ENGLISH 1A: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?

DH De La 0 @ San José State University, Spring 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

World News 04.17.13


  • AFGHANISTAN: Taliban official says “You won’t find any link with Afghanistan to the Boston attack. The Taliban neither has the inclination nor the capacity for such an attack on the West.” (Daily Beast)
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand becomes thirteenth country to legalize same-sex marriage (Slate)
  • SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi prince tweets support for women driving (CNN)
  • IRAN: Dozens dead after massive quake hits Iran-Pakistan border (Huffington Post)
  • CUBA: Guantanamo prisoner hunger strike gaining stream (NPR)
  • THE NETHERLANDS: Outrage after Justin Bieber says he hopes Anne Frank "would have been a belieber." (Time)
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Course Details

Daniel Hendel De La O, The Department of English & Comparative Literature @ San José State University

English 1A: What in the World is Going On?

Section 05 (Course No. 20382): Tu/Th 7:30 – 08:45 AM, SH 444

Section 11 (Course No. 27316): Tu/Th 9:00 – 10:15 AM, BBC 221

Office: FOB 111

Office Hours: Th 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Phone: 408.924.5019

Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

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      • World News 04.17.13
      • Reflection 09: Fire in the Sky—Understanding the P...
      • BREAKING: Twin bombs detonate at Boston Marathon
      • WEEK 13: AUSTRALIA
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    • ►  1/20/13 - 1/27/13 (3)
    • ►  1/13/13 - 1/20/13 (1)

Selected Posts

  • Close Read Essay: War Photography
  • Editing Marks Guide
  • Editorial Essay: American Insularity
  • Expository Essay: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
  • PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 05
  • PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 11
  • Reflection 01: We are (Not) the World—Exploring International Music
  • Reflection 02: Culture Shock—Cultural Appropriation and Religious Symbols
  • Reflection 03: What's on Telly?—Televison Around the World
  • Reflection 04: Get on the Pitch—Analyzing the American Resistance to Soccer
  • Reflection 05: The Rainbow Revolution—LBGT Rights Here and Abroad
  • Reflection 06: This is How We Do It—Comparing Global Sexual Education Efforts
  • Reflection 07: La Préservation de la Liberté?—France and the Politics of the "Burqa Ban"
  • Reflection 08: Trending Now—Yahoo! Around the Globe
  • Reflection 09: Fire in the Sky—Understanding the Predator Drone Debate
  • Week 01: France
  • Week 02: Mexico
  • Week 03: India
  • Week 04: Chile
  • Week 05: The United States of America
  • Week 06: Kenya
  • Week 07: The Maldives
  • Week 08: Egypt
  • Week 09: Canada
  • Week 10: United Arab Emirates
  • Week 12: Germany
  • Week 13: Australia

Syllabus

  • Spring 2013

Dropbox Documents

  • Balancing Content and Style in PowerPoint
  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • Easy Fixes: Ten Grammar Rules to Know
  • MLA Style 101
  • Process Analysis Essay Rubric
  • Reflection Sample

eReader

  • "Afghan Troops Get a Lesson in American Cultural Ignorance" (Washington Post)
  • "Getting to Know the World Around Us" (Chicago Tribune)
  • "How Dumb are We?" (Daily Beast)
  • "Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?" (AlterNet)
  • "Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?" (AlterNet)
  • "Leaving Empire: The Risks of American Insularity" (Religion Dispatches)
  • "Outward Bound" (Foreign Policy)
  • "The Insular American" (Boston Globe)
  • "Young Americans Geographically Illiterate, Survey Suggests" (National Geographic)

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library [San Jose State University]
  • EasyBib
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations [Northern Oklahoma College]
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation [Duke University]
  • MLA Style Guide [Purdue University]
  • MLA Works Cited Page [Cornell Univeristy]
  • Online Writing Lab [Purdue Univeristy]
  • Writing Center [San Jose State University]

International News

  • Al Jazeera (Qatar/English)
  • Al-Ahram (Egypt/English)
  • Argentina Independent (Argentina/English)
  • BBC News
  • China Daily (China/English)
  • Jornal do Brasil (Brazil/Portuguese)
  • Korea Times (South Korea/English)
  • Kyodo News (Japan/English)
  • La Jornada (Mexico/Spanish)
  • Le Monde (France/French)
  • Mail & Guardian
  • New York Times
  • Sydney Morning Herald
  • The World (Public Radio International)
  • Times of India (India/English)
  • Times of London
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