Kulturraumbezogene Wirtschaftsthemen, Work for Week One

Welcome to the course!

Even though we won't be meeting in person today, I'm still excited about the new semester and hope you are as well. In these days, as always, I hope you will be kind to yourself and to those around you. I personally have found meditation, yoga, and eating well to work wonders in terms of my general mood and as a way to prevent feeling confined in my apartment. I hope these times can have the positive effect of you getting to know yourself a bit better.

The other two instructors of this course and I have coordinated a similar curriculum for the following weeks: we will be posting materials on business topics every week (you will find these materials on Ilias) and you will be working on your first Teilleistung (a detailed description is featured in a document on Ilias). (There will be no online lectures.) This first Teilleistung is due by April 20, 2020 at 10 am. Completing this Teilleistung is your priority for these weeks at home. I will also need you to print out and sign the Teilleistung sign up form (also on Ilias) and send it to me via scan or photo by April 10, 2020.

The reading comprehension tasks, vocab exercises and videos posted on Ilias and this blog are meant to keep you on track and to train you for the written exam (which will consist of a 250-350 word response to a case study, some vocab questions and a short-answer reading comprehension section). I will post sample answers to the reading comprehension questions on Mondays when I upload the new tasks. One article will feature the opportunity for you to submit a 250-350 word essay that I will correct and give you feedback on. This essay (featured in the Economist article's questions this week) must be submitted to me via email by Thursday, March 26th at 5 pm. I unfortunately cannot accept any late submissions.

This week's topic is free trade and you might find this video useful in getting some background with the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ITyd1Pzek0&t=5s