tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61295878342728223082024-03-22T01:44:23.275+09:00Meeting of Multcultural Educators 2009This is the official blog of MMCE, a "class" at a university in Japan. In this blog I will summarize what we accomplished in each meeting. In addition, this blog will serve as forum for MMCE members to exchange opinions about discussions we have had in the meetings.JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-57642668044781460302009-07-29T10:56:00.005+09:002009-07-29T12:19:50.483+09:00Meeting 15: Global Issues Discussion (Day 2)<span style="font-weight: bold;">Evaluation: </span>Please put your evaluation in the envelope of my door (rm.439) by Friday, July 31.<br /><br />Issue 1: Rich and Poor<br />Main Points:<br />- The reasons that the rich countries are getting richer and the poor countries poorer:<br /><ol><li>Poor countries borrow so much money from rich countries and they cannot pay it back so the interest on bthe debt increases. Because of the debt, poorer countries cannot afford to spend money on fixing social problems<br /></li><li>Corruption of leaders</li></ol>What can we do to make this problem better?<br />- Give more money but make sure it does not go into the leaders' pockets<br />- Donate money ourselves to poor countries for solving social problems<br />- Instead of money send people who can manage the money<br />- We can easily give money to poor countries but it is not good.It is better to give money to support the basis of industry so countries can make money (=grow their economy) by themselves.<br />- We must change the international political and economic order. Every country consumes products made in China because the products made in China are not expensive. Most of the money goes to foreign country investors. Because so mnay products are made in China workers in richer countries cannot find employment.<br /><br />To learn more, please attend the United Nations University Conference on Nov 21- 23<br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Issue 2:</span> Global Warming<br />Main Points:<br />There is a lot of CO2 and Methane and they cause global warming.<br />Global warming causes many problems. For example:<br />1. Ice melting in the North and South Pole causes the sea levels to rise<br />2. Rise in temperatures causes storms<br /><br />What can we do to make the problem better?<br />Don't eat beef.<br />Don't use cars<br />Commute by bicycle, bus, train, walking<br />and much more.....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Issue 3: </span>Children<br />Main Points<br />There are a lot of children around the world who cannot receive education. One problems is that many children will not be able to work, they become homeless and are forced to steal food.<br />Another problem is that children are forced to work instead of going to school.<br />It's a big problem that they cannot have an education.<br /><br />What can we do?<br />We can do some volunteer work. We can donate pens, notebooks and we can go to poorer countries and teach subjects for free.JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-42745463721862768612009-07-22T11:49:00.006+09:002009-07-29T09:29:21.892+09:00Meeting 14: Global Issues Discussion Day 1In today's meeting the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Uighur</span> group presented about disease and the Philippines group presented about weapons and war. After the discussion various <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MMCE</span> members also gave various ideas about how we can make the problems better. It was a very interesting meeting today and I am looking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">forward</span> to next week's meeting. <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">Please remember that next week we will start <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">MMCE</span> at 10:20 AM</span>.<br />Below is a summary of the main points of each presentation.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Disease: </span> (By <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Uighur</span>)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Main Point of the Presentation</span><br /></div>Developing countries suffer from infectious diseases such as Aids, cholera, influenza, tuberculosis, measles and malaria. Many people dies from these diseases every year even though these diseases are preventable. The most dangerous diseases in developed countries are cancer and hear disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can be done to make the problem better?</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Help people change their life conditions such as getting access to clean water</li><li>.Education about infectious diseases</li><li>Donate money for vaccinations.</li><li>"Don't give fish but teach how to fish"</li><li>Make drugs such as drugs to treat Aids cheaper</li><li>People should change their lifestyle to prevent health problems (no overeating, etc,)</li></ul><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-uCBb-I6YYxHvWTT7cVybHulCrkmcGbnleluTBnXrNrr6JTIhmlKzyFvFqo2hHZjIdlIfl5pPREqlRcSFb2cV-e4ZUSYFHHS4qa6JPI0QQzTc4WHI2Zd3pL9YIRJxBj_rKU6vEUwNd58/s1600-h/IMG_1446.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-uCBb-I6YYxHvWTT7cVybHulCrkmcGbnleluTBnXrNrr6JTIhmlKzyFvFqo2hHZjIdlIfl5pPREqlRcSFb2cV-e4ZUSYFHHS4qa6JPI0QQzTc4WHI2Zd3pL9YIRJxBj_rKU6vEUwNd58/s320/IMG_1446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361146171875565282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64oSUvwIyw657ifYs0fJCfHOxedZnBAgYz03bk8SG676zqoG5pnfD-HRtZhyphenhyphenzBzoHtCw2juudfda_o2DVkAPVe-MGrjirxC_lqfydJzMsVjB-QNmygsHez5iK228USP3PEw-eWSOwMgD3/s1600-h/IMG_1441.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64oSUvwIyw657ifYs0fJCfHOxedZnBAgYz03bk8SG676zqoG5pnfD-HRtZhyphenhyphenzBzoHtCw2juudfda_o2DVkAPVe-MGrjirxC_lqfydJzMsVjB-QNmygsHez5iK228USP3PEw-eWSOwMgD3/s320/IMG_1441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361146589527934306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Weapons and War:</span> (by the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Philippines</span>)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Main point of the presentation<br /></span></span></span>There are many wars going on even today.