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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Connectors
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- Handout p. 183 - Look at the student essay about culture shock. With your partner, see how many of the mistakes you can fix.
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- My Experience with Culture Shock
- Every person has experience with culture shock, and I am no exception. I also have experience with culture shock. Although I have lived in the United States for almost 1 year, I still often feel homesick and I miss my family. When I first came to the U.S., I was very comfortable. Because everything was new, everything was interesting for me. I enjoyed my independence from my parents. I enjoyed experiencing new food and making new friends. Everything was strange, nevertheless I enjoyed the new experiences.
- Eventually, I got used to many differences. Even though I was used to them, I still wasn’t comfortable. Little by little I grew tired of the differences because the things in America weren’t new to me anymore. The differences weren’t interesting, they were boring. In addition, I began to miss things in Indonesia, such as food, my friends, and the warm climate. I became depressed and homesick. I stayed in my room, because I was tired of speaking English all the time. Even though I studied, my grades weren’t so good.
- Finally, I visited my advisor. He told me about culture shock. I learned that every person has this kind of experience, and it can’t be avoided. I learned that culture shock is temporary but universal. My advisor told me I must keep busy and talk about my culture shock with my friends. This was good advice. As a result, my culture shock decreased. Although I sometimes still miss my life in Indonesia, I don’t feel depression the same as before.
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- A sentence fragment is only part of a complete sentence. Often, this happens when you have a dependent clause with no independent clause. “Although it was raining,” is a fragment.
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- There are three basic types of connectors:
- coordinating conjunctions: connect similar grammatical structures, such as independent clauses (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
- subordinating conjunctions: connect dependent information (such as a clause or adverbial phrase) to the main clause (“Even though”, “in spite”, etc.)
- sentence connectors: connect one sentence to another (“However”, “In addition”, etc.)
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- Homework: p. 188 exercise 2 - Choose correct connectors (there may be more than one answer).
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