Week 7 (Oct. 8 and 10) MLG 205

● Use your planner to write down your study plans for this week ● Return classwork and portfolios by Friday. ● October 8 ● Due: Note-taking journal 3 (Please, keep up with these; you will turn them in with your final portfolio project) ● Introduce new study/good student skill ● Identity Continued ● October 10 ● Review for Midterm: (Give speech topic and rubric, review APA, review Cross-cultural communication topics) ● Identity ● Assignments ● October 15: Listening and Speech Midterm (bring typed outline) ● October 17: APA / Summarizing / Cross-Cultural Understanding Midterm ● November 7: Portfolio Section 2 Due Agenda: Get ORGANIZED

Wayzgoose Press. (2013). Fifty ways to be a better student: Tips for college and university students. Smashwords.com. ● Last Week: ● Have a Goal ● Did you try it? What happened? ● This Week: ● Take Care of Yourself ● Exercise: walk / run, especially when you’re having trouble concentrating ● Get sunlight: at least 15 minutes a day ● Enjoy some relaxing music (study music) ● Have interests outside your classes: volunteer or find hobbies related to your field of study ● Recognize Stress (and deal with it) Good Student Skill

Wayzgoose Press. (2013). Fifty ways to be a better student: Tips for college and university students. Smashwords.com. ● This Week: ● Take Care of Yourself ● Eat well = fruits and veggies, non-processed foods, no fast food. Cafeteria salad bar and soup bar is good. Don’t snack mindlessly. Take time to eat meals ● Avoid alcohol ● Drink lots of water. Avoid too much caffeine (two cups a day) ● Make friends ● Get enough sleep ● Don’t spread germs: always wash your hands ● Deal with depression: MC Counseling center Good Student Skill

● Goals Worksheet ● Textbook Review and Vocabulary Study ● Student Interview ● Professor Interview Portfolio Section 2

Identity and Intercultural Communication Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Identity Development: Minority Identity Development ● Stage 1: Unexamined Identity ● “lack of exploration of ethnicity” (p. 112) ● Acceptance of majority values ● Strong desire to assimilate ● Stage 2: Conformity ● Criticizing members of your own group ● Not wanting to fit the stereotype voiced by the dominant group ● Stage 3: Resistance and Separatism ● “a growing awareness that not all the values of the dominant group are beneficial to minorities” ● Triggered by negative events (discrimination) or positive events (meeting someone with a strong sense of cultural identity) ● Stage 4: Integration ● Strong sense of self-identity and appreciation for other cultural groups ●

Identity and Intercultural Communication Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Identity Development: Majority Identity Development ● Stage 1: Unexamined Identity ● “May be aware of some physical and cultural differences, but do not fear other racial or ethnic groups” (p. 114) ● Stage 2: Acceptance ● Acceptance of basic racial inequalities in society ● Assumptions about minority groups: patronizing, inferior, avoid association ● Stage 3: Resistance ● Embarrassed ashamed of dominant group ● Seek out interactions with minority groups ● Stage 4: Redefinition and Reintegration ● Not accepting the definition of “White” imposed on them by society ● Recognition of prejudice and racism but blame, guilt, and denial will not solve the problem

Identity and Intercultural Communication Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Multicultural Identity ● Multiracial People ● Global Nomads ● Identity and Adaptation (for multicultural identities) ● U-curve theory ● Excitement ● Culture Shock ● Adaptation

Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Activity: Interview your friend 1. Which identities are most important to you? 2. Which identities do you resist? 3. Which identities do you affirm? ● Share with class Identity and Intercultural Communication

Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011). Experiencing intercultural communication: An introduction (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. ● Midterm Speech: Answer these questions in a 1-2 minute speech. 1. List some stereotypes that Americans have of your culture. 2. Where do these stereotypes come from? 3. How do these stereotypes influence communication between Americans and people from your culture? ● Prepare a typed outline to turn in Wednesday when you give your speech. Identity and Intercultural Communication

● Assignments ● October 15: Listening and Speech Midterm (bring typed outline) ● October 17: APA / Summarizing / Cross-Cultural Understanding Midterm ● November 7: Portfolio Section 2 Due Homework