LOGO

Welcome to Global

Understanding

Instructor: CHEN, Yali (Jessica)

Email: jessicasduchen@163.com Cell: 13969115903 QQ: Global Classroom (231138617)

Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00-9:15 P.M. Location: R602 Lizong Building

Course Goals

This course aims at helping students to:

1.Develop cultural awareness and understanding of foreign cultures

2.Develop language skills and cultural competence to successfully communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds

3.Improve oral English proficiency

Cultural exchangebased both on video conferencing as

well as one-to-one chatting online.SDU students will connect consecutively

with a total of two different universities. Each linkage will be with one university

at a time and the two universities we will link with this semester include:

Course Description

ECU – East Carolina UniversityGreenville, N.C. U.S.A.

LNU Ivan Franko Lviv National University Lviv, Ukraine

Grading

20% Attendance

40% Class Discussion and Participation

10% Class Presentation

30% Reflective Journals

Attendance

Students are expected to attend and ACTIVELY participate in ALL class sessions.

Prior notification to the instructor of an intended absence is required.

If any student misses portions of more than three classes, the attendance portion of the final grade will be zero.

Class Discussion and Participation

All students are expected to ACTIVELY participate in classroom discussions and activities.

video conferencing groups:everyone is supposed to contribute to

the grand discussion. chatting online groups: focus on the topic and viewing any

irrelevant web pages on the computer is not allowed.

Class Presentation

In local sessions, students will work to research on the topics of discussion:

college life, family and traditions, the meaning of life, and stereotypes and prejudices; and present your findings to class.

You will use PPT or any visuals to enhance your oral presentation.

Reflective Journals

Every student will submit two reflective journals (two pages, double-space) toward the end of this course.

You will reflect on your experience in class and make comparative analysis on different cultures.

Special attention

Inappropriate classroom conduct, cheating, and plagiarism are unacceptable and are grounds for a failing grade in this course.

If you meet someone who has deep prejudice against or hostility toward China, try to show something positive.