Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for November 7th

For homework, please: 

- skim through the Lippi-Green article "Teaching Children to Discriminate" (posted as "Lippi Green" on Ilias). There is no need to read the article word-for-word, but try to identify the 1) research question, 2) the paper's data set, and 3) the paper's main claim. 

- browse the Pew Research Center's website Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center and read through at least three reports that interest you (the "research topics" tab is a great place to start). What data presented here surprises you (if any)? What data could be a springboard for future research?

Resources mentioned in class: 

How "Finding Nemo" may help keep Navajo language alive - YouTube

Jedis and Indians: 'Navajo Star Wars' Premieres to a Packed House - YouTube

Native American Poetry and Culture | Poetry Foundation

Transcendentalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Cartoons (cagle.com)

Koo Hoot Kiwat-Caddo Grass House - YouTube

Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi | The Tlingit Language

Kompetenzerweiterung I (Monday Group), Homework for November 7th

In preparation for our next session(11/07), please do the following:

Please complete the exercises (i.e. A-J) for Unit 7 and read through the grammar details for Unit 7. Bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to our next session.

Please read the file "Grammar for CAE  Future p 24" and complete the check exercises on that page and complete exercises 1, 2, and 4 in the file "Grammar for CAE Future p 25" as well. (For exercise 1 on pg. 25, I would like you to also come up with contexts in which the form that you did not select for the book's sentence could work. An example for sentence 1 (whose answer is "she's going to") would be "I think she'll faint if you tell her that." Will-future works in this sentence because the if-clause construction takes us into the hypothetical. Going to-future is used in the book's sentence because one sees concrete evidence in the form of the pale face.) You'll find the answers to these exercises at the bottom of the post (but please do the exercises BEFORE checking your answers!). 

- read the article in the file "Missing apostrophe" on Ilias and do the following:

a) make sure you can summarize what the case was about and what its ruling was

b) look up all of the words you don't know (there is quite a bit of legal language used in this article which will prove useful for you to know in your later studies)

c) summarize the basic rules of how apostrophes are used in English (this might require outside research/consultation with other English grammar/language books you own)

- please also complete the proofreading and editing page that we started in class today (this has been uploaded to Ilias as "Sentences for proofreading and editing 1")

Answer Key: check: 1 fixed plans/arrangements, 2 a personal intention, 3 an unalterable arrangement or fact, 4 an immediate decision, 5 an action that will happen because it is regular or decided

exercise 1: 1 she's going to, 2 I'll, 3 I'm going to be, 4 I'll, 5 am leaving, 6 is not, 7 would, 8 will be doing, 9 will have gone, 10 are 10

exercise 2: 1 supposed/due/required/obliged, 2 just, 3 point, 4 unless, 5 be, 6 to, 7 left, 8 leaving/going/off, 9 be, 10 move

exercise 4: 1 the point of, 2 would do his/was doing his, 3 as we've paid, 4 is going to have (or: will have) an, 5 will have been studying, 6 to be taken/being taken/going to be taken

Kompetenzerweiterung I (Thursday Group), Homework for November 10th

***Please be advised that I will not be holding our class on November 2nd due to my participation in the search committees for two new professors. Our next session will be on November 10th.***

In preparation for our next session(11/10), please do the following:

Please complete the exercises (i.e. A-J) for Unit 7 and read through the grammar details for Unit 7. Bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to our next session.

Please read the file "Grammar for CAE  Future p 24" and complete the check exercises on that page and complete exercises 1, 2, and 4 in the file "Grammar for CAE Future p 25" as well. (For exercise 1 on pg. 25, I would like you to also come up with contexts in which the form that you did not select for the book's sentence could work. An example for sentence 1 (whose answer is "she's going to") would be "I think she'll faint if you tell her that." Will-future works in this sentence because the if-clause construction takes us into the hypothetical. Going to-future is used in the book's sentence because one sees concrete evidence in the form of the pale face.) You'll find the answers to these exercises at the bottom of the post (but please do the exercises BEFORE checking your answers!). 

- read the article in the file "Missing apostrophe" on Ilias and do the following:

a) make sure you can summarize what the case was about and what its ruling was

b) look up all of the words you don't know (there is quite a bit of legal language used in this article which will prove useful for you to know in your later studies)

c) summarize the basic rules of how apostrophes are used in English (this might require outside research/consultation with other English grammar/language books you own)

Answer Key: check: 1 fixed plans/arrangements, 2 a personal intention, 3 an unalterable arrangement or fact, 4 an immediate decision, 5 an action that will happen because it is regular or decided

exercise 1: 1 she's going to, 2 I'll, 3 I'm going to be, 4 I'll, 5 am leaving, 6 is not, 7 would, 8 will be doing, 9 will have gone, 10 are 10

exercise 2: 1 supposed/due/required/obliged, 2 just, 3 point, 4 unless, 5 be, 6 to, 7 left, 8 leaving/going/off, 9 be, 10 move

exercise 4: 1 the point of, 2 would do his/was doing his, 3 as we've paid, 4 is going to have (or: will have) an, 5 will have been studying, 6 to be taken/being taken/going to be taken

Kompetenzerweiterung I (Wednesday Group), Homework for November 2nd

In preparation of next Wednesday's session (11/2), please do the following:

Please complete the exercises (i.e. A-J) for Unit 7 and read through the grammar details for Unit 7. Bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to next Wednesday's session.

