الأربعاء، 22 أبريل 2015

Exercise #5


Cultural Dimension
Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect
Todd and his manger
Direct communication (when the manger was talking with Todd convince him to go to India)
Decision-making: rules / relations
Todd and his manger
Reveal Expression (when Todd was not happy about his manger decision that he will go to India)
Expression – Reveal / conceal
Todd and his manger
Rules (The manger force Todd to go to India)
Context – Informal / formal
Todd and his manger
Informal ( Todd called his manger 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?

-       There is a boy was sitting in the train and he let Todd sit then the boy sit on Todd leg. It might be cultural solution because in Indian cultural they let the old people sit.

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 feels sick after he drink it.

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, Aunti 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 questions and it was a personal questions.


Exercise 2#

Our duty as Muslims is to spread the Islam message to the world. In my opinion I think that the best solution to solve this case is that Muslim Chinese needs to introduce the Islam clearly to those who reject letting Muslims to do what they want to do. In this case People will be affected by the extent of the importance of this debt and then may convert to Islam. At the end both parties will be collaborative which means that both of them will be equal.

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.