<br />Ex. Only in Africa there are more than 10 wars.<br /> 8 international wars and 25 civil wars in 2005<br /><br />One problem that results from these wars is land mines<br />About 2000 people are killed or injured by landmines every month.<br />It is difficult to remove landmines because it is dangerous and expensive.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span>Fact:Between China and Vietnam there are 2 million land mines<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can be done?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span><ul><li>Monetary support for removing mines (Opposite opinion - giving money is not good because they might use the money for other military affairs. )</li><li>Find the landmines and mark them</li><li>Don't make new landmines</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Government</span> should persuade <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">countries</span> with landmines to join the Ottawa Treaty</li><li>United Nations has the removing mines project and we can give monetary support to the United Nations. It is better than giving it to some government.<br /></li></ul></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZUz9lZcO_mvX38Y25DnoF74m5W_oU95Nzt34gV1sQpxR7w-RbNImzBG-tDDHc9wNg-dVh9NpysJU26LyK5Q-Eoptc1gvdmhdcU0f8I7G7FEiG3F3E85b3fTcEgsNMdZOvw3QeWjM1oto/s1600-h/IMG_1458.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZUz9lZcO_mvX38Y25DnoF74m5W_oU95Nzt34gV1sQpxR7w-RbNImzBG-tDDHc9wNg-dVh9NpysJU26LyK5Q-Eoptc1gvdmhdcU0f8I7G7FEiG3F3E85b3fTcEgsNMdZOvw3QeWjM1oto/s320/IMG_1458.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361150486849271394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7062OQ584wMNBEqumR3kF6VvrTBe_twsVkTDPSPYfSmoASKTEfqQMrah45-nDaD_jUqPkgp3Qs-TkHksJ0Kqci1ZF9wTtiR8vs-jvpztinYFpsHI8wI1hfhK1iaqUhkVrgxw0d1RJKfL/s1600-h/IMG_1456.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7062OQ584wMNBEqumR3kF6VvrTBe_twsVkTDPSPYfSmoASKTEfqQMrah45-nDaD_jUqPkgp3Qs-TkHksJ0Kqci1ZF9wTtiR8vs-jvpztinYFpsHI8wI1hfhK1iaqUhkVrgxw0d1RJKfL/s320/IMG_1456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361151108125473746" border="0" /></a>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-61124929246132311342009-07-15T09:51:00.005+09:002009-07-29T09:29:11.862+09:00Meeting 13: Preparation for the Global Issues Mini ConferenceProcedures for Global Issues Mini Conference<br /><br />Today, July 15, each group will prepare for their mini-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">presentation</span>.<br /><br />Next week, July 21, we will make 5 new groups of 5 people. <strong>The success of this meeting will depend on EVERY <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MMCE</span> member attending. One absent member will affect the discussion. </strong>Each new group will consist of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">representatives</span> from the other groups. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">representatives</span> will take turns presenting about their global issue. Each <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">representative</span> has 28 minutes to present and the mini conference will last for about 2 meetings. The content of your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">presentation</span> will be based on the <a href="http://world-issues.net/index.html">Global Issues in English</a> textbook. An outline of your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">presentation</span> is written below.<br /><br />1 Topic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Introduction</span>: Briefly introduce your topic by asking one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">conversation</span> questions<br />2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pre</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">presentation</span> activity: Ask a factual question, have your listeners complete a graph, or read the profile<br />3 Helpful Words: Quiz people on the new words. (5 minutes)<br />4. My Global Issue: Read the information about your global issue and then ask 5 – 8 questions about it to the other group members. (10 minutes) You can ask the questions before or after your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">presentaion</span>. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listeners: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">If you do not understand something you can ask during the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">presentation</span>!</span></span><br />5. Post-presentation activity: Discussion- Discuss the following (5 minutes)<br />- Do you have any questions about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">presentation</span>, please ask!<br />- Did anything surprise you about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">presentation</span>? What? Did this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">presentation</span> change your thinking in any way, how so?<br />- How does this problem affect you?<br />- Are you doing anything (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">unintentionally</span>) to cause this problem? What?