“La vida social de los jóvenes estudiantes estadounidenses” Tema e instrucciones: Write a short article describing the social life of young American university students. Include at least 6 typical activities that students do during their free time (tiempo libre) and the places they go usually go to, 4 connectors such as “además”, “también”, “por último”, “por ejemplo”, “pero”, etc. In your conclusion you should mention a few similarities and/or differences in the social life of university students in the US, and the ones in Hispanic countries. You can use the information you have read in the article “Los hispanos y la vida social”. Write at least 120 words. If you are unable to write the accents, use a capital letter in place of any accentuated vowel. (Examples: E for é, U for ú, etc.); N for ñ, ? for ¿, and ! for ¡ Before submitting your composition, make sure that:     Your composition addresses the topic assigned     It follows a logical structure and contains an opening and a closing     It contains a wide range of vocabulary words     You have used the correct gender and number agreement with nouns and adjectives     You have conjugated the verbs correctly and they agree with their subjects     You are using proper connectors between statements     You have used accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation     Your composition has at least 120 words and a few transition words Assessment:  See rubrics on course site.¡Exito para todos y todas!

Bonus question (worth 0.5 point) :  Children less than 2 years old should never be given _______ , because it may contain bacteria that can cause botulism (floppy baby syndrome)

Good-news or neutral-news messages follow a(n) _________________________.

In an ideal communication situation, one party would be able to encode his or her message in such a way that it would be open to interpretation for the receiving party.

It is a good idea to use the deductive approach for refusing requests for a favor, an action, or even a donation.

A convincing proposal:

Identify a true statement about communicating quantitative data.

Like cultural intelligence, cultural competence is a developmental process that evolves over an extended period.

Zhenyu, a manager at Finertech Inc., needs to inform one of his subordinates that he has not been considered for a promotion. He intends to use a channel of communication that will allow him a great degree of control over his message. In this scenario, which of the following channels of communication should Zhenyu use?

If the first sentence of a persuasive request gets a negative reaction, a decision to refuse might be made instantly.