Homework for 9-23

We will talk today about the different purposes and applications of writing. How do you choose your diction when you send in a job application? How do you write to your pastor? How do you relate to a friend on-line, and how do you get people to understand and grant you what you want? So we will be looking into matters of persuasion, when it works, and when it does not.

Homework for next week 9/23:
You will soon begin to interview foreign students at SCSU. Write a statement of objectives.
For example:

Interview Objectives
I would like to learn
-about their cultural traditions
learning about events in the course of a year
learning about special events like weddings, child birth, and funerals
-how they live their daily lives
are week-ends off?
do people work Monday to Friday
what do they do for leisure time
-how they communicate or interact with people
in their community
foreigners and visitors or tourists
-how they date/marry
-how their elderly people are treated
- how they raise children
-what the family structure is like

Try not to be concerned with how they like or perceive America. Try to catch a glimpse of their world view. How could you prepare that?





2. Then Write a list of precise descriptions of how how anticipate the interview will unfold, for example:

• find an interviewee in Lawrence Hall or in a student club
• make an appointment to chat and explain you class assignment
• write the list of questions I want to ask and make sure I have the core class questions in it ( we will do that in class next week)
etc.
Think of at least 20 steps. Put it on the blog. Start looking for 3-4 interviewees who all come from one country or region. Start researching that region.