<br /><br />6. Solution: Let’s brain storm things that we can do to make this problem better. (5 minutes)<br /><br />At the ending of the second meeting, each base group will gather again and share what was said in 4 and 5.JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-24393417567030778312009-07-03T18:04:00.004+09:002009-07-29T09:28:58.514+09:00Meetings 11&12: Back to Culture and Culture PhenomenonIn this meeting we returned to looking at culture and cultural phenomenon. We did not cover very much new ground, rather, we mostly reviewed what we had learned in Meetings 5 & 6. We reviewed the following:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">the Meaning of Culture</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">Culture Products:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Artifacts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Institutions</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> Art</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Practices</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Acts</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Operations</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Scenarios</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Lives</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Non Verbal <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Communication</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kinesics</span><br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Oculessics</span><br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Haptics</span><br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Olfactics</span><br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chronemics</span><br /> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Proxemics</span><br /><br /></span></span>Next time we will study the following cultural phenomenon:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Perspectives</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Power Distance<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Individualism</span><br />Masculinity<br />Uncertainty Avoidance<br />High/Low Context<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Communities<br /><br />Persons<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-59749029947766302082009-06-23T14:42:00.011+09:002009-06-24T09:31:27.863+09:00Meeting 10: Day 2 of the Breaking Down National Stereotypes DiscussionLast week the guests presented for the Breaking Down National Stereotypes Discussion. Below is our schedule for Day 2. After our schedule, I will post the summaries of each guest's presentation:<br /><ol><li>Ice Breaking: 4 Corners</li><li>Mini Discussions with guests:</li></ol><ul><li>Each group will have 10 minutes to talk to a guest. Here is some possible content to discuss.<br /></li></ul> A) Follow-up on the guest’s presentation<br /><ul><li>Did you understand all of the guest’s presentation? What parts did you not understand? Are there any words, phrases, or concepts you heard for the first time? Ask the guest questions about his or her speech to clarify what she/he said. You can also confirm your guest’s answers to the below questions: </li></ul> Are there any responses that you are proud of?<br /> Are there any responses you do no think are true?<br /> What else do you think we should know about your country?<br /><br /><ul><li>Until now, you have talked about how people in your country imagine your guest’s country, why don’t you ask your guest what her/his images of Japan were before she/he came to this country. How accurate were the guest’s images?</li></ul> 3.“Discussion on Values” activity (Time Permitting)<br /> 4. Closing words: JH<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Post Discussion</span><br />Please write about what you learned from the discussions that you had with two guests on the MMCE Blog. Please do this by June 30.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summaries of Last Week's Presentations</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Uyghr</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkChOJMiKcqengW2LR003duYo1JcG3G2SbVHh0V6qumd8k6k2LO1W7Bq6HybZ1vebx_bkXsJ1ZJnCGZuE8XSlpi9nINErlGrdpNNT5h1veNXDB8XBGh4zK1osw9WEg720bJE9Eh4ULhl1v/s1600-h/IMG_1384.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkChOJMiKcqengW2LR003duYo1JcG3G2SbVHh0V6qumd8k6k2LO1W7Bq6HybZ1vebx_bkXsJ1ZJnCGZuE8XSlpi9nINErlGrdpNNT5h1veNXDB8XBGh4zK1osw9WEg720bJE9Eh4ULhl1v/s320/IMG_1384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350395428904613154" border="0" /></a><br />Uyghur is regarded as unknown place for many people in the world. Even though people don’t know much of its cultures, we can see some of them because Uyghur is the mother of many things in the world. For example, noodles are origins of pasta, and the Uyghur language is origin of east languages such as Turkish.<br />Also,Uyghur is really multicultural place. There are 9 countries around Uyghur (China, Pakistan, Mongolia, Turkey etc.) that have influences to its culture. Though there are many faces in Uyghur and some looks like a Chinese, only 10 percent of the Uyghur population can speak Chinese and 100 percent of the people are Muslim.<br />As to our group’s survey, almost all are right but there are some wrong stereotypes. Uyghur people are not nomadic nor nomadic.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">France</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42FqXthfJ101xm6Tu5Brd5ZwLJxff76FWsPSGUBFv5aC0VbfrKhBRkw4Q4pTYnPL6xrGzx3ZuWzC0Kt1tmDu7lXKMaukQKJub5gfyU_L4IjMDWoJ7toYb-_U2t7LfEknfM7Xa26bz5w2K/s1600-h/IMG_1378.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42FqXthfJ101xm6Tu5Brd5ZwLJxff76FWsPSGUBFv5aC0VbfrKhBRkw4Q4pTYnPL6xrGzx3ZuWzC0Kt1tmDu7lXKMaukQKJub5gfyU_L4IjMDWoJ7toYb-_U2t7LfEknfM7Xa26bz5w2K/s320/IMG_1378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396020921560722" border="0" /></a><br />Food:French live on bread. Wine is famous,but<br />Beaujolais Nouveau isn't treat an<br />expensive wine. And cheese has nothing<br />to do with France.<br /><br />People:There are basically mix people in<br />France. Black,Arabian...there are<br />various race. And,there are many<br />strikes.<br /><br />National flag:Flag of France was a symbol<br />of the revolution movement.<br />It expresses freedom and<br />equality.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russia</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33EIWgb55jV0Ifky1jaXmunenUc5fA1_QZvzdcfsYsM3Ho-M7y1yu_onfHXpgm7Jh-84GWhkDvpLdQkrVM_yUS74DZAp9qUoti1vPVpuchqjAbwzCvsA8rU_6ObP633SYMY0L2HdkOHae/s1600-h/IMG_1388.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33EIWgb55jV0Ifky1jaXmunenUc5fA1_QZvzdcfsYsM3Ho-M7y1yu_onfHXpgm7Jh-84GWhkDvpLdQkrVM_yUS74DZAp9qUoti1vPVpuchqjAbwzCvsA8rU_6ObP633SYMY0L2HdkOHae/s320/IMG_1388.