Reflection 3

Self Reflection

Self Reflection

Exercise 9- Culture Shock

Culture shock

Todd is a Call Center Manager in Seattle ,Wash, his boss Dave called him to send him to India to train the new Call Center employees. When he arrived to India and looking for the driver, he was shock when he saw a crowd of people are annoying and he couldn’t find his taxi because the taxi driver wrote Todd’s name in wrong spelling    . When Todd was looking for he shocked because many of drivers were arguing to take him but he found another taxi.

When he on the vehicle the driver suddenly stopped because the caws were in the street and Todd was shocked and upset because of that. When he met Pauro he was tired and wanted to go to a hotel but Pauro insisted to take him to aunty  Ji house because he will be only and no one will take care of him.

When he went to the office and saw a caw inside the office  he was surprised what is caw doing in the office. When Todd met all the employees and started to discuss with them about the work and one of the employee Called Aisha  told to Todd that he need to learn about India. When he back home he was upset because of the obstacles that he had. Then he started to adapt with the situation when he had fun in the color day. Also he started to do a new relationship between him and the worker by letting them bring what they want to their office. Todd started wearing Indian clothes and eats their food.

When he back to US after giving his job to Pauro  he was different because he learned a lot of things in India. 

Exercise 8 “Outsourced” - the movie study guide

Exercise 8 “Outsourced” - the movie study guide 

You are going to watch and create a reflection on the film "Outsourced".

These questions will help you. If you miss watching the film in class, you may get a copy from the library and watch it at home. Here are some clips from "Outsourced"

http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/Clips/ms_educlips.html

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	Police officer (Todd)	Airport/street/class
High-context culture	Todd	Anty house
Individualism	Todd	Travel to India
Collectivism	Indian people/ Puro	Street/washing clothies
Low power distance	Todd/Aisha	Boss office
High power distance	Indian people	Washing clothies
Uncertainty tolerance	Aisha	Class
Uncertainty avoidance	Anty Ji/Todd	Home/class
Task orientation	Todd	Teaching people in class
Social orientation	Pulo/anty Ji	Anty house

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?

When arrived to India he saw a huge crowed and he tried to across through these people to find a taxi.

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

He told him to jump to the train before it leaves.

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 on his leg.

4. 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 be alone in the hotel.

5. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they?

He ate in the lift hand which is consider unclean in India.

6. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture
shock might it represent?

He was shocked and didn’t understand why Aisha said that.

7. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke
calls home?

Because he is homesick.

8. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells?

 Because he could not adapted with Indian food.



9 What does I.N.D.I.A. stand for?  I’ll Never Do It Again,

10. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so
different?

Because he started to adapt  with the situation in India

-Florida Study Guide

Blog Exercise #7 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions

Blog Exercise #7

I have presented today about the long and short term orientations and I have learned that its not easy to take a long term path because countries will loss sometimes to access for they want in the future.While the short term they just thinking of what a results that they will got immediately. the other things that who take the