Post a response on your blog, answering these two questions:
1. Why was Barranquilla chosen?
2.
Will Barranquilla receive any of the economic benefits Liverpool hoped to from
being named a cultural capital?
Read http://mulkatime.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-worlds-collide.html about an American
man teaching English in Uganda.
Post a response to your own blog, answering
these two questions:
1. What different points of view do we see in this story?
2. Explain the reasons behind the miscommunication that occurred between these
two men.
Hello Students!
This is our class blog for Intercultural Communications at the Instituto de Idiomas at la Universidad del
Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. This blog is a collaborative discussion space, and an
extension of the classroom. You´re encouraged to reflect in more depth, in
writing, on themes touched upon in class. With our class blog, you´ll write for a real audience
that, apart from the teacher, will include your peers, students from other
classes, and potentially anyone with
access to the Internet. Our class blog will help foster a feeling of community
between the members of this class. Also, a blog is a good way to earn
participation points even if you´re normally too shy to talk in class.
Completing a blog assignment counts towards your homework and participation
grade. This blog will be the "mother" blog for the class where all blog writing
prompts will be posted for students. Each
student will have his/her own unique blog where he/she will respond to
the initial post made by the teacher. Your blogs will be linked to
this blog and listed in a separate post.
Practice Blog
Now that you've created your blog in class, let's practice posting by introducing yourself. Tell us your name, major, hobbies, and something about yourself that helps to define your own personal culture. For example:
Hi! I'm Kendra Staley, the instructor of Intercultural Communications. I'm from Ellsworth, Kansas, a small town in the middle of the United States. I moved to Barranquilla with my husband Rob, another English teacher at UniNorte. We recently got married in May 2012 and celebrated our honeymoon in Cartagena. Colombia is the fourth country that I've lived in. I studied French in Aix-en-Provence, France and Spanish in Coban, Guatemala. I taught English in Malang, Indonesia and Wuhan, China. I love to travel (obviously!), cook, eat, read, dance, and do yoga. Check out my Yoga Blog at kendralini.blogspot.com/ Doing yoga has influenced my own personal culture as it helps me to remain calm and relaxed while building my strength and flexibility.
Post your blog website in the comments section below.
Practice Comments
After you introduce yourself, make a comment on two of your classmates' blogs.