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396340893995666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />People know a lot about Russian people. For example, Dostoevsky, Putin, Rasputin, Sharapova, Arshavin, Tchaikovskii and so on.<br />Many people think that Russia is a cold country, but it depends on season and locations. In northern place, it is very cold and has a lot of snow in winter. On the other hand, Saint Petersburg is about 25 degrees now.<br />The location of Russia is good because Russia locates between Europe and Asia. Because of the closeness of Europe, Marina can study English and use English, and because of the closeness of Asia, she can learn Asian languages. She chose Japanese as her third language among the Asian languages.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Philippines</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSzfSoJ9SNmhyphenhyphenT9vysadqrWkVq1vfQbZf3Kj9Z6R-OU3VIZWuQCX97MB8heUNA2Mj7XPJ41TWVqNUo2HTRmnzPZl3U-4N34NiwQNrCXwRIOWeSZgnKyddsgr3Bl-lY3yX_79WktOOJ_8_/s1600-h/IMG_1387.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSzfSoJ9SNmhyphenhyphenT9vysadqrWkVq1vfQbZf3Kj9Z6R-OU3VIZWuQCX97MB8heUNA2Mj7XPJ41TWVqNUo2HTRmnzPZl3U-4N34NiwQNrCXwRIOWeSZgnKyddsgr3Bl-lY3yX_79WktOOJ_8_/s320/IMG_1387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350400089596597874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />【race】<br />After the presentation→In fact,not so many black men and they don’t call black man<br />but ‘brown man’ in Southest Asia.<br /><br />【language】<br />After the presentation→In fact,they speaks over 180 kinds of languages.And under<br />the data is survey for language’s percentage.<br /> ※Filipino and English is official language.<br /><br />Main article<br />Native Language<br />Tagalog 22million, Cebuano 20million, Ilokano 7.7million, Hiligaynon 7million, Waray-Waray 3.1million, Kapampangan 2.9million, Chavacano 2.5million<br /><br />【climate】<br />After the presentation→In fact,North area is not so hot though Southest Asia.<br /><br />【geography】<br />After the presentation→In fact Philippine is made of 7107 islands.It’s very surprise truth.<br /><br />【religion】<br />After the presentation→In fact,there are 90 percent for Christiantity.This is unbelievable,but we got under the data.<br /><br />Religion in the Philippines<br />Religion Percent<br />Christiantity 90%, Islam 5%, Buddhism 2%, Hinduism 1%, Others 2%<br /><br />【culture】<br />After the presentation→In fact the pub is where only they can drink and drug is the<br />world problem.<br />Our group was very surprised about religion because 90 percent for Christiantity.<br />Now,we know that is prejudice and ideology.There were our image from some<br />Information by the education and the medias.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pakistan</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wsVnSj57D9OjSr6mjVv2iN6NZjrnUm9F3fHWrqWQbJtHJZ0juvVBnuDA6hGOJ-x9lyEYlDS-QPPeJBMu5u8fUzSVeUfIyXrhyphenhyphenb0sHyCjeiDK9D-tFVdS8VL30us_0B5vMar8n6uPZUO-/s1600-h/IMG_1383.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wsVnSj57D9OjSr6mjVv2iN6NZjrnUm9F3fHWrqWQbJtHJZ0juvVBnuDA6hGOJ-x9lyEYlDS-QPPeJBMu5u8fUzSVeUfIyXrhyphenhyphenb0sHyCjeiDK9D-tFVdS8VL30us_0B5vMar8n6uPZUO-/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350400313674486562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Food:Pakistani like spicy food like India.<br /><br />Religion:The religion of Pakistan is Islam.<br />The turban is related to Islam.<br /><br />Climate:There are some climate situation in<br />Pakisatan.<br /><br />Person:The color of skin is blown not black.<br /><br />Incident:There are disputes not incident.<br />Individual person decides to participate to disputes.JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-20549425455326702822009-06-17T09:18:00.004+09:002009-06-23T14:42:30.124+09:00Meeting 9: Day 1 of the Breaking Down National Stereotypes DiscussionDay 1 of the Breaking Down National Stereotypes Discussion will be held today. Here is our schedule of events:<br />1) Introduction to MMCE<br />2) Mind Map Viewing<br />3) Ice Breaking: 2 Truths, One Lie<br />4) Confirm the results in groups<br />5) Guest Presentations (5 minute presentation + 5 minute question and answer):<br />1. Jolina F., Phillipines<br />2. Ablajan I., Uyghr<br />3. Marina, Russia<br />4. Janet A., France<br />5. Sara B., Pakistan<br /><br />CLGs: I would like each CLG to ask a question to their guest after the presentation. Also, I would like each CLG to summarize their guests presentation and write it as a comment on the blog.JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-40204050158530952442009-06-10T09:06:00.010+09:002009-06-10T11:38:04.096+09:00Meeting 8: Preparing for the Breaking Down National Stereotypes Discussion<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Making Mind Maps<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />I. </span>As a group, please make a mind map based on the data you collected. In the center of the mind map should be an image of your country and then you should have an image of each category. Also, somewhere in your mind map I think it would be good if you could include some basic information about the country. See the data <a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/MMCECountryComparisonComplete.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Here is a sample mind map of a country from last year.<br />Country: Mexico<br />Categories: Food, Geography, Artifact, Sports, Color, Plant/Animal, Image<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXcXid_YApxmQ14uiFKmwtmNR-HhE0633MHCAYs-LAL4OLFR_zTqck7zrbEir9VNTTb3pQ69zO2PoeIl-8yoVL5ZitZoADmIHBLocBlCOOKDxGCFdLo-H12mGZp2qOezl4u49C9_CAUuc/s1600-h/DSC01112.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXcXid_YApxmQ14uiFKmwtmNR-HhE0633MHCAYs-LAL4OLFR_zTqck7zrbEir9VNTTb3pQ69zO2PoeIl-8yoVL5ZitZoADmIHBLocBlCOOKDxGCFdLo-H12mGZp2qOezl4u49C9_CAUuc/s320/DSC01112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345485984563690882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Country: China<br />Categories: Culture, Disaster, Event, Food, Person, Personality, Policy, Society<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqVYu_0hF6sfEPm2dxuC-Ik43-o5Z4_SSudFkno0L_UqlfohlZu6EQGscJjh2A5Fjk1E3zgRw1Tdvue98Wd_hPiXrO3pTh6qTYsqCjnyq2KTBWvAsyHp9P_zGofwgCunob7imzfhuLDh2/s1600-h/IMG_0157.