or do the same reading. That’s okay too, and fun!

Reading Option 1:

Australian Government. (2020). Supporting cultural diversity. Be you.   https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/relationships/supporting-cultural-diversity

Reading Option 2:

McClay, R. (2017). Four cornerstones of successful cross-cultural understanding. Training Industry: Mind The Gap, 50-51. https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/issue/four-cornerstones-of-successful-cross-cultural-training/

Reading Option 3:

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). (2011). Cross-cultural understanding. Background Briefs. https://tc2.ca/uploads/backgroundbriefs/BBCrossCulturalUnderstanding.pdf

Video Option 1: Lera Boroditsky examines how language shapes our intra- and intercultural communication and how we think about the world. 

Boroditsky, L. (2018, May 2). How language shapes the way we think [Video]. YouTube. TED Presentations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKK7wGAYP6k

Video Option 2: Amy Cuddy describes body language can influence our cultural communication effectiveness. 

Cuddy, A. (2021, October 2). Your body language may shape who you are [Video]. YouTube. TED Presentations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

Video Option 3: Ike Nwala explains how he became a TV star in Japan. He also explains the “gaijin seat” on the train and how he being black is akin to being a rare Pokemon.

Vice News. (2018). Ike Nwala is a black comedian who has become Japan’s most unlikely star [Video]. YouTube. HBO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEQtn2nm9A&t=2s

Cultural Awareness Macmillan Publishers:

Summary: First, you got in to groups or pairs and discussed the 4Cs, and reported one point that resonated with you that another classmate mentioned. Then, we finished our cultural misunderstandings and how to thrive unit.

For your homework, please do in-text citations with APA summarize the readings and viewings. Here is a guide to help you:

An APA Quick Guide

Note: These videos are over exaggerations of culture based on Hollywood, USA movie productions. Nevertheless, they are useful for our cultural communication discussions. 

After each clip, here are some discussion questions. You can also make your own:

·      What cross-cultural differences/misunderstandings were in the movie clip?

·      How did the actors react to these issues?

·      Why did these misunderstandings happen?

·      What would you do in this situation?

Mr. Baseball: Meet the Family and Etiquette in Japan

Cross-culture Etiquette: Mr. Baseball

Outsourced: A US transfer to India

Cross-Cultural Business Etiquette: Outsourced

Homework for Class 05: Please choose one video or reading that is the most interesting to you to view with the closed captions (CC) to read, and then reflect and analyze what you observed and complete the 4-Cs worksheet attached below. The four Cs are concepts, challenges, connections, and changes. If you prefer to read, there are also reading options too!

Please email the homework by Tuesday at 1 pm, the day before Class 06.

Note: Please experiment and choose the option you like best. If the option you selected does not work for you, please try another or search for your cultural viewing. If you choose your original homework, please email me.

Then, I can share your fantastic cultural homework with the group. 
If you would like to discuss the same video, please arrange this with your classmate, and watch the same video or do the same reading. That’s okay too, and fun!

Reading Option 1: Fundamental/Intermediate
International Relations EDU. (2019). 5 ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. International Relations EDU.         https://www.internationalrelationsedu.org/5-ways-to-avoid-mistakes-in-cross-cultural-communication/

This reading reveals five ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. 
Reading Option 2: Intermediate/Advanced

Toegal, G., & Barsoux, J-L. (2016). 3 situations were cross-cultural communication breaks down. Harvard Business Review.  https://hbr.org/2016/06/3-situations-where-cross-cultural-communication-breaks-down

Toegal and Barsoux (2016) reveal the three most common situations were cross-cultural communication breaks down. 

Video Option 1: Cultural Norms Around the World: Cultural Norms Around the World: Fact Point

Fact Point. (2017, Aug. 24). Unbelievable shocking norms from around the world [Video].

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlsWtHx1L9s&t=4s

The ‘fact point’ broadcasting service suggests that since that because not everyone can travel the globe, they bring the world to you. In this episode, the presenters compare and contrast different cultures from different societies.

Video Option 2: Cultural Differences, National Geographic Sudanese/US Cultural Differences: National Geographic

National Geographic. (2009, Oct. 24). Cultural differences National Geographic [Video].