Please read the file "Grammar for CAE  Future p 24" and complete the check exercises on that page and complete exercises 1, 2, and 4 in the file "Grammar for CAE Future p 25" as well. (For exercise 1 on pg. 25, I would like you to also come up with contexts in which the form that you did not select for the book's sentence could work. An example for sentence 1 (whose answer is "she's going to") would be "I think she'll faint if you tell her that." Will-future works in this sentence because the if-clause construction takes us into the hypothetical. Going to-future is used in the book's sentence because one sees concrete evidence in the form of the pale face.) You'll find the answers to these exercises at the bottom of the post (but please do the exercises BEFORE checking your answers!).

Please complete the proofreading and editing exercises on the sheet distributed at the end of our session on the 26th (I've also uploaded it to Ilias as "Sentences for proofreading and editing 1"). Each sentences requires a number of corrections. 

Answer Key: check: 1 fixed plans/arrangements, 2 a personal intention, 3 an unalterable arrangement or fact, 4 an immediate decision, 5 an action that will happen because it is regular or decided

exercise 1: 1 she's going to, 2 I'll, 3 I'm going to be, 4 I'll, 5 am leaving, 6 is not, 7 would, 8 will be doing, 9 will have gone, 10 are 10

exercise 2: 1 supposed/due/required/obliged, 2 just, 3 point, 4 unless, 5 be, 6 to, 7 left, 8 leaving/going/off, 9 be, 10 move

exercise 4: 1 the point of, 2 would do his/was doing his, 3 as we've paid, 4 is going to have (or: will have) an, 5 will have been studying, 6 to be taken/being taken/going to be taken

Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for October 31st

 For homework, please: 

- read National Parks Should Belong to Native Americans - The Atlantic (the article has been scanned and uploaded to Ilias as well and can be accessed in the "Week Three Reading" folder...there is also no need to read the article word-for-word/get caught up in specific historical details; read with the main aim of understanding Treuer's main arguments) and answer the following questions/do the following: 

1. List some of the reasons Treuer gives for advocating a return of Native land to Native tribes.

2. In the article, Treuer writes, "In some respects, ours is an era of Native resurgence." Do you agree? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Treuer's proposal concerning how to implement a return of these lands is feasible? Support your answer with details. 

At this point in the semester, I would recommend that all of you have a US map at hand/in your notes for quick reference as well as a timeline of presidents (since certain periods of time are referred to by presidential administrations, e.g. the zeitgeist of the Obama era). 

Resources cited in class:

The U.S. Dialect Quiz: How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort | JFK Library

Kompetenzerweiterung I (Monday Group), Homework for October 31st

For homework, please:

Complete the exercises (i.e. A-J) for Unit 5 and read through the grammar details for Unit 5 (Future Time). Pay particular attention to the examples your book provides for will and going-to future on pg. 38. Check your work using your book's key and bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to next Wednesday's session. 

Please complete exercises A-E (pp.30-31) and exercises M and N (pg. 35) in Unit 4 (Change and Technology). Bring any questions you have with you to our session next Wednesday. 

Review participle clauses on this webpage and complete both grammar tests 1 and 2: Participle clauses | LearnEnglish (britishcouncil.org) (The British Council site is extremely useful in terms of suplementary exercises and grammar explanations.)

Kompetenzerweiterung I (Thursday Group), Homework for October 27th

 For homework, please:

Complete the exercises (i.e. A-J) for Unit 5 and read through the grammar details for Unit 5 (Future Time). Pay particular attention to the examples your book provides for will and going-to future on pg. 38. Check your work using your book's key and bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to next Thursday's session. 

Please complete exercises A-E (pp. 30-31) and exercises M and N (pg. 35) in Unit 4 (Change and Technology). Bring any questions you have with you to our session next Thursday. 

Return to Unit 2 (Thinking and Learning) and write down 5-10 words/expressions that could be used in an essay written in response to the question, "Should schools do away with grades?" (Consider what the prompt is asking you to address and what thesis statements could serve as the core of an essay written in response to the prompt.)

As promised, here is the list of group nouns discussed in class (the British Council website is a GREAT resource to consult, particularly when it comes to looking up the conventions of British English usage): Group nouns | LearnEnglish (britishcouncil.org)