Kulturraumbezogene Wirtschaftsthemen, Homework for June 21st

For our last two sessions of the semester, make sure that you bring in any questions you have that stem from a) your class notes, b) feedback you've received on your essays and/or Teilleistungen, c) the class assignments, and d) the practice exam featured on Ilias. Since we'll be having a "Shark Tank/Lion's Den" presentation on Tuesday, June 21st, make sure you've familiarized yourself with the rules of that show prior to our Tuesday session. (Clips of the UK and US versions of the show are available on YouTube.) 

Kompetenzerweiterung II (Tuesday/Thursday Group), Homework for June 21st

For homework, please review grammar units 21 and 25 and vocab unit 26 and these units' accompanying exercises. It would be a good idea to complete Reviews 11 and 13 and Progress Test 2, if you haven't done so already. (Don't be all or nothing about it: focus on the exercise types that present you with the most difficulty.) 

If you have essays that you have submitted to me and not collected yet, please do so by the end of the semester. I take time with my corrections, edits, and feedback, so please do not let me have done this in vain. 

Your last optional essay prompts include the following: 

1. Is it ever OK to play favorites? (Make sure you understand what the idiom "play favorites" means before answering this prompt.)

2. What does it mean to be truly free?

Submit this printed-out or hand-written essay of 250-350 words to me in class on June 21st. Only submit an essay in class on Tuesday, June 21st if you can commit to picking it up at our last session on Thursday, June 23rd. IF YOU CANNOT COMMIT TO THIS, DO NOT SUBMIT AN ESSAY.

Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for June 20th

In advance of our last session of the academic year, please bring any questions from your notes, the slides, the readings, the blog posts, and the exams from last semesters that you would like addressed before the exam. I encourage you to focus on key concepts mentioned on the title slide of the presentations I've posted in the course of our class as well as those mentioned in the questions on previous semesters' exams. 

Kompetenzerweiterung II (Monday/Wednesday Group), Homework for June 20th

For homework, please review grammar units 21 and 25 and vocab unit 26 and these units' accompanying exercises. It would be a good idea to complete Reviews 11 and 13 and Progress Test 2, if you haven't done so already. (Don't be all or nothing about it: focus on the exercise types that present you with the most difficulty.) 

Kulturraumbezogene Wirtschaftsthemen, Homework for June 14th

In advance of our session on Tuesday, June 14th please have read an article in English about a case of fraud, either tied to a single individual or an entire organization. (The article needs to be in English, but the case needn't be connected to the anglophone world.) Please bring this article with you to class on Tuesday. In addition to this, please have completed the exercises from the "fraud" folder uploaded to Ilias. 

For an optional essay assignment, please reflect on the case of fraud you read about and draw one key take-away from the case. Present and explain this take-away to one specific audience (i.e. investors, entrepreneurs, lenders, customers, etc.) in an essay of 250-350 words submitted in hand-written or printed-out form in class on Tuesday, June 14th.

Kompetenzerweiterung II (Tuesday/Thursday Group), Homework for June 14th

For homework, please review grammar units 17 and 19 and vocab unit 14 and these units' accompanying exercises. It would be a good idea to complete Reviews 7, 9, and 10  and Progress Test 1, if you haven't done so already. (Don't be all or nothing about it: focus on the exercise types that present you with the most difficulty.) 

Your optional essay prompts are as follows:

1. Is change good, more often than not?

2. Do people appreciate goods and services they have to pay out of pocket for more than free goods and services?

Keep your essay to 250-350 words and submit it to me in class on Tuesday, June 14th in either hand-written or printed-out form.  

Kompetenzerweiterung II (Monday/Wednesday Group), Homework for June 13th

For homework, please review grammar units 17 and 19 and vocab unit 14 and these units' accompanying exercises. It would be a good idea to complete Reviews 7, 9, and 10  and Progress Test 1, if you haven't done so already. (Don't be all or nothing about it: focus on the exercise types that present you with the most difficulty.) 

Your optional essay prompts are as follows:

1. Would a redistribution of wealth solve most societal problems?

2. Do people appreciate goods and services they have to pay out of pocket for more than free goods and services?

Keep your essay to 250-350 words and submit it to me in class on Wednesday, June 15th in either hand-written or printed-out form.