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqVYu_0hF6sfEPm2dxuC-Ik43-o5Z4_SSudFkno0L_UqlfohlZu6EQGscJjh2A5Fjk1E3zgRw1Tdvue98Wd_hPiXrO3pTh6qTYsqCjnyq2KTBWvAsyHp9P_zGofwgCunob7imzfhuLDh2/s320/IMG_0157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345488500042537010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">II</span>. Unfortunately, I have not received the completed data from 3 groups. For the next MMCE, I would like you to do the following:<br /><ul><li>Please contact your guest THIS WEEK and arrange to give them the categorized and sorted data . Please tell them that you would like them to speak for about 5 minutes about the following:</li></ul><ol><li>Which responses that people wrote about your region/country are you proud of?</li><li>Is there anything written that you think is not completely true or wrong? If so, which responses?</li><li>Is their anything you would like to say about your region/ country that has not been written? If so, what would you like to say?</li></ol><ul><li>Please arrange to meet your guest again BEFORE MMCE on June 17 and escort him/her to the MMCE room (rm.405).<br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">III Plan for Day 1 of the Discussion<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></span><br />Below is the tentative plan for Day 1 of our Discussion:<br />The Discussion<br />10:30 ~ 10:35: Intro by JH<br />10:35 ~ 10:45: Mind Map Gallery Viewing<br />10:45 ~ 10:55 : Ice Breaking<br />10:55 ~ 12:00 Guest Presentations (5 minutes presentation + 5 minutes question and answer)<br /><br />Each group, while your guest is speaking, please take notes. As a group, please summarize what your guest said and e-mail it to JH by Monday, June 15. I will post it on the blog so others can read it.<br /><br />Each group is responsible for asking its guest a question during the question and answer period.<br /><br />Here is the completed data that I have:<br /><a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/Russia2009.pdf" target="_blank">Russia</a><br /><a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/France2009.pdf" tareget="_blank">France</a><br /><a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/Philippines2009.pdf" tareget="_blank">Philippines</a><br /><a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/Pakistan2009.pdf" tareget="_blank">Pakistan</a><br /><a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/Uyghur2009.pdf" tareget="_blank">Uyghur</a><br /><br />Photos of last year's presentations:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">USA</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiQP1vZE9sQ2FTE7368ulLmJO4bADOe0ilrq8UnSLEvCpHLw8nzpFgHkTY7b_lcNSFFezuiDhoy2OSfGpfdH7n3nu61ZaKQnroZAkwitbMsnq_N8H5yD4RNa5ZS0w4RnTOVgac8wqLQgf/s1600-h/IMG_0162.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiQP1vZE9sQ2FTE7368ulLmJO4bADOe0ilrq8UnSLEvCpHLw8nzpFgHkTY7b_lcNSFFezuiDhoy2OSfGpfdH7n3nu61ZaKQnroZAkwitbMsnq_N8H5yD4RNa5ZS0w4RnTOVgac8wqLQgf/s320/IMG_0162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345494882362316770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">China</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rU6Xpa04KCnOpAxGKTJE73sb03b3GrG8TVtmThyeCZTMaDci2qweaodZUvk-fwseULbH8qm3VcL4nXD1uvhCC7SF7KvcNflZosKKyzxSIhdWrqO3IdCyXc-r9-vkIAUxLC4AyStm3uWC/s1600-h/IMG_0168.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rU6Xpa04KCnOpAxGKTJE73sb03b3GrG8TVtmThyeCZTMaDci2qweaodZUvk-fwseULbH8qm3VcL4nXD1uvhCC7SF7KvcNflZosKKyzxSIhdWrqO3IdCyXc-r9-vkIAUxLC4AyStm3uWC/s320/IMG_0168.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345495170041830306" /></a>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-22461213865506696162009-06-02T22:00:00.004+09:002009-06-03T12:09:11.401+09:00Meeting 7: Beginning our Preparation for the Breaking Down National Stereotypes DiscussionAgenda for Meeting 7<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Comparing Country Profiles</span><br /></div><br />1. Compare country profiles: When you do not know a word, ask the speaker the meaning and write it down. <ul><li>Questions that you can answer as a group:<br /></li><li>Which country has the most natural resources?</li><li>Which country has the most serious envirnonmental issues?</li><li>Which country has the most ethnically diverse population?</li><li>Which country has the lowest/highest infant mortality rate and life expectancy?</li><li>Which country has the most languages?</li><li>What other interesting comparisons can you make between the countries</li></ul>2. Return to your group and do the following<br /><ul><li>Make a list of words that you learned during the country comparison. From the list, choose 5 words that you think are essential for your group and you would like to learn.</li><li>Group Philippines: monsoon, coral reef degradation, land, sub-arctic, tundra</li><li>Group Russia: petroleum, copper, deforestation, republic, Moscow</li><li>Group France: Uranium, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), French, air pollution, life expectancy</li><li>Uyghur, China: pollution, republic, deforestation, infant mortality rate, Mandarin</li><li>Pakistan: infant mortality rate, literacy, acid rain, deforestation, industrial waste</li></ul><ul><li>Think about what questions about the information from the country comparisons you would like to ask your guest.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">II Preparing the Data<br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">1. JH will explain about the breaking National Stereotypes Discussion<br />2. Categorize the data you have collected.<br />3. Contact your guest and give them the data that you have collected by next week.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">For next time, please do the following:<br />1) Think of categories for the responses.<br />2) Write the categories into the file that JH will send the computer supervisor (係)<br />3) Send JH the new file by Tuesday, June 9.