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0kzF4A-WQ&t=4s

National Geographic highlights how Sudanese (from the country of Sudan) feel cultural differences when they lived in America.

Attachments: 

ESP1b Intercultural Global Citizenship Syllabus

4CsTEDTalk_WorksheetDownload

Student-Sample-Homework_4Cs Video

Cultural-Differences__Class-03Download

Cultural-Differences__Class-04Download

Summary: First, we reviewed the videos to continue the discussion of your own cultural misunderstandings, based on the questions below. Then we had small-group discussions about the homework based on the videos or readings you reviewed.

Then, we observed the video clips below about cultural misunderstandings. Rosie Dodd, a creative English teacher, created this lesson. 

Note: These videos are over exaggerations of culture based on Hollywood, USA movie productions. Nevertheless, they are useful for our discussions of cultural communication. 

Video 1 Mr. Baseball: Meet the Family and Etiquette in Japan

After each clip, here are some discussion questions. You can also make your own:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdeFdFEbuqk

·      What cross-cultural differences/misunderstandings were in the movie clip?

·      How did the actors react to these issues?

·      Why did these misunderstandings happen?

·      What would you do in this situation?

Cross-Cultural Etiquette: Mr. Baseball

Video 2 Lost in Translation -The Hospital Scene

After each clip, here are some discussion questions. You can also make your own:

·      What cross-cultural differences/misunderstandings were in the movie clip?

·      How did the actors react to these issues?

·      Why did these misunderstandings happen?

·      What would you do in this situation?

Video 3 Outsourced: A U.S. Transfer to India; Business Etiquette Outsourced

In pairs, discuss your own experiences with cross-cultural misunderstandings. 

Discussion questions:

If a tourist were coming to your country or where you live now, what advice would you give them? Think about:

    -What to wear in different places

    -How to eat

    -How to greet people

    -How to talk to people of the opposite sex

What was the most different culture you’ve ever experienced?? Describe it.

Have you ever had a cross-cultural misunderstanding? What happened?

Why is cross-cultural awareness important for diversity?

Feedback as a class.

Homework for Class 04 due next Tuesday at 1 pm: Please choose two videos or readings that are the most interesting to you to view with the closed captions (CC) to read.

Samples of how to take notes on a video:

Samples of how to take notes on readings:

With Page Numbers:

Without Page Numbers:

Note: Please experiment and choose the option you like best. If the option you selected does not work for you, please try another or search for your cultural viewing. If you choose your original homework, please email me.

Then, I can share your fantastic cultural homework with the group. 
If you would like to discuss the same video, please arrange it with your classmate and watch it together or do the same reading. That’s okay too, and fun!

Reading Option 1: Fundamental/Intermediate
International Relations EDU. (2019). 5 ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. International Relations EDU.         https://www.internationalrelationsedu.org/5-ways-to-avoid-mistakes-in-cross-cultural-communication/

This reading reveals five ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. 
Reading Option 2: Intermediate/Advanced

Toegal, G., & Barsoux, J-L. (2016). 3 situations were cross-cultural communication breaks down. Harvard Business Review.  https://hbr.org/2016/06/3-situations-where-cross-cultural-communication-breaks-down

Toegal and Barsoux (2016) reveal that the three most common situations where cross-cultural communication breaks down. 

Video Option 1: Cultural Norms Around the World: Cultural Norms Around the World: Fact Point

The ‘fact point’ broadcasting service suggests that, because not everyone can travel the globe, they bring the world to you. In this episode, the presenters compare and contrast different cultures from different societies.

Video Option 2: Cultural Differences, National Geographic Sudanese/US Cultural Differences: National Geographic

National Geographic highlights how Sudanese (from the country of Sudan) feel cultural differences when they lived in America.

Starting the Class from Last Week:

Framework and Standards 
Everyone has a culture(s). It shapes how we see ourselves, others, and the world. 

Essential questions: 

• How does culture shape the way we see ourselves, others, and the world?
• How does my culture shape me?
• Why is it important to understand culture?

