Day 5

Fri. Apr. 2

• English lesson: Sources of “input”

• Speaker summaries: Hofstede Ch. 3 + 4

• Hofstede & American Factory: Discussion

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Homework

➤ Essay 1 due next class

Upload your Essay 1 draft to Box, to the folder “5-Essay 1.” Before sitting down to write it I recommend you reread the instructions.

➤ English Homework: Notice one new word or phrase

Between now and next class, notice and write down one new word or phrase (preferable a phrase -- a combination of words) that you could imagine using to communicate in the situation you identified, or about the topic you identified.

Note the context: Who said or wrote it? What was the phrase being used to refer to or describe?

Then, write a sentence using that phrase to express something meaningful to you — a sentence that you could actually imagine saying or writing in the future.

➤ Speakers: Freddie, Marcus, Jane

In 2-3 minutes, tell us in detail your thoughts on this question:

If you had been hired by Fuyao Glass America to run an “intercultural training workshop” for their newly hired American and Chinese workers at their factory, would you have used Hofstede’s ideas of “power distance” and “collectivism/individualism” to help them understand one another’s cultures? Why or why not? What specifically would you tell them?

➤ Everybody else: Be ready to continue our discussion

Be ready to continue our discussion on the question above.