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div></div>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-90244715816458490632009-05-27T08:58:00.003+09:002009-05-27T11:30:42.315+09:00Meeting 6: Culture and Cultural PhenomenonI Review<br /><br />How are culture 1 and culture 2 different?<br />Please discuss human nature, culture and personality.<br /><br />What are products?<br />What are examples of products?<br /><br />What are practices?<br />Please define Acts and operations<br /><br />II Culture and Cultural Phenomenon (Cont.)<br />Practices: Scenarios, life<br /><br />Practices: Non-verbal communication<br />Proxemics <br />proxemics test<br />- Shogo and Hiroki : 20 centimeters<br />- Marina and Aimi: 60 centimeters<br />- Atsumi and Yu: 1 meter<br />- David and Yukitake: 1 meter<br />- Yoshiki and Mr. Hall: 0.5 cm<br /><br />What does this say about acceptable physical distance in your culture?<br />- Japanese dislike short distance (less than 60cm)<br />- Different by situation but normally 50CM - 60 CM is acceptable distance. Friends can speak at a shorter distance.<br />- When we are facing eachother the distance is farther and when we are standing side by side the distance is shorter.<br /><br /><br />Kinesics<br />Haptics<br />Oculesics<br />Chronemics<br />Olfactics<br />Vocalics<br />Perspectives<br />Communities<br />Persons<br /><br />III Explanation of Breaking Down National Stereotypes Discussion<br />Give a Survey<br /><br />Your group is responsible for asking 30 people the following question about the country of your guest:<br />What are the first three things you think of when you hear the country name "________"?<br />「国X」と聞いたらどのような事を思い浮かぶか、3つ挙げてください。<br />In addition to the above question, please ask the age and occupation of the person answering the question. Try not to ask the same people as other CLGs and also please do not ask any member of MMCE to answer the question. Lastly, please ask a Japanese citizen to answer the question.<br />Your CLG should download the <a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/mmcesurveydatasheet.xls" target="_blank">Excel File</a> on the blog and enter the data (The answers of the 30 respondents) in it.<br />o Do not worry about the "category" column.<br />o The data should be in English and Japanese, because some participants will not speak English and others will not speak Japanese.<br />o To do this efficiently, each member of your group can ask 5 - 7 people, and you can enter the data into the excel file together.<br />o Please e-mail JH the excel file by Monday, June 1, 5PM.<br /><br /><br />Directions on how to do the surveyJHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-43890389957565356622009-05-20T09:17:00.005+09:002009-05-20T17:47:11.412+09:00Meeting 5: Culture and Cultural Phenonmenon<span style="font-weight: bold;">Note: </span>For the past couple of years I have been discussing the same cultural theory for MMCE primarily referencing <a href="http://stuwww.uvt.nl/%7Ecsmeets/index.html">Geert Hofstede</a>. This year, I have decided to alter the content and look at culture from a more complete perspective by incorporating other theories into the introduction of culture. I hope that you all find this meeting interesting and useful.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Objective: </span>Understand the profound influence culture can have on the way we behave and our outlook on the world.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today's co-Facilitators:</span> Sayah and Panda<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agenda<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">1. Review of Meeting 4:<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><li>What did you think about the other culture you met last week? Please say some key words.</li><li>Why did you say such words?</li><li>What could you have done to make your first meeting better?</li></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />2. An Introduction to Culture<br />a) What is culture?<br />b)The Culture Pyramid<br />c) Cultural Phenomenon: products, practices, perspectives, communities, persons,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E37HZoSNUaL0VMK-tPxyhjeoDQgGYLFXeUWUXNvHyPUhRFXGKMnjSdoGKbjdpQcCi1RoOOiFydL_VATW1CFBla4CPdZqo30ud-XwkRu449evTUBSM7iUtnmnOKHCS5WXDgFpIgPpAs-y/s1600-h/Iceberg+Model0001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E37HZoSNUaL0VMK-tPxyhjeoDQgGYLFXeUWUXNvHyPUhRFXGKMnjSdoGKbjdpQcCi1RoOOiFydL_VATW1CFBla4CPdZqo30ud-XwkRu449evTUBSM7iUtnmnOKHCS5WXDgFpIgPpAs-y/s400/Iceberg+Model0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337824287533834386" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Iceberg Model of Culture drawn by Panda<br /></div><br />Products:<br /><br />Practices:<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(We finished our meeting at this point)</span><br /><br />Communities:<br /><br />Perspectives<br /><br />Persons<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next Meeting:</span> We will finish pracices, communities, perspectives and persons and then introduce basic information from out countries.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next Meeting's Facilitators: </span>Bolero and Pocchama<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Sources used for today's meeting are below:<br /><br />Banks, J. (2003). Multicultural Education. New York: John Wiley and Sons.<br />Hall, E. (1959). The Silent Language. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers.<br />Moran, P. (2001). Teaching Culture. Australia: Heinle & Heinle.<br />Neuliep, J. (2002). Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach. California: Sage Publications.<br />Thompson, N. (2003). Communication and Language: A Handbook of Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan.