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Society & Culture Review – Fall ’09

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

This week was the final week of class for those in my “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) “ class.

We covered units 18 & 19 which touched on Australian politics and the phenomenon known as “whistle-blowing”.  Then we did a quick review of the major topics covered this semester (units 1 – 17).

Week 16: Australia, Politics (Unit 18 – 19 + Review)

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This post is for my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book One / Second Edition)

Week 8 – 12 Presentation Notes

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

This post is for my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book One / Second Edition)

With the mid-term projects and the flu going around, posts to this site have been a bit delayed.  So this post is to catch us up.

Here are the presentation notes from weeks 8 – 12:

Week 8: UK – The Media, Sports, Holidays & Festivals (Units 9&10)

Week 9: UK – Review & Mid-Term Group Work (Units 1-10)

Week 10: Mid-Term Group Presnetations

Week 11: Ireland – Land, People & History, Politics & Economy (Units 11&12)

Week 12: Ireland – Culture, Lifestyle, Language, Literature & Art (Units 13&14)