This week, as will be true of most weeks during the semester, we will continue to integrate past assignments with the current topic. We have some overviews of international organizations still to come. Let's begin with IDRC (Jessica) although we'll have to hold the companion agency, US-AID, until Leslie returns. We'll also hear from Chad on the ITU and perhaps the two international associations: IFLA (Sean) and FID (Nicole). I'd like to hold off on WIPO (Emily) until the 26th and finish up with this and US-AID. It will also be useful to hear a 2 minute apiece round of book reviews. I think we could treat them as panels with grouped presentations followed by a bit of discussion. So, for example, we can round out the discussion in the class of Feb. 5 on cross-cultural communication, our first panel could be:

• Kim on Gudykunst. Communication in Personal Relationships
• Jessica on Puffer. Management across Cultures.
• Cynthia -- Lewis. When Cultures Collide (or substitute)
• Christine - Hofstede. Masculinity and Femininity
• Nicole and Emily -- Reid. Confucious lives Next door.

In two minutes, you can provide the main theme of the book, your opinion of its relevance, whether there is a particular aspect worth noting and whether you recommend the book (or parts of it) to others in the class.

To introduce today's topic, let's ask the following to provide 2 minutes on the books they chose:

• Sambhavi - Mowlana. Global Communication in Transition
• Sean - Mohammadi. International Communication and Globalization
• Kristen - Ronowicz. English: One Language, Different Cultures.

This will leave four for the 26th along with Leslie's: Dee Dee on Heeks. Reinventing Government and Chad on James. Globalization, IT and Development and Karen on Wresch. Disconnected..

The following three readings on language will introduce today's topic. I've placed copies of them in the INLS 204 pam box in the SILS library.

• Mowlana, Hamid, "Language and International Communication Invisibility," pp. 103-112 in his Global Communication in Transition; the End of Diversity? Sage, 1996.
• Scollon, Ron and Suzanne Wong Scollon, "How, When, and Where to do Things with Language," pp. 16-32 and "Ideologies of Discourse," pp. 94-121 in thier Intercultural Communication; A Discourse Approach Blackwell, 1994.
• Wallraff, Barbara, "What Global Language? Atlantic Monthly (November 2000): 52-64. NOTE: This article and some accompanying interviews, a discussion forum ("Post and Riposte"), and earlier articles on similar topics are available at www.theatlantic.com/globalenglish.

Your first reading report is due. You should have sent me (or otherwise given me -- preferably in print) the issue you have selected and have signed up for one of the issue presentation times. The written paper is due March 5. Please also be prepared to tell me what country or region of the world you have selected. (Note: The country/region paper may be done as a team or individually -- your choice.)

Revised 2/5/2001.