English Assignment

For this assignment, you will be completing 4 tasks and writing about each. They are:

1. Explain the difference between a high-level abstraction and a low-level abstraction. Describe a time at work when you would choose to use a high-level abstraction. Describe a time when you would choose to use a low-level abstraction. Your response should be at least 200 words.

2. Write down five specific examples of biased, sexist, or demeaning language you have recently heard in the media or in your own work or class interactions. Now, revise the insensitive messages to remove the bias . Try to clarify the meaning without being sexist, demeaning, or communicating a bias.

3. After watching the videos in this module about nonverbal language and reading chapter 4, explain a time when nonverbal language was more important than verbal language in your recent interactions. What types of nonverbal messages are you describing (refer to your textbook)? Explain why the nonverbal were more important in this (these) situation(s). This response should be at least 200 words.

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· VIDEO - 10 GESTURES NOT TO DO IN OTHER COUNTRIES

This is a quick video of 10 gestures that will get you in trouble if you do them in other countries...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTE0G9amZNk

· VIDEO - HOW TO SPOT A LIAR

On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception — and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.

https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar

· VIDEO – “FRIENDS” AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

This video uses the show “Friends” to demonstrate a variety of nonverbal communication techniques and how we use them to fulfill our needs…and there’s a few laughs as well if you’re a fan J

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvEci5Bjgd4

· VIDEO – GO AHEAD, MAKE UP NEW WORDS!

This is a fun TED TALK on how we create words and meaning. As you read about language in the book and watch this video, consider how words or slang are created in your workplace and how they are used to include people and support teams and used to exclude people and create conflict in the workplace.

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words?language=en

4. Take the self-assessment in your textbook on page 106 – 107. Explain the concept of nonverbal immediacy and what you learned about yourself from this activity.

For full credit, this assignment should be no less than 500 words total for all four questions.