<br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-85429436477654276192009-05-12T15:17:00.020+09:002009-05-13T12:29:02.402+09:00Meeting 4: An Introduction to the kind of Culture we will study in MMCE<div style="text-align: left;">Here is our agenda for today's Meeting:<br /></div>1) A Discussion of "Maybe we go skating"<br /><br /><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Japanese Group</td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Dutch Group</td></tr><tr><td>Describe how you think the Dutch students feel about the Japanese student's behavior.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Answer:<br />- J students behavior is ambiguous (not clear)<br />- The behavior of the Japanese students is irritating (irritates them) Why? Because the D students want clear answers from the Japanese students.<br /></span></td><td columnspan="2">Describe how you think the Japanese students feel about the dutch students' behavior.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Answer:<br />- It is not good to say too clearly (speak straightly) Why? Perhaps it is important to cooperate others.<br />- The Japanese students think the Dutch students candid(frank) people. The Japanese students do not know how to communicate in English very well so they are confused by the Dutch students' behavior.<br /></span></td></tr><tr colspan="8"><td>Identify the reason why the two sides are conflicting.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Answer:<br />- Difference of culture. The Japanese students are indirect people and the Dutch students say directly.<br />- Behind the backgrouns of J culture, Japanese people pay more attention to other people's opinion than their own indivudual opinion. Because it is more polite to reserve their own ideas in front of foreigners with different background cultures. And the Japanese people want to show respect to keep away from direct decision. Therefore, they wait for their questioners' expectancy of answer.<br /></span></td></tr><tr><td>Give advice to the Japanese side about how to get along better with the Dutch side.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Answer:<br />- Don't be afraid to say your own opinion clearly<br />- Don't hesitate to say your own opinion clearly<br />- Honesty is the best key to make friends with the foreigners<br /></span></td><td>Give advice to the Dutch side about how to get along better with the Japanese side.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Answer:<br />- We belong to different thinking types so we have different behavior habits. So the problem is our problem, not just with one side or the other. My advice is that we should spend more time to understand. We must have patience. </span><br />- Please explain detailed information to the Japanese students. For example, date, members' names, place,<br />- Students should talk to J students step by step. They should ask questions to the group, not to just one person because typical Japanese students want to act with the group. Sometimes it is hard for them to decide things immediately, so the Dutch students should give the Japanese students time to think about the question. For example, give us the answer by tomorrow.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2) Short talk on "What is Culture?" (Handout to fill out is </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/Culture1And2Handout.pdf">here</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">)</span> - This will be discussed next meeting<br />3) The Martian and Earthling Activity<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preparation for Meeting on May 20</span></div><br />Please be ready to discuss the following about the role play:<br /><ol><li>What did you think about the other culture you met? Please brainstorm key words.</li><li>Why did you say such words?</li><li>What caused these misunderstandings?</li><li>Could you have done anything to avoid these misunderstandings?</li></ol>Next week's assistant facilatators will be <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">Sayahh & Panda</span>. Today's assistant facilitator was <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">37<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Great job 37!</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preparation for Meeting</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">on May 27</span><br /></div>1. Go to the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/" target="_blank">CIA World Factbook</a><br />As a group find out the following information for your country. Write your information in <a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/MMCECountryComparisons.pdf" target="_blank">this sheet</a> and be prepared to report it next meeting:<br /><br />Environment:<br />Area (How much bigger is the area than Japan?), Climate, Natural Resources, Current environmental issues:<br /><br />People:<br />Population, Age Structure, Infant Mortality rate, Life expectancy, Ethnic groups, Languages,<br />Literacy<br /><br />Government:<br />Country Name (conventional long form), Capital, Government type<br /><br />Economy:<br />GDP per capita, Population below poverty lineJHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-19091686304921195112009-04-22T12:59:00.018+09:002009-05-12T15:25:32.869+09:00Meeting 3: Making a DifferenceFor Meeting 3 we will do the following:<br /><br /><ol><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warm up</span>: Watch the video from last week<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Follow up Discussion</span>: Please talk about the meaning of this statement: (<span style="font-weight: bold;">30 Minutes</span>)<br /></li><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">If you think you are too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. </span>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop</span></li></ul>a. What do you think is the true meaning of this statement? Please reword it in English. </ol><ol>- You are very small in the world but you have a big impact so you can change the world in a good way and bad way.</ol><ol>- In this world I have a small existence but I can bring a great change.</ol><ol>- Example: If you are small but we try to not throw out garbage every day in our field for our environment.</ol><ol>- We can do many things but we don't notice what we can do.