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.
