Sunday, April 26, 2015

Exercise #5


Cultural Dimension
Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect
Todd and his manger
Direct  (when the manager told Todd we don't want you here we want you in India)
Expression-Reveal / conceal
Todd and his manger
Expression-Reveal  (When Todd objected to the manager's decision on going to India)
Decision-making: rules / relations
Todd and his manger
Rules  (When the manager told Todd to go to India to make sure that employees know to speak english)
Context – Informal / formal
Todd and his manger
Informal  (when Todd called his manager by his name)




3) When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

He got a train by an unregulated way.There is no place in the train then a boy who sit next of Todd he stands and let Todd sat in his place then he sat on Todd's leg.It might be the culture solution because all children respect an old people to sit first. 


4) As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He bought the iced drink and he was not change about the change, and he feels ill after eating the iced drink because it is the first time that he test this kind of iced drink.

7) Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

 Because the place of the hotel is very lonely.


 8) As soon as they meet, Auntie Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

 She asked him a lot of question and it was a centered on personal questions.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Exercise 4#

Amish and english people are two different types of people. They both have traditions and they both different cultures. The difference between them is that english people accepted change they accepted the developing of life and adapted to the new way of life. Amish people didn't, they are still attached and they don't want to adapt to the new developing of life. The don't mind reveling to different cultures but they avoid communication with different cultures. They don't use any technology so no telephones or cars, they still use horses and buggies. They're two different people one accepted to change their culture and adapted to the new technology and one didn't. 
     Arabic culture is a culture that doesn't mind adapting to the new way of life. It accepts new culture or different cultures. They don't mind reveling their cultures and traditions to other cultures and they're proud of it. They don't mind communicating with different cultures. On top of all that they're really proud of their culture.