This document contains an agenda for an Academic Interactions class on gender and society. The agenda includes:
- Conversation starters on topics related to gender, such as the characteristics of effective interpreters, differences between managing various hospitality businesses, and whether women are better than men at language.
- A brief quiz reviewing terms from the previous class, including the differences between gender and sex.
- An activity where students practice note-taking skills, including listening to part of a lecture and writing down the main ideas.
- A discussion of gender roles and socialization, followed by a video and related exercises on the topic of gender and society.
- Additional vocabulary building activities.
On September 17th 2015, I presented a 'User Research: Prep & Practice' workshop at NUXUK (Northern User Experience) in Newcastle. The 1hr session consisted of basic tips and introductions into why, how, where, what if etc. This was followed by providing example topics to brainstorm themes around questioning. Next I showed a selection of example questions to help give steer into how to write good & open interview questions. Then there was time to refine ideas into questions & a first-draft script. We then pilot-tested the scripts by mixing up groups. Finally I wrapped up with tips on what to do with all the data once the interviews have been completed. There is also some useful links to further reading.
NUX Newcastle Sept 2015 event - James Oliver, a User Experience Consultant, offered useful tips & pointers for those looking to facilitate some user interview research sessions – for beginners as well as good reminders for those with some experience. This was followed by an activity where teams picked from a lucky dip of research topics, brainstorm questions and formulated these into interview scripts. After a few rounds of practicing interviewing, the talk will end with tips on how to analyse the results and what can be done next.
Accent reduction by Justin Murray @ REAL LIFE EnglishJason R. Levine
ELT MOOC by Jason R. Levine on WiziQ.
This is a professional development massive Open Online Course in listening and pronunciation techniques.
MOOC team organisers:
Dr. Nellie Deutsch
Sylvia Guinan
On September 17th 2015, I presented a 'User Research: Prep & Practice' workshop at NUXUK (Northern User Experience) in Newcastle. The 1hr session consisted of basic tips and introductions into why, how, where, what if etc. This was followed by providing example topics to brainstorm themes around questioning. Next I showed a selection of example questions to help give steer into how to write good & open interview questions. Then there was time to refine ideas into questions & a first-draft script. We then pilot-tested the scripts by mixing up groups. Finally I wrapped up with tips on what to do with all the data once the interviews have been completed. There is also some useful links to further reading.
NUX Newcastle Sept 2015 event - James Oliver, a User Experience Consultant, offered useful tips & pointers for those looking to facilitate some user interview research sessions – for beginners as well as good reminders for those with some experience. This was followed by an activity where teams picked from a lucky dip of research topics, brainstorm questions and formulated these into interview scripts. After a few rounds of practicing interviewing, the talk will end with tips on how to analyse the results and what can be done next.
Accent reduction by Justin Murray @ REAL LIFE EnglishJason R. Levine
ELT MOOC by Jason R. Levine on WiziQ.
This is a professional development massive Open Online Course in listening and pronunciation techniques.
MOOC team organisers:
Dr. Nellie Deutsch
Sylvia Guinan
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Speech generally is considered to have three parts to it: vision, aural, and the social construct. In recent years, although the field has been moving at a dramatic pace, progress is being made in silos. The primary reason for this being that speech is considered "spoken text" by practitioners and researchers alike. Most open-source datasets due to their distance from real-world conditions help in spreading this false impression. In this condition, it is not surprising that common and important features of speech like intonation and disfluency do not get captured by this intent. This tutorial aims to provide an appreciation of the "full-stack" of speech - aural, vision and the textual (or social construct) parts with a special emphasis on aspects that may have significance for current and future research.
The role of written dialogue in advising (Talk T1)
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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3. Conversation Starter 130A
• An interpreter is a person who helps to
convert information from one spoken
language into another language. An
interpreter bridges the communication gap
between two different languages and
cultures. Which characteristics make an
effective interpreter? And why is
confidentiality important for an interpreter?
•
(Tram Nguyen-French Interpreter)
4. Conversation Starter 130A
Generally, people believe that hospitality
management is all about managing hotels.
However, hospitality management also
includes managing restaurants, resorts, golf
courses and casinos. What are the major
differences between managing a hotel and
managing a restaurant, a resort or a casino?
•(Sixue Fang, Hospitality Management)
5. Conversation Starter 130A
• According to the scientific literature, females
show greater brain activity than males when
completing linguistic tasks. Males, on the
other hand, show lots of activity in regions of
visual and auditory functions. I have studied
Japanese for 4 years in japan and I have
observed that most of my girl classmates
speak Japanese better than the boys. Do you
think women really are better at language?
• (Xin Tian- Japanese)
6. Conversation Starter 130B
Today, females have more rights than in the past,
and it seems that equality between males and
females is being attained. However, it also seems
that when an individual emphasizes his or her
gender too strongly, it can lead to discrimination.
Do you think is it good for gender equality to
emphasize one’s own gender? Why or Why not?
(Shoya Fugetsu, History)
7. Conversation Starter 130B
• Music can make people feel different
emotions. Sometimes musical
characteristics make people feel bright
and sometimes they make people feel
peaceful. How do you feel when you listen
to music?
(Music, Xun Xu)
8. Conversation Starter 130B
• There are a lot of jobs to do in the world. You
can choose any job you can do and you like to
do. However, people usually think some jobs are
better suited for males, and some jobs are better
suited for females. Do you think there are some
jobs that are better suited for males or females?
What about jobs that are equally appropriate for
males and females?
• ( Juan Liu, Business)
9. Quiz from last week
1. What is the difference between “gender”
and “sex”?
2. Which country is the home of the fighting
cholitas?
3. What do masculine and feminine mean?
10. Building Vocabulary. Pg. 4
• Using context (how does this work?)
• Why is this important?
• Pg. 4, listening
• Pg. 5, complete B and C individually
• Pg. 5, complete part D as a group
11. Note-taking brainstorming
(group discussion)
1. What is the purpose of taking notes during a
lecture?
2. What equipment and strategies do you usually
use for taking notes?
3. Do you think the equipment and strategies that
you usually use for note-taking are effective?
Why/why not?
16. Listening and Note taking
• Listen to part of a lecture and try to write
down the main ideas on a piece of paper.
• Check yourself. Did you include the ideas
on pg. 7 (part A)?
17. Listening for details
• Pre-listening Video
• Listen to the next part of the lecture and
try to complete part C.
• Discussion: pg. 7 – After listening, critical
thinking
18. Gender and Society – pg. 12 –
Video and Discussion
• Before viewing – part A
• Listening and words in context
• Viewing
• After viewing – pg. 13 – A,B, and C
