Below are some links that are useful for the exam. Good luck!
Review of punctuation rules in English: basic_punctuation_rules.pdf (apu.edu)
Avoiding sentence fragments: Avoiding Sentence Fragments (kennesaw.edu)
Finding a thesis statement: Identifying Thesis Statements | Basic Reading and Writing (lumenlearning.com)
Please review Units 13 (Unreal time), 19 (Complex sentences), and 25 (Reporting) as well as their accompanying exercises in advance of next week's session. Bring any questions you have concerning particular explanations, concepts, and examples with you to class.
Pages 265-280 of Destination also provide a number of exercises for review.
Here are some additional exercises for specific exam practice:
open CLOZE:For homework, please:
- read the articles "millennials and employment" and "track and minefield" in the "articles for reading comprehension" folder on Ilias and complete the accompanying comprehension questions. Bring your answers with you to class.
- review the content, class notes, and blog posts for the last six weeks of the semester (paying particular attention to the vocabulary introduced). Bring any questions you might have to next week's session.
- optional essay prompts: in the "articles for reading comprehension" folder, you'll find an article entitled "Why Stanford should clone itself" and a two-file article entitled "UK better off outside the EU". Please read these articles and select one of the following prompts (make sure that your essays are stand-alone pieces of writing and don't rely on prior knowledge of the source articles):
1. Should Stanford clone itself? (Pay particular attention to the claims Kirp makes in the final paragraphs about brand stretching/dilution.)
2. Is the UK better off outside the EU?
Essay must not exceed 350 words and must be submitted to my email address as a .docx file by Monday, June 28th by 5 pm in order to receive feedback.
For homework, please read pp. 751 (at the bottom starting from "As a boy...") - 757 (ending right before "In December 2010...") from These Truths and answer the following questions:
1. On pg. 752, Lepore states, "Not since Woodrow Wilson had Americans elected a scholar as president." Why is this significant? How do you think Lepore defines "scholar"?
2. What is affirmative action? (This will most likely require some outside research.)
3. On pg. 754, Lepore states that Obama's candidacy "changed the nature of campaigning." How did it manage to do this?
4. On the same page, Lepore claims that Obama "was no FDR." How do the two presidents differ?
5. What is the Tea Party? (Extension question: what aspects of their platform did Trump draw upon in his campaign?)
The slides from the June 21st session are posted under the title "Late 60s, US War in Vietnam, AIDS crisis".
Links of interest:
Obama's 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) referenced in this week's reading can be accessed here (C-SPAN is the US channel that features political coverage and governmental proceedings): C-SPAN: Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Convention - YouTube
Opening scene of Patton (1970): Patton (1/5) Movie CLIP - Americans Love a Winner (1970) HD - YouTube
Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Blues": Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Official Audio) - YouTube
Merle Haggard, "Okie from Muskogee": Okie From Muskogee - YouTube
Please review Units 13 (Unreal time), 19 (Complex sentences), and 25 (Reporting) as well as their accompanying exercises in advance of next week's session. Bring any questions you have concerning particular explanations, concepts, and examples with you to class.
Pages 265-280 of Destination also provide a number of exercises for review.
Here are some additional exercises for specific exam practice:
open CLOZE:Your task for this week is to learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 24 (Relationships and people) and complete all of the remaining accompanying exercises. Much of it will be review, but please pay attention to sections (those other than topic vocabulary and word formation) that we did not cover last semester. Please also review the verbs that take the gerund or the infinitive from Unit 23.
For homework, please:
- read the files "management styles 1" and "intercultural teams" in the "management" folder on Ilias and complete the accompanying exercise files.
- read the files "management styles overview 1_2" and "management styles overview 2_2" and "coaching and mentoring 1_2" and "coaching and mentoring 2_2". What distinction do these pages make between coaching and mentoring? German uses has adopted both of these words as anglicisms. Does German use these words the same way English does?
- read the file "problems with the team" and answer the questions included after the dialogue. Try to use specific business terms (esp. from the domain of management) in your response.
- review the content, class notes, and blog posts for the first six weeks of the semester (paying particular attention to the vocabulary introduced). Bring any questions you might have to next week's session.
The remaining files in the "management" folder are optional and intended for extra practice/extension.
Optional essay prompt: Some managers might assume that millennial and Gen Z employees prefer Theory Y management. Is this necessarily true? Submit your response in an essay of 250-350 words in a .docx file to my email address by Monday, June 21st at 5 pm. Submissions that are late or exceed the word limit will go unread.
