Unit 1 - Writing Across Borders

Objectives: Students will be able to...

• discuss cultural differences between their home countries and the US;
• read about differences in writing styles between different countries;
• discuss differences in writing styles between their home countries and the US.
• determine what their learning style is
• understand how their learning style might influence their reading and writing

Part I: Class discussion

In groups of 2 or 3 students discuss the questions below:

• When you first arrived in the USA, did some of the ways that Americans deal and speak with each other seem different than you own country? Give us some examples.

• Did you speak in a certain way or do a certain action that was understood differently by Americans? Give us some examples.
• What other cultural differences have you noticed since you arrived in the USA?

Share your responses with the rest of the class

Part II: Class discussion

In groups of 2 or 3 students discuss the statements in the WRITING ACROSS BORDERS PARAGRAPHS about differences in writing styles between various countries and the USA.

• How similar/different are the cultures discussed from theirs?