Assignment

  • A. Writing Skills Development

    1. What is your main objective or dream for your research activities?
  • Please do not write more than 50 words.

  • 2. NEGOTIATION DIALOG:

    Please write a short dialog based on the first negotiation roleplay we did in the seminar. Mr. X visits your office while on a visit to Japan from Germany and is trying to sell you the latest model of his company’s laptop computer and you are interested in possibly buying 1,000 units.
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  • B. Listening Skills Development

    WRITING OUT CONTENT OF AUDIO/VIDEO FILES
  • In this Unit we will again focus on the subject of deliberations at WRC-12 on the recommendation to abolish the leap second which will be the focus of this program’s first teleconference. In fact, in the first part of the second teleconference I would like to focus on you playing different roles based on what you hear in this YouTube video of the WRC-12 meeting. One of you will be the chairman of the meeting, one will present the US position, one the UK position, one the Chinese position, etc.

    You have hopefully already transcribed the final position statement of the US delegate, the UK delegate, and the first part of the summary by the president of the Assembly. In this unit I would like you to try the position of the Canadian delegate, the Chinese (?) delegate and also the part of the chairman/president’s proposal regarding the assembly’s action.

    NTTSE Listening Assignment 5:

    YouTube video of the WRC-12 meeting

    Listen to the YouTube video and then write out the part starting at 2 min and 56 secs (2:56) and finishing at the 3:15 mark – this is the statement by the Canadian delegate of Canada’s position on the recommendation to abolish the leap second.

    Use this link to go directly to the start time YouTube video of the WRC-12 meeting starting at 2 mins and 56 seconds.
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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2UqYW9SEs Listen to the YouTube video and then write out the part starting at 6 min and 37 secs (6:37) and finishing at the 7:24 mark – this is the third part of the final speech by the president and his proposal regarding whether the Assembly should support the recommendation to abolish the leap second.

    You have hopefully already transcribed the final position statement of the US delegate, the UK delegate, and the first part of the summary by the president of the Assembly. In this unit I would like you to try the position of the Canadian delegate, the Chinese (?) delegate and also the part of the chairman/president’s proposal regarding the assembly’s action.

    NTTSE Listening Assignment 6:

    ITU VIDEO: RA-12 Plenary 19th January 2012 - THE LEAP SECOND

    Listen to the YouTube video and then write out the part starting at 2 min and 56 secs (2:56) and finishing at the 3:15 mark – this is the statement by the Canadian delegate of Canada’s position on the recommendation to abolish the leap second.

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  • minutes