</ol><ol>- We all have the power to change the world, so I might have a little power but when we get together the power is very big. So we should cooperate with eachother. </ol><ol><br />b. Can you provide some examples in which individuals can become mosquitoes in relation to Global Issues?<br /></ol><ol>- Using my own bag (for shopping)</ol><ol>- Pakistani school teacher used to teach poor students in the park. Provided children with books and writing supplies even though he was not wealthy. The students he taught would teach other students. So, his education spread. He has started a community of educators who have made a difference.</ol><ol>- Famous theory in China: "The Influence of the Butterfly" It says that if one butterfly in America flaps its wings, there will be a big storm in China. Another example, our lifestyles have influenced the green house effect. So if we do not eat meat it can help the environment. </ol><ol>- In Japan we have a lot of TV and computer and we use them during our free time. We use a lot of energy, so we think that we have to have more time for family. We can reduce electricity that way.</ol><ol></ol><ol>- Using public transportation to decrease CO2.<br />After discussing the quotes, I would like to discuss how you think if the world were 100 people and this activity are related. </ol><ol>Other examples: The <a href="http://www.mercycentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1">Mercy Centre</a><br /><br />The above quotes were excerpted from Sampredo, R. & Hillyard, S. (2004). <span style="font-style: italic;">Global Issues</span>. Oxford University Press, p. 41<br /></ol><table border="1"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Japanese Group</td><td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Dutch Group</td></tr><tr><td>Describe how you think the Dutch students feel about the Japanese student's behavior.</td><td>Describe how you think the Japanese students feel about the dutch students' behavior. </td></tr><tr colspan="4"><td>Identify the reason why the two sides are conflicting.</td><td>Identify the reason why the two sides are conflicting.</td></tr><tr><td><br />Give advice to the Japanese side about how to get along better with the Dutch side.<br /></td><td><br />Give advice to the Dutch side about how to get along better with the Japanese side.</td></tr></tbody></table><ol><br /><br /></ol>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-48136323178459413372009-04-21T21:20:00.006+09:002009-04-22T13:00:15.430+09:00Meeting 2: Looking at our World<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Goal: </span>Before we start looking at other countries, other cultures and Global Issues, let's look at the earth as a whole to get an image of the kind of planet we live in.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol><li>Try the geography challenge for your region again. Were you able to identify more countries this time?</li><li>Fill in the information on <a href="http://www.englisheducation.iwate-u.ac.jp/Hall/upload/IfTheWorld100People.htm">this sheet </a>by yourself. As a group, discuss what you think the answers might be. Lastly, watch the movie <a href="http://www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm" target="_blank">If the world were 100 people</a> and compare your answers to the real ones. (To view the movie on the internet, you might have to download the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/flash/completion/jp/0/">Adobe Flash Player Plug-in</a>) . Did the results of the movie meet your expectations? Please explain. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Write this as a comment in the blog. Next time we will discuss it in MMCE)</span></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next Meeting: </span>Can we make a difference? and getting along with different cultures.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129587834272822308.post-86181981752590286112009-04-14T17:52:00.007+09:002009-05-12T17:08:20.214+09:00Meeting 1: Welcome to MMCE (April 15, 2009)Welcome to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MMCE</span></span>.<br />I apologize but because of moving offices and other major events my planning of this year's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MMCE</span></span> has not progressed as I had hoped. Today, I will talk about our goals, but at the moment I do not have a plan on how we will reach them. I think that this year will be a little bit of an adventure and I am looking forward to beginning it with you.<br /><br />Here is the plan for today's meeting:<br />1) Introduce <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MMCE</span></span> and our goals<br />2) Make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CLGs</span></span> (Based on global issue of interest)<br />3) Do the world geography challenge in groups. Regions will be chosen based on the countries that we will study.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">1. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Uighur</span>, China (Global Issue to be studied: Diseases)2. France (Global Issue to be studied: Rich & Poor)3. Russia (Global Issue to be studied: Global Warming)4. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Egypt</span> (?) (Global Issue to be studied: Children) 5. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Philippines</span> (Global Issue to be studied: Weapons and War) (?)<br /></div><br />For next time<br /><ol><li>Introduce yourself by writing a comment on this post. When introducing yourself, please do not use your real name. I would like you to think of a handle name instead. You can write anything you want but I would like you to include the following: A) The group you belong to; B)The number of countries you were able to identify on the quiz.</li><li>Please practice your world geography knowledge at the <a href="http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/">following site</a>. Next week, we will see if you are able to identify more countries!<br /></li></ol>JHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.com19