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.

1. Academic Interactions 130
IECP
Spring 2016
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Conversation Starters
• Brief Review
• Pathways 1

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?

12. What are effective note-taking
strategies?

13. Note-taking (pg. 6)

14. Pg.6, part A and B
A
•1. some culture = strict gender roles
•2. children learn gender from watching others
B
1.yr
2.w/o
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15. Before listening
• Pg. 6,
Before
listening

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

19. More Vocabulary
• Pg. 14 – listen
• Pg. 15 - B

20. HW
• None!