Lesson adapted from Peace Corps: Features of Culture

Summary: After our activity above from Class 02, we observed the video clips below about cultural misunderstandings when new family members of different cultures meet. This lesson was created by Rosie Dodd, a creative English teacher. After viewing each video, we discussed cross-cultural differences and misunderstandings about the youtube movie clips, what we would have done in a similar situation, and have we ever experienced any of these issues before. Finally, we shifted to your own experiences with cross-cultural misunderstandings. 

After each clip, here are some discussion questions. You can also make your own:

·      What cross-cultural differences/misunderstandings were in the movie clip?

·      How did the actors react to these issues?

·      Why did these misunderstandings happen?

·      What would you do in this situation?

Zwick, J. (Director). (2002). My big fat Greek wedding [Film]. Golden Circle Films/HBO.

Wang, W. (Director). (1993). The joy luck club [Film]. Hollywood Pictures.

In pairs, discuss your own experiences with cross-cultural misunderstandings. 

Discussion questions:

·      If a tourist were coming to your country or the country you live in now, what advice would you give them? Think about:

o   What to wear in different places

o   How to eat

o   How to greet people

o   How to talk to people of the opposite sex

·      What was the most different culture you’ve been in? Describe it.

·      Have you ever had a cross-cultural misunderstanding? What happened?

·       Why is intercultural awareness important?

Attachments: 

Homework for Class 03 due next Tuesday at 1 pm: Please choose 2 videos or readings that is the most interesting to you to view with the closed captions (CC) to read, and then reflect and analyze what you observed. 

Samples of how to take notes on a video:

Samples of how to take notes on readings:

With Page Numbers:

Without Page Numbers:

Reading Option 1:

International Relations EDU. (2019). 5 ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. International Relations EDU.      https://www.internationalrelationsedu.org/5-ways-to-avoid-mistakes-in-cross-cultural-communication/

This reading reveals five ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. 
Reading Option 2: 

Toegal, G., & Barsoux, J-L. (2016). 3 situations where cross-cultural communication breaks down. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/06/3-situations-where-cross-cultural-communication-breaks-down

Toegal and Barsoux (2016) reveal the three most common situations where cross-cultural communication breaks down. 

Video Option 1:
How to Handle Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings

Tero Trainers. (2018, Nov. 14). How to handle cross-cultural misunderstandings [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1lOIB-q5w8

This video provides three case studies about cultural misunderstandings and the importance of awareness of differences to avoid misunderstandings. 

Video Option 2:
Cultural Misunderstandings

Stretch, C. (2018, Sept. 10). Cultural misunderstandings [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8VjSVavt4k&t=2s

Corina Stretch reveals her cultural insensitivity in class and how she could have avoided a cultural misunderstanding. This scene is a classroom situation, but it can be applied to various leadership roles or cultural exchanges. 

Your Free Rice Learning Program

For your English motivation, you can choose any of the English categories and study as you wish. Your goal is to get 2,000 correct answers before the last class on 07/31/2024 at your pace, but do practice sometime every week. This is 20% of the class grade, and you will help feed children around the world in hunger for free sponsored by the United Nations and the World Food Programme, which won a Nobel Peace Prize!

Summary: We studied and discussed the layers between identity and culture, as well as the multiple dimensions of diversity and culture, in relation to your own identity. You also learned more about your classmates and me. We will study global citizenship after we reflect on our own dimensions of identity and culture.

The Diversity Wheel That Shapes Identity

Your Free Rice Learning Program

Please create an account on our AL2 Intercultural Global Citizenship 2025 platform using the class code provided in class 01. You can make any name that you wish, but please let me know your game name. For your English motivation, you can choose any of the English categories and study as you wish. Your goal is to achieve 4,000 correct answers by the last class in January, at your own pace, but practice occasionally every week. This is 20% of the class grade, and you will help feed children around the world in hunger for free sponsored by the United Nations and the World Food Programme, which won a Nobel Peace Prize!

Following the orientation, we worked on the communication framework and standards below in new pairs and used the questions in worksheet two to explore the unique aspects of culture:

Features of Culture Statements: 

• No one is exactly like me.
• I have many things in common with the members of my family and community.
• Every person in the world needs some of the same things I need.

