Week 1 (6/25) Course introduction

"Alligator River"

Week 2 (6/30, 7/2) Introduction to Culture Learning

Culture pre-test from "Culture Learning"

Cross-Cultural Terms and Principles (Preface, p. xvii-xix)

Culture collage

"The Human Animal" video

Week 3 (7/7, 7/9) Verbal Communication: The Way People Speak (chap. 3, p. 63-98)

Group summaries of chapter

Discussion questions p. 76-7

"Initiating and Maintaining Conversations" p. 86-8

Culture journal

Week 4 (7/14, 7/16) Nonverbal Communication: Speaking Without Words (chap. 4, p. 99-132)

Group summaries of chapter

"NVC: Description and Opinion" p.125-26

"Multiple-Choice Questionnaire" p. 126-28

"The Human Animal" video segment on nonverbal communiucation

Culture journal

Week 5 (7/21, 7/23) Cross-Cultural Contacts with Americans (chap. 1, p. 3-34)

Calvin & Hobbes joke

Describe Americans

Advertisements reflecting American values

Success questionnaire" hand-out

Culture journal

Week 6 (7/28, 7/30) Cross-Cultural Conflict and Adjustment (chap. 2, p. 35-62)

Corvallis newspaper article on Corvallis teens and culture shock

Excerpt from the novel "The Joy Luck Club"

"Ethnocentrism and Judgement" p. 58-9

Culture journal

Week 7 (8/4, 8/6) Education: Values and Expectations (chap. 7, p. 205-240)

Visit by OSU student panel

"Secrets to College Success" video

Week 8 (8/11) Course wrap-up