For homework, please read pp. 634-640 of These Truths and answer the following questions:
1. What inspired the American Indian Movement and the Chicano movement?
2. What were Fulbright and Chomsky's attitudes about academia's complicity during the US war in Vietnam?
3. What was the political climate at US universities like in the late 1960s/early 1970s?
4. On pp. 637-638, there is talk of the 47-year-old Catholic housewife from Dayton, Ohio. What profile does the "average" voter in 2021 have?
5. What was Nixon's strategy with the Family Assistance Plan?
6. How did Nixon's tapes "alter how Americans understood the presidency"?
7. What were the Pentagon Papers?
The slides from June 14th are posted on Ilias under the title "Post WWII and the Civil Rights Movement".
Your task for this week is to learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 24 (Relationships and people) and complete all of the remaining accompanying exercises. Much of it will be review, but please pay attention to sections (those other than topic vocabulary and word formation) that we did not cover last semester. Please also review the verbs that take the gerund or the infinitive from Unit 23.
Your task for this week is to learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 22 (Quality and the arts) and complete all of the remaining accompanying exercises. Much of it will be review, but please pay attention to sections (those other than topic vocabulary and word formation) that we did not cover last semester.
Please review Units 1, 3, and 5 in the textbook and your answers to the exercises you completed last semester. Bring in any questions that you have with tense to our next session. In reviewing tense, please select ONE verb to conjugate into as many tenses/aspects as you can. Make sure that you have built a context (including using advs where needed) that warrants the use of that tense.
For homework, please:
- access the "gender pay gap listening and reading" file and complete the accompanying comprehension questions.
- watch the following video and put Voss' three tips in your own words (Voss is the author of the bestselling book on negotiation Never Split the Difference):
3 Tips on Negotiations, with FBI Negotiator Chris Voss | Big Think - YouTube
- read the interview in the two files "preparing for a negotiation" and explain the following concepts: SPIN, BATNA, and the triangle featured in the interview.
- read the file "negotiations situations and negotiators" and complete the accompanying exercise file.
- the files "negotiation reaching a deal" are optional and are posted for further enrichment (the vocab in part C is particularly useful).
Optional task for this week: A friend of yours is going to interview at the corporation you work for. You
think they would be perfect for the job. You will not be present
at the interview and will have no influence on the hiring decision. What
interview advice would you give them? Provide your answer (ideally written after you have completed the activities in the blog post above) in an essay of 250-350 words and submit it to me via email in a .docx file by Monday, June 14th at 5 pm. Late submissions/submissions that exceed the word limit will not be read.
Links of interest:
So Expensive video on Supreme: Why Supreme Is So Expensive | So Expensive - YouTube
For homework, please read pp. 522 (start with "Hiroshima marked the beginning...")-529 (stop at "The Happiest Place on Earth") of These Truths and answer the following questions:
1. Why was Japan's surrender met with a mixed reaction by the US public, according to Lepore?
2. On pg. 525, Lepore proposes the following thesis: "Computers are often left out of the study of history and government, but, starting at the end of the Second World War, history and government cannot be understood without them." Do you agree with her? How might taking computing into account be essential to understanding our current times?
3. On pg. 526, "Kiwanis clubs" are referenced. What are they and what other organizations are similar? (This will require outside research.)
4. What kind of "new form of conservatism" emerged after WWII?
5. What is the G.I. Bill and how is it a product of its times?
Bonus question for next week: who coined the term "military-industrial complex," when was it coined, and what does it refer to?
The slides from June 7th are under the file name "The Great Depression and WWII" on Ilias.
Your task for this week is to learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 22 (Quality and the arts) and complete all of the remaining accompanying exercises. Much of it will be review, but please pay attention to sections (those other than topic vocabulary and word formation) that we did not cover last semester.
Please review Units 1, 3, and 5 in the textbook and your answers to the exercises you completed last semester. Bring in any questions that you have with tense to our next session.
Please consult the time slots listed in the "Time slots for TL 2" file in the "Class information" folder on Ilias and write down your date and time.
There are no readings or listening exercises for this week. I highly recommend that you run through your presentation this week (either your part alone or with your partner) so that you have that behind you. Use the materials in the "Language resources for graphs and presentations" subfolder in the "Second Teilleistung" folder on Ilias to help you be precise in your language use and to tailor your presentation register to that which an anglophone audience would expect.
Optional essay prompts for this week:
1. What makes a negotiator successful?
2. How will the pandemic change the way we work long-term?
Please be sure to NOT respond to these prompts with a list of characteristics/various examples. Essays should always have ONE clear message (i.e. a thesis) that is contextualized in a way that will resonate with the reader/audience. Your essay should be between 250-350 words and sent to my email address by Monday, June 7th at 5pm. Late submissions/submissions that exceed the word limit will not be read.
