#9

Khalifa khalfan almarr

CEB – H00278817

Culture shock

     Todd work in a call center company, and his boss sent Todd to India. He was call center manager, and he went to India to teach Indians staff there.

   First culture shock is there are little taxi but more little roadsters and he want taxi and the Indian man took his bag to roadster. Every think is different in India. When he arrived to the home, and start eat everyone saw Amazement because he was eat by left hand. The Indian clean them self by left hand and eat by right. The Indian reached Todd why they amazement and he amazement too. He shock by his boss orders ordering difficult, and his girl friend broken with hem.

   Todd stat Get used to the culture of India. Todd joined the festival coloring and learns more about India and make friend and have a new girl friend. He learns a lot in India and got experience there. He successful in his job, but he give job for Puro. Asha is new Todd girl friend in India.

      When Todd back to US he shock, no work no money but first think do is call his mother. He put a drop in lencone head like Indians. He miss India a lot.  

exercise 8

Cultural Dimensions in Outsourced

As you watch the film, answer the questions and write down any examples of different cultural dimensions. This will help you with your reflection.

 

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd and his boss	Office
High-context culture	Aisha	Office in India
Individualism	Indian Taxi guy	Airport
Collectivism	Indian Taxi were fighting	Airport
Low power distance	Todd and his boss	Office
High power distance	Puro with Todd	Office
Uncertainty tolerance	Todd and his boss	Office
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha with Todd	India
Task orientation	Puro	Administration
Social orientation	Aisha	India

 

Reflection

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts.

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport?  He struggled trying to walk through the huge crowed at the airport, which was an abnormal scene for him. Then he got annoyed by all the taxi drivers around him, who were fighting over him

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?He advised him to jump into the train


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? The young kid offered him his seat and then sat in his lap, because of the high population in india people are used to such a solution such as sharing seats, standing and squeezing in the train cabins.

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 got stomach ache, and got sick because of the polluted water used in the iced drink.

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with
cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the
city? “Bombay is terrible, but here it’s very clean”

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot
without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of
Schmuck is?  That means like a nice guy

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? That he will feel lonely if he stays by himself in the hotel.

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
What does your father do, are you married, what’s your salary, do you have a girlfriend? Why did you break up?

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they? He ate with his left hand which considered not clean in india and he placed the same hand he ate with back in the food

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That
means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way
they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing
tea for Todd? She poured the tea for him and even put sugar just the way they do.

Exercises 7

The United Arab Emirates, with a score of 25 is considered a collectivistic society. This is manifest in a close long-term commitment to the member 'group', be that a family, extended family, or extended relationships. Loyalty in a collectivist culture is paramount, and over-rides most other societal rules and regulations. The society fosters strong relationships where everyone takes responsibility for fellow members of their group. In collectivist societies offence leads to shame and loss of face, employer/employee relationships are perceived in moral terms (like a family link), hiring and promotion decisions take account of the employee’s in-group, management is the management of groups.

exercise #5

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Xea-vjI8M&feature=youtu.be

Today we finish the video about UAE culter, and what the visitor know about our coulter. Its take two weeks to finish the video, we visit tradition places for example Heritage village, (the majles ) it's a Arabic word its mean where men set .

We make a lot of interview with the visitors; we ask them about what they know about our culture some of them said" I know in the past people live in the tint, they travel by camel, and also by bout .After that we ask them about their culture.

Second I talk about the camels and abdulrahman show how to ride it. Also I talked about what we do when the gust came, what we give them, and how we offer the coffee.

Thread I talk about the famous thing in our culture like special design for building and how we entertainment of gusts.

Finally I hope you to enjoy our modest video.

Note: I have a problem in the talking in the interview and front the camera because it's my first time to make a video.  

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1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.

 F. A multicultural society is a society made up of many different cultures.

2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.

 T.

3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.

 T.

4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”

F. Cultural diversity is best represented by the “salad bowl”. 

5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.

 F. Acculturation means to learn about the culture of your adopted country.

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”:  A place where different cultures meet, combine, and form a new culture.

2.       “Salad Bowl”:  A representation of the idea that cultures can mix but stay separate and unique.

3.       “Assimilation”:  To become part of the main body.

4.       “Acculturation”:  To learn about and adopt your new countries culture.

5.       “Enculturation”:  To learn your birth countries culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions, as well as changes in food, clothing and language.

Give a synonym:

varied

 assorted

respect

honor 

dominate

command 

multiple

varied 

central

main 

interacting

communicating

specific

 certain

represents

display

adopt

 accept

Give the opposite:

varied

 single

respect

disrespect

gradually

 immediately

multiple

 singular

common

 unique

dominant group

 minority

specific

 general

contrasted with

 blended

adopt

 ignore

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words:  The study of human history and culture.

2.       Define “movement” in this context: The migration of people.

3.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example:  This is where your culture tells you how you raise your children.

4.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

Consider “bed time” in different cultures; Some Emirati families do not have a set bed time for the children.  In most Western cultures, children often do have a specific bed time.

5.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”  I totally agree with this statement.

Khalifa k almarar

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity

Portfolio Exercise #2

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	T
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of   thought.	F
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous

Diffrent

2. Plurality

More than one

3. Migration

move

4. Fundamental

foundation

5. Collective strength

Group power

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1. The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

Food , clouths and billdings

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.          Mussuim , fasstivals and wepsides

3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

4. Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

Indian , pakestani , white britsh and african

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

University of melborne is one of cultraly  .

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	rave	Increasingly	Decreasing	Respecting	Contempt
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Laging	Inclusive	Little
Majority	Minorty	Tolerance	Unforgive	Equality	differentiation

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Different	Creative	Cobstruetive	Uniqueness	Uncomparable
Dignity	Dignity	Integrated	Compomnd	Asset	Help
Global	International	Benefit	getacgnive

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