Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Reviewing sample solutions

1. From a Chinese perspective 501
2. From an international perspective 511
3. US perspective 625
4. In class review: one student's opener

The effects of Global communication

"The effects of global communication
    There is a word which often emerges frequently in recent years. This word is global communication. Are you sure that you know the meaning of this word? Global Communication is the ability to clearly exchange and express understanding through listening, speaking, reading or writing. Global communication plays an important role in contemporary social. In the past ten years, it changed the conditions of society and promoted the development of world. At the same time, globalization brought some negative effects in various aspects of our life."sl
to do:
Class discussion of the opener. (Problems: redundant wording, logic, plagiarism)Then...

Work in groups. Review these three examples. Review the outlines. Create an improved group outline. Post it on each group members blog. Report about your improvements. Individually, create a second draft of the topic and post it.
Homework for next week: Make a list of 20 questions you would like to ask any international student in an interview. Post your list.
PS If you did not post outline and essay by noon today, this blog entry will be graded as missing (f). Next week, I will be meeting with students in class to look over their blogs and indicate the current grade trend.
REDONE OUTLINES BY GROUPS:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6

Reviewing outlines- How would you describe these three class examples?

global communication outline

introduction:
define global communication
why global communication is important
where global commucation plays a important role
thesis: global communication had become a vast part of human life and make human life much more easier as the life 10 or 20 years ago.
body:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of global communication
How global communication is beneficial for mankind
When global communication became a major part of human life.

conclusion
In conclusion, global communication is very important for people around the world in many ways. It’s related to many things, such as, work. Communication is such an important part of life and with the evolving technology; it’ll help improve people with their important needs.

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Outline


"What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years?"
Terrible outline on how global communication has affected some stuff. I have no introduction or thesis statement and I am not interested in making either of them before I begin to actually write. I’m also not going to write something about every single possible subject because there are just too many. But the internet is central to global communication, so basically everything I’m going to talk about will deal with that.
I. Cultural changes
1. Knowledge
2. Language
3. Hobbies/friends/food (needs a good name)
II. Other changes (this and all below it need better names. Or none. It’s just an outline, after all.)
1. Buying/selling/outsourcing
2. I want to talk about WikiLeaks somehow.
I'm sure this outline won't make any sense once I've actually written it. But it's something.


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Outline Ideas for introduction:
Global communication is the ability to provide and access information across cultures through speaking, listening, or reading and writing.
http://www.ehow.com/facts_7601794_definition-global-communication.html#ixzz1C6IoakenAccording to Jon Endean, “A decade into the Millenia, globalization has become the theme of our world”
Ideas for body:

*http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_has_the_growth_of_global_communication_system_promoted_globalisation*http://www.ricestandard.org/reflecting-on-a-decade-of-globalization/
(A) Growth of global communication:
- (1) Internet growth making communication easier, (Skype)
- (2) Cell phones/ WiFi/ Satellites
- (3) Postal services
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(B) How it has promoted globalization:
- (1) Big businesses love the idea of workers over seas working for cheap (sadly). This sets up business’ in other countries
- (2) (Skype, cell phones and faster postal services), Faster communication with people


all over the world

- (3) Examples for countries:

- U.S. relations with China; improved in the areas of trade and cultural understanding
- The death of Pope John Paul II (2005), 4 million people attended his funeral
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Ideas for conclusion:
Getting to this!


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Reconsidering the outline:


Steps: You have a topic. Dissect it:

What is global communication -

using technology, different technology from letters and telegraph messages; contrast and compare old and new technologies

using new relations and a "smaller" world- news travel faster than ever before. people and markets react to natural or political changes, desasters, modifications more quickly

-what is the consequence when every country/company knows what every other country/company is doing?

-Reaction time is reduced and media outlets depend on civic reporting (phone videos, bystander reports, etc.)

- media are changing and normal people get more involved and knowledgeable

-on a personal level, people see and interact withothers (skype, yahoo, messenger, twitter, etc) locally and internationally at the same speed and bandwidth

etc.

promotion of globalization
what is globalization and where is it happening


Even the Romans thought globally and travelled throughout Europe. The Vikings visited America, and trade ships sailed the oceans 300 years ago. What *is* new then? Since the 60ies flight has been the fastest way to get around the globe. Flying speeds have likely maxed out. Improvement in travel time now depend on efficient airport processes and logistics. Explain logistics. Explain globally applied logistics originating from a few logistical companies and software developers


in the past ten years

what happened before that? Why only looking at ten years. Anything special about that?


beginning of a new millennium, communication platforms are improving, video conferencing has reached any desk.
Problems: knowing languages and interpreting foreign languages