Exercise # 11

Exercise # 11

Exercise # 10

Exercise # 10

Some famous who resisted against racism is Jackie Robinson, he is acts to resist was with baseball and his determination was very good. Even when all people were against him he stood above with his pride, his dream was unlimited, he fought racism with the thing he liked and it was sport.

He will never be forgotten.

Conclusion:

Why was he successful ?

Jackie Robinson was successful because his faith was strong and his wisdom was bright.

people today should learn from his life because it will them hope in life.

Exercise # 9

 Culture shock

 

Outsourced movie it’s an interesting movie. It’s about one man working in a call center company, and his name is Todd. His manager told him we don’t need you in our company part in Seattle so we must send you to our part in India. He was sad when he heard this decision from his manager. After that he travel to India and when he arrived there he found the weather very hot also it’s crowded and everybody shouting so he felt unhappy. One day he wears his clothes and left out of his home, aunt ji has put a piece of paper in his room and she write on it don’t go out today, but Todd didn’t see it so he go out. When he was out they throw paint in his clothes and he saw Purro there trying to protect him.  He refuses to accept the Indian cultures, so he suffers from the culture shocks and some problems in the work. Few days later, he starts to make friends with Indians. After that, Todd realizes the fact that Aisha is such a smart girl, and she has done many great things at work. Suddenly, the story turns to a series of dramatically changes and we finally see their love.

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.



Exercise # 7

     Blog Exercise # 7

Our presentaion was about the Key Differences Between Masculine and Feminine Societies.

And we covered it and gave examples and described few topics.

I covered these following points:

• Masculine 

1. Challenge, earnings, recognition, and advanecement are important.
2. Men should be assertive, ambitions and though.
3. Women are supposed to be tender and take care of relationships.
4. Double standards; Men are subjects, women are objects.  
5. performence society ideal -- Support for the strong.

Exersice # 6

                                                              The Culture Iceberg


4- Explain the "iceberg" theory of culture. Why is it important for cross-cultural understanding?

In a comparison between iceberg and culture there can be found a lot of similarities between them referring to the idea of what is visible and what is invisible. It can be seen that just a small portion is invisible under the water, and that exactly describes people's thought about culture. People often think of a culture from the observable. External manifestation such as food, music and arts but in reality culture is more deeply than that, it's about how core values and attitudes are interpreted in daily life situation. In addition, it's a necessary to know more about cultural core values because it's  help you to be more understandable and not to judge a culture by it's visible side.


* Give five example of surface culture:-

1- Food.
2- Dances.
3- Arts.
4- Music.
5- Greeting rituals.


* Give ten examples of underlying ( below the surface ) culture :-

1- Attitudes.
2- core values.
3- Way they act.
4- Words they use.
5- laws they enact.
6- Communicating ways.
7- The media.
8- Economies.
9- Educational systems.
10- History.
11- Religion
12- Family

 

Exercise # 5 : Slaves

                                                                         Exercise # 5