This document contains an agenda for an academic interactions class. It includes conversation starters on various topics for students to discuss in pairs or groups. It also previews a quiz from the previous class on gender terms. The document outlines activities for building vocabulary through context and note-taking strategies for listening to a lecture on gender roles. Students listen to parts of the lecture and take notes, completing comprehension questions. They also discuss a video on gender and society through pre- and post- viewing questions. Homework is listed as none.

1. Academic Interactions 130
IECP
Fall 2015
Nikki Mattson

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

3. Conversation Starter 130A
• Imagine you were studying a major that
you thought would be a good fit, but after
completing one semester of coursework in
that major, you realized that the reverse
was actually true -- it was not suitable for
you. In this situation, do you think that you
would start another major or that you
would complete what you had already
started?
• (Mohammed Alsadiq/ Undecided)

4. Conversation Starter 130A
• If men use feminine items like feminine
clothes or makeup, do you think that it
affects their personalities or not? And
why? What are some examples?
• (Hassan Aljaffar/Chemical Engineering)

5. Conversation Starter 130A
• A lot of voices have arisen over the years
demanding equality between males and
females in many fields. For example,
some activists have advocated for equality
in job opportunities, salaries, hours and
retirement ages. But should males and
females be equal in every field and in
every aspect? Why/why not?
• (Ahmad Emam/mechanical engineering)

6. Conversation Starter 130B
In the nineteenth century, women did not have many rights
under civil law in America. What do you know about
women’s rights in your country in the past and the present?
Also, more and more female lawyers are playing an
important role in society. When you think about the
particular characteristics of female lawyers, what comes to
mind?
(Intellectual Property Law, Guanrong Chen)

7. Conversation Starter 130B
• Governments all over the world are trying
to enact laws that benefit societies. Have
you ever questioned the role that a
society itself plays in enacting laws? What
are your thoughts?
• (Law, Ahmad Alhammadi)

8. Conversation Starter 130B
• These days the concept of being transgender has
become more and more common in societies around the
world. Transgender means that a person has two
genders. By definition one is the physical gender, and
the other one is the acceptance of the gender by the
individual. For example, other people see them as a
men, but they consider themselves to be women. How is
this idea approached/discussed/treated in your country?
(Psychiatry Nursing, Bora LEE )
Video

9. Quiz from yesterday
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
• 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
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!