Features of Culture Questions:

• Celebrations: What kinds of celebrations are important in your family? In your country?
• Greetings: How do you generally greet people you don’t know?
• Beliefs about hospitality: How do you show hospitality in your community? In your school? In your home?
• The role of family: Is there a particular age at which you celebrate an important event in your life with your family or community?
• Attitudes about personal space and privacy: How important do you feel it is to have your own space and privacy?

Framework and Standards: 
Everyone has a culture(s). It shapes how we see ourselves, others, and the world. 

Essential questions: 

• How does culture shape the way we see ourselves, others, and the world?
• How does my culture shape me?
• Why is it important to understand culture?

Lesson adapted from Peace Corps: Features of Culture

Attachments: 

A-Quick-Guide-to-APA-7th

Homework is due by uploading to your Google Doc by 1 pm before Class 02. Please take 3-4 pages of notes on two readings or viewings from the offerings below, using keywords and summarizations as much as possible. Whenever you can, especially using “direct quotations,” note the page and paragraph number to help you know where you got the information. These actions will also help you avoid plagiarism.

Please edit the information in each reading or viewing according to the example below as accurately as possible. I can help edit. Here is the list of some of the readings and viewings. Feel free to find your own resources on culture as well, but please share the source URL with me so I can share it with the class.

Could you please write the speaker’s name, date of the publication, quotation marks, and the time stamp for direct quotes like this:

Mahdawi (2016, July 19) has been thinking about “How do we go from talking about diversity to actually making it happen? (4:18 – 4:24)” for a while.

For summaries in your own words:

Gavin (2014, November 7) discussed the importance of ……

This homework is due at the end of lunch the day before class. Please take notes and insert the photos you take of them into your Google Doc.

Cultural Awareness & Intercultural Communication

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). (2011). Cross-cultural understanding. Background Briefs. https://staceyvye.com/wp-content/uploads/oldsite/tc2.ca/uploads/backgroundbriefs/BBCrossCulturalUnderstanding.pdf

Lectera. (2025). Intercultural communication.  https://lectera.com/info/articles/intercultural-communication

Mayer, E. (2016, November 28). How to lead a successful international team [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3X7legs3gM&list=PLPulR4Kq63KREjGxCe2D7kVvfNkP-snG9&index=3

McClay, R. (2017). Four cornerstones of successful cross-cultural training. Training 

Industry: Mind The Gap, 50-51. 

https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/issue/four-cornerstones-of-successful-cross-cultural-training

Merschdorf, H. (2022, June 18). The surprising paradox of intercultural communication [Video]. 

TEDx Talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJNA-3b6NA

https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/issue/four-cornerstones-of-successful-cross-cultural-training

Middlebury Language Schools. (2023, March 24). Language learning: Why intercultural

  communication is important? 

https://www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/blog/language-learning-why-intercultural-communication-important

Seigel, M. (2024, Feb. 6). Intercultural communication: Why is it important and how can I do 

better [Video]? YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSiLz4mkSL8

Cultural Misunderstandings and How to Avoid Them

Burgess, H. (2017). Misunderstandings. Beyond Intractability. 

https://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/misunderstandings

International Relations EDU. (2019). 5 ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural 

communication. International Relations EDU. 

https://www.internationalrelationsedu.org/5-ways-to-avoid-mistakes-in-cross-cultural-communication

National Geographic. (2009, Oct. 24). Cultural differences National Geographic [Video]. 

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0kzF4A-WQ&t=4s

Rinner, D. (2018, Nov. 14). How to handle cross-cultural misunderstandings [Video]. 

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1lOIB-q5w8

Stretch, C. (2018, Sept. 10). Cultural misunderstandings [Video]. 

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8VjSVavt4k&t=2s

Toegal, G., & Barsoux, J-L. (2016). 3 situations where cross-cultural communication breaks 

down. Harvard Business Review.   

https://hbr.org/2016/06/3-situations-where-cross-culturalcommunication-breaks-down

Vice News. (2018). Ike Nwala is a black comedian who has become Japan’s most unlikely 

star [Video]. YouTube. HBO. 

Thompson-Hernadez, W. (2019, February 20). Chicano subculture in Japan [Video].

Youtube. The New York Times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bMLcCxxAA&t=15s

This New York Times presentation describes the Chicano Culture in Japan with some Japanese language in the interviews:

Thompson-Hernadez, W. (2019, February 20). Chicano subculture in Japan [Video].

Youtube. The New York Times.

Thompson-Hernadez, W. (2019, February 20). Chicano subculture in Japan [Video].

Youtube. The New York Times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bMLcCxxAA&t=6s

This talk explains why cultural diversity matters, and how language shapes culture and vise versa:

Gavin, M. (2014, November 7). Why cultural diversity matters [Video]. Youtube. TED Talk

  Conferences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48RoRi0ddRU&t=6s

This Ted Talk is about solutions for cultural diversity in the workplace: More diverse people!

Mahdawi, A. (2016, July 19). The surprising solution to workplace diversity. [Video].

            YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtUlRYXJ0vI&t=1s

Reading Option 1:

International Relations EDU. (2019). 5 ways to avoid mistakes in cross-cultural communication. International Relations EDU.  https://www.internationalrelationsedu.org/5-ways-to-avoid-mistakes-in-cross-cultural-communication/

Reading Option 2: 

Toegal, G., & Barsoux, J-L. (2016). 3 situations where cross-cultural communication breaks down. Harvard Business Review.   https://hbr.org/2016/06/3-situations-where-cross-cultural-communication-breaks-down                                                                            

Your Free Rice Learning Program

For your English motivation, you can choose any of the English categories and study as you wish. Your goal is to get 4,000 correct answers before the last class in January at your pace, but do practice sometimes every week. This is 20% of the class grade, and you will help feed children around the world who are hungry for free, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Food Programme, which won a Nobel Peace Prize!

Summary: First, we had an orientation to the course, during which you learned what you will be able to do by the end of the course, as outlined on the AL2 Class Information Sheet. Then, we studied and discussed the layers of diversity of a person’s identity/personality, language, and culture. You also learned more about your classmates and me.

How will my grade be calculated?

• Homework 30% (30 points)         
• Nobel Peace Prize FreeRice 10% & 10% Online Class Participation (20 points)
• Final Presentation 20% (20 points)
• Midterm Paper (Report)  20% (20 points)
• Class Participation 10% (10 points) 

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Please create an account on FreeRice and join our group AL2 2025 Intercultural Comm. using the class code provided in class. For your English motivation, you can choose any of the English categories and study as you wish. Your goal is to achieve 4,000 correct answers by the last class at your current pace, but practice occasionally every week. This is 20% of the class grade, and you will help feed children around the world who are hungry for free, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Food Programme, which won a Nobel Peace Prize!

Following the orientation, we worked on the communication framework and standards below in new pairs and used the questions in worksheet two to explore the unique aspects of culture:

The Diversity Wheel That Shapes Identity

Following the orientation, we worked on the communication framework and standards outlined below in pairs, using the questions in Worksheet Two; this lesson is adapted and based on Paul D. Coverdell’s publication “Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding.” 

Features of Culture Statements: 

• No one is exactly like me.
• I have many things in common with the members of my family and community.
• Every person in the world needs some of the same things I need.

Features of Culture Questions:

• Celebrations: What kinds of celebrations are important in your family? In your country?
• Greetings: How do you generally greet people you don’t know?
• Beliefs about hospitality: How do you show hospitality in your community? In your school? In your home?
• The role of family: Is there a particular age at which you celebrate an important event in your life with your family or community?
• Attitudes about personal space and privacy: How important do you feel it is to have your own space and privacy?

Framework and Standards: 
Everyone has a culture(s). It shapes how we see ourselves, others, and the world. 

Essential questions: 

• How does culture shape the way we see ourselves, others, and the world?
• How does my culture shape me?
• Why is it important to understand culture?

Lesson adapted from

Homework due by 1 p.m. the day before Class 02: Please take notes related to the question prompts in this link.  Worksheet #2: Your Identity: Everyone Has a Culture–Everyone is Different in your own words, with at least two pages of notes. You can include information about yourself that is unique to you, not related to the questions.  Worksheet #1: Features of Culture has 30 themes related to your unique identity.

 Making colorful drawings about yourself and your identity will be very helpful. You can also upload photos of yourself that you would like to 1 share with the class. This homework is due before the third period at the end of lunch on Tuesday, before Class 02.