Завдання до розділу 3

• http://www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/pub/Context_Cultures_High_and_Lo.htm

Знайти розділ When a Greeting Takes More Than “Hi, How are you?” прочитати все, що стосується привітань і Commentary on Greeting і Tales from the Peace Corps: Learning from Cultural Encounters. Надати свої коментарі.

2.Той самий сайт. Знайти розділ CULTURAL-CONTEXT INVENTORY і протестувати себе, на занятті надати результати тестування і свої коментарі. (Загальна дискусія)

3. Той самий сайт. Знайти розділ Book Learning – What Happened and Why? Проаналізуйте ситуації і ознайомтесь з відповідями про правильну поведінку.

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Location: Dharamsala, India

Student: Female, 20

Three weeks after I arrived in Dharamsala, India, my host family and I were invited for a special dinner at a relative’s house. I knew the dinner would last for hours and hours, and I couldn't leave to study for my exam the next day because it would be considered rude to do so. Therefore, I stayed and studied during the long preparation of the dinner. I read and highlighted our textbook, A Joyful Picnic for

Those Who Have Come from Afar.

Visiting Tibetan monks were watching me with what I thought was fascination. I continued to read and highlighted more. As the dinner was served, I placed my textbook at my side near my feet. (I was sitting in a meditation posture, with my feet on the chair.) While I began enjoying my meal, the monks were still staring at me, this time with anguished looks. Suddenly they emotionally addressed the group in Tibetan. It was obvious they were both angry and frustrated and they glared at me the whole time. My host mother apologized, explaining to the monks, "inji, inji" (Westerner).

What did I do wrong?

Click here for answer (на сайті)

№2 Picture (Im)Perfect Moment

Critical Incident - Picture (Im)Perfect Moment

Location: Bali, Indonesia

Student: Female, 20

I was sitting in a palace courtyard talking to my friend, a local young prince. I had to leave soon to return to my village. I apologized for my manners and for the inconvenience of my stay, as it was customary to do. I then asked the prince if I could have a picture taken of the two of us. He agreed and called a servant over to take the photo. A king from another village who had also been visiting walked over and I asked him to join us for a group picture. I moved over to my left to make room for him. Everyone became very tense and the servant refused to take the picture. The servant glanced nervously at the king and then at the far corner of the palace on my right, facing Mt. Agung. He said he was sorry, but it was not proper to take the picture.

Why not? What did I do wrong? Click here for Answer (на сайті)

4. Завдання до семінару: Once one recognizes not only that all humans have such preferences and that some significant differences are likely to exist between individuals in any work or social setting, the next step is to move from awareness to action. Look again at the characteristics for High and Low Context communicators that introduced this site and consider the following questions.

1). How might knowing your preferred communication style be useful to you in intercultural situations?

2). What is the dominant communication style of groups you have grown up with or interact most with now? Under what circumstances are you most comfortable communicating?

3). When you feel uncomfortable communicating in certain situations, do you ever consider that the problem might be the way some people are expressing themselves, rather than a personal reaction to individuals?

4). What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of both High and Low context communication styles?

5). What differences in communication style are you likely to encounter when studying abroad, and how are you going to react to them? What can you do to prepare to communicate more effectively with someone who has a different style?

(а також на семінарі можна розглянути попередні пункти)

5. YOU TUBE presentations: A cross culture and communication specialist: Isabelle Min at TEDxItaewon; and TEDxAjman - Ali Al Saloom - Cultural Identity. Analyze and highlight the key points of the presentations. Any other presentations on this topic are possible.

6. Working Across Cultures. Market Leader (2010): Unit 1: Overcoming cultural barriers; Unit 2: Communicating across cultures; Unit 3: Working styles in Japan; Unit 4: Doing business in China, на вибір.

7. English for Business Communication, Cambridge University Press: Unit 1 “Cultural diversity and socializing” (cross-cultural understanding 1); Unit 2 “Culture and entertainment” (cross-cultural understanding 2). На вибір

8. https://pripsy.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/почему-американцы-тупыыые-или-как-пи/ Із серії прикладна психологія для обговорення.

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