mercoledì 17 ottobre 2012
Feedback on last week's homework
WOW, I'm really impressed with the work you did last week using Hofstede's dimensions to help you write advice for Erasmus students coming to Padova. Most of you fulfilled the task, that is you did exactly what you were asked (sometimes students don't read instructions carefully!) and showed insight, reflection and many were also quite witty - not easy in a foreign language, so well done!! I enjoyed reading your work :-)
I haven't put comments to each of yours as there are so many of you, but what I have done is:
- made a corrections page where I pasted some of your sentences and corrected them, you should ALL look at this page
- listed common mistakes and put some links on the Language Work page under the date 16th October.
What you ALL need to do now, is look over your post and correct the 'common' mistakes you made. You can do this by copying and pasting it into a reply to your post, correct the mistakes and then send it. Don't delete your original comment, keep it as a record (then you can present both versions in your portfolios at the end of the course).
Francesca
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RispondiEliminaCORRECTION " HOFSTEDE'S DIMENTION AND ADVICE FOR AN ERASMUS STUDENT"
RispondiEliminaDear Malin,
I will give you some advice because as Erasmus student you will find some differences between Norway and Italy.
First of all I will tell you something about the University, the professors and the courses.
You have to know that the Italian power distance is higher than the Norwegian one and so you will find some differences in the relationship between professors and students. When you talk to the professors you must use the ”Lei” form and never forget to demonstrate respect when you have a conversation with them, you can’t talk to them as if they were friends like you would do in Norway. If you need to write emails to them you might try to be polite also if you can’t write in a good Italian for the first months because in Italy “the form” is considered very important. Here you don’t have to attend lessons, you can choose to study by yourself but if you are going to attend classes you will notice that students often don’t interact with the teacher because they are shy and not used to do group works. I hope this will not condition you. Never be afraid to talk! Professors like when students say their opinion. If I were you I would try to ask some mates if you can enjoy them during the lunch time, students go to eat to the university table, this will be a nice way to get fiends!!
I strongly recommend you attend lessons because it will be easier for you to understand the books especially if you have problems with the language and sometimes teachers give facilitations to the students that go to lesson. When you have an oral exam I suggest you be sure of what you are saying if you contradict a professor opinion because many of them don’t accept to be contradicted. Don’t forget that the way we feel power distance is higher than yours and it’s common than the ones who have major authority are respected and not questioned.
I suggest you find someone to study with, in Padua there are many university libraries and you can study there. If you are interested in finding a job there are many opportunities in the centre of the city, be careful, remember to be polite when you are talking to a potential employer because superiors tend to consider subordinates as different from themselves but always demonstrate that you are a self-confident person and they will respect you.
I wish you a god time here and I hope you find something useful in my advice.
Silvia