University of Rome III - Degree in
Languages & International Communication - Convener: Patrick
Boylan - Academic year 2006-07
COURSE: 632-o English III for
English minors, OCI
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TASK N° 1 Due date: Nov. 24, 2006 Group: B Group Leader: Vito Adragna
Ethnographic
Report Evaluation Form
Formally, students' writing should be in British academic style. Besides using
SBE (South-east British English or Standard British English) as the norm-giving
variety for lexico-syntax, it should have the 6 discourse characteristics
indicated here. In particular it should make abundant
use of the connectives indicated here.
POINTS:
1 = the paper seems written by a British academic: 0 = the
style is conversational or follows Italian discourse conventions; too few
connectives..
Content-wise, the Report should be marked as follows.
POINTS FOR THE SOCIOMETRIC QUESTIONNAIRE FINDINGS: 1 = quantitatively
categorized data. 0 = raw data.
Explanation: 1 means that the findings of the Sociometric Questionnaire
give a quantitative hold on the “reality” reported (for example: “2 out of 3
students interviewed said X to question 5” or, if only 1 student was
interviewed, “The student confirmed male dominance in 2 out of 3 questions
regarding male/female power ploys” 0 means that the findings of
the Sociometric Questionnaire are expressed only in general terms. For example:
”The interviewee said she would speak first to a boy at a party but would not
ask for his phone number” or “The interviewee confirmed my impression that
Americans are mostly like Italians.”
POINTS FOR THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF FINDINGS: 1 = explicit,
falsifiable premises; 0 = implicit or purely intuitive
premises.
Explanation. 1 means that the student explains in explicit terms
the social model implicit in the questionnaire and thus defines what the
“reality” reported consists of. 0 means that the student
gives generic considerations about quantitative vs. qualitative methods,
or says (untrue) banalities like “Numbers don't give a true picture”.
POINTS FOR RESULTS OF THE ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW: 1 = verifiable
qualitative data. 0 = impressionistic data.
Explanation: 1 means that the student explains variation between her/his
initial hypotheses (her/his positioning of Trinity students within Hofstede's
cultural dimensions) and her/his actual findings; moreover, s/he justifies the
“empathetic intuitions” that s/he gleaned from her/his interviewee's
narrations. 0 = The student gives impressionistic opinions
that are undocumented and impossible to replicate or invalidate.
POINTS FOR THE ACCOMPANYING EPISTEMOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION: 1 = the
“knowledge” that the student professes to have gained from the interview is
presented problematically and, at the same time, in ways permitting some kind
of verification 0 = implicit or purely intuitive premises.
Explanation. 1 means that the student demonstrates an awareness of the
inevitable subjectivity of her/his findings and shows how s/he limited the risk
of distortion through authentic empathy with her/his interviewer.
0 means that the student took her impressions as “real” and therefore
described her/his interviewees behavior and values as “objective” facts.
WRITE STUDENTS'
NAMES ON LINE, CIRCLE POINTS FOR EACH CATEGORY, GIVE TOTAL.
1. Rachele
Leoni Form = 0 1 Content =
0 1 2 3 4
Total = 5
Comment:
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2. Irma
Domini Form = 0 1 Content =
0 1 2 3 4
Total = 4
Comment:
_______________________________________________________________________
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3. Simona
Gambuzza Form = 0 1
Content = 0 1 2 3 4 Total = 4
Comment:
_______________________________________________________________________
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4. Vito Adragna Form = 0 1
Content = 0 1 2 3 4 Total = 4
Comment: _______________________________________________________________________
5. Marco Foggia Form = 0 1 Content =
0 1 2 3 4
Total = 4
Comment: _______________________________________________________________________
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6.
_________________________ Form = 0 1 Content =
0 1 2 3 4 Total = __
Comment: _______________________________________________________________________
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