1. Week 4 (Sept. 17 and 19) MLG 205

2. ● Use your planner to write down your study plans for this week ● September 17 ● Introduce new study/good student skill ● Speech Skill: “How to” Speech ● Southern Accent ● Culture and Communication ● Moodle Demo ● September 19 ● Speech 1 (“How to”) ● Culture and Communication Cont’d ● Assignments ● September 24 1. Bring a Textbook to class 2. Note-taking Journal 2 ● September 26: Portfolio Section 1 Due Agenda: Get ORGANIZED

3. Wayzgoose Press. (2013). Fifty ways to be a better student: Tips for college and university students. Smashwords.com. ● Last Week: ● Introduce yourself to your professor ● Make eye contact ● Did you try it? What happened? ● This Week: ● Ask for help ● The Professor: Visit during office hours or make an appointment ● Classmates: Create or join a study group ● During Class: Always raise your hand first!! ● Wait until the exercise is complete ● Wait until there is a break in a lecture ● Ask questions if you do not understand directions Good Student Skill

4. “How to” speech (1 minute speech). Relate to your studies. Topic: How to introduce yourself to a professor / classmate. I. Why does your audience need to know? II. What do you do? A. Main Point 1 B. Main Point 2 III. Conclusion: Wrap it up. Speech Skill

5. How to speech (1 minute speech). Relate to your studies. Topic: How to introduce yourself to a professor / classmate. I. Why does your audience need to know? A. International Students B. Confidence II. What do you do? A. When? 1. After or Before Class 2. During Office hours B. How? 1. Greet 2. State name 3. Shake hands 4. Friendly comment related to class. III. Conclusion: Wrap it up. Speech Skill Example

6. Southern Accents ● Introdcution: ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell ● What is the South? What is a Southern Accent? ○ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English#G ulf_of_Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English#G ulf_of_Mexico

7. Southern Accent Features ● Dudden, Iden, Waden ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell ● Lilts and Drawls ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell ● Vowels, Consonants, Verbs, and other words ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell ● Expressions ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell

8. Resources ● Book Review: The Complete How to Speak Southern ○ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553804782?tag=onamazon-20 ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell ○ Ahr, aig, ails, awf, awfis, awfullest, bard, baws, bleeve, cayut, crine, crawss, daints, everhoo, everthang, fawn, gawn, git, gull, kumpny, lar, lawst, mahty raht, muchablige, munts, own, ownliest, phrasin, pitcher, prolly, quare, raffle, ratcheer, retard, sawt, sayul, shovelay, show, spearmint, tal, tamarr, tarred, tewsdee, thank, troll, vaymuch, wender, winsheel. ● Audio: Acting with an Accent ○ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0926862030?tag=2amazon-20 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0926862030?tag=2amazon-20 ● Other Links ○ http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_southern.html#mitchell

9. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● What is culture? ● Self-Awareness when exposed to others ● “learned patterns of perception, values, and behaviors, shared by a group of people, that are dynamic and heterogeneous” (p. 32). ● Culture is learned ● “How we learn to eat, sleep, and seek shelter” (p. 32) ● Fork? Chopsticks? hands? ● How to be American or Saudi or Indian or Chinese or male or female ● How to eat, walk, talk, and love like othe rmembers of our society Culture and Communication

10. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Culture involves Perception and Values ● Share perceptions (world view) ● Opportunity to compare to others’ culture ● Culture involves feelings ● Familiarity and comfort ● Culture is shared ● Implies a group of people ●Experiencing same social environments ● Ranges from voluntary to involuntary (race / gender vs. religion / status)

11. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Culture is expressed as behavior ● For example: How you are raised ● In America: socialized to be independent and on your own → Make your own decisions about marriage and career ● In Mexico: socialized to be collective → be responsible for family / ask family about marriage and career ● Pass these behaviors to our children ● Both visible and hidden ● Culture is dynamic and heterogeneous ● Changing and conflicting Culture and Communication

12. ● Library ● Jessica Manzo http://mc.edu/online-orientation/ Moodle

13. “How to” speech (1 minute speech). Relate to your studies. Topic: How to introduce yourself to a professor / classmate. I. Why does your audience need to know? II. What do you do? A. Main Point 1 B. Main Point 2 III. Conclusion: Wrap it up. Speech Skill

14. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● What is communication? ● “symbolic process whereby meaning is shared and negotiated” (p. 32). ● “communication occurs whenever someone attributes meaning to another’s words or actions” (p. 32) ● “communication is dynamic, may be unintentional, and is receiver- oriented” (p. 32) ● Symbolic = words/gestures have meaning ● Communication Process = People + a message (verbal or non- verbal) + a channel + a context ● Sharing and Negotiating Meaning = different ways of talking to different people (“I love you” = multiple meanings) ● Communication is dynamic = ongoing ● Communication does not have to be intentional (unintentional offenses = refusing tea/coffee / showing the soles of your feet ● Communication is receiver-oriented = the receiver determines the meaning and outcome. Culture and Communication

15. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Values = good / bad or right / wrong All Culture Groups answer these questions: ● What is human nature? ● What is the relationship between humans and nature? ● What is the relationship between humans? ● What is the preferred personality? ● What is the orientation toward time? ● The Nature of Human Nature = 3 beliefs among the world ● Human nature is good ● Human nature is evil ● Human nature is good and evil ● The Relationship between Humans and Nature ● Humans dominate nature or Nature dominates? ● From farming to birth control ● Live in harmony Culture and Communication

16. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Relationship between humans Individual Vs. Collective ● The Preferred Personality ● “Doing” personality = being productive and busy (American Value) ● “Thinking” personality = philosophers, priests, scholars ● “Growing” personality = spiritual life ● “being” = interaction with experiences (family time is more important than money) ● The Orientation to Time ● Future (American Value) = planning (retirement) ● Present (Spain, Greece, Mexico) = live in the moment ● Past (Many European and Asian) = history has something to contribute to understanding contemporary life. Culture and Communication

17. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Limitations of Value Frameworks Not everyone in a society holds the dominant value  dynamic and heterogeneous ● Cultural Values: ● Activity: Look at these ads. What values do they represent? Culture and Communication

18. ● September 19 ● Speech 1 (“How to”) ● Culture and Communication Cont’d ● September 24 ● Review of APA and Microsoft Formatting ● Assignments ● September 24 1. Bring a Textbook to class 2. Note-taking Journal 2 ● September 26: Portfolio Section 1 Due Homework