Final Lecture Edited

PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES

AND LECTURE FOR THE

WRITING ASSESSMENT

October 11, 2016

PRISCILLA L. YOUNG, M.A .

SHARON CONDON, PH.D.

SENIOR LECTURERS

PHBS

If you are able to answer the questions and do

the sample work in the following slides, then you

should have little problem writing an essay about

Carol Ezell‟s (2011) article, "Clocking Cultures.”

The prompt (what you will be asked to write about

regarding the essay) will be provided at the start of

the writing assessment session.

Ezzell, C. (2011). Clocking cultures. In D. Roen, G. Glau, & M.

Maid (Eds.), McGraw-Hill guide to writing for college,

writing for life. (pp. 143-145). NY: McGraw-Hill.

PRE-LECTURE ACTIVITY

Referring to the essay“ Clocking Cultures” by

Carol Ezzell (2011), answer the following

questions :

1. The writer uses the phrase "no one bats an

eyelash." What does this mean?

2. There are a number of "views of time" for

different cultures provided in this article.

Provide a summary.

3. Edward T. Hall is introduced in the article.

What was his theory?

4. Robert Levine feels there is value in studying

time. Paraphrase his ideas.

5. What is the practice that holds true across

cultures, and who is the researcher that

proposes this (in the article)?

6. Within the context of the essay, define the

following words:

• Elastic

• Pragmatic

• Notions

• Taut

• Cosmological • Dictated

• Piercing

• Silent

• Conceive

• Revolving

• Explicit

• Disjunction

• Conflate

• Nebulous

• Incorporating

• Dimension

• Colonized

• Tapestry

RECALL THAT THE GOALS OF

THIS SEMINAR ARE…

 understanding academic/research material

 developing ideas related to the material

 expressing ideas that make sense in English

 appropriately supporting and citing sources for

these ideas

 appropriately executing your work without risk

of plagiarism.

„PERFECT ENGLISH‟

Notice that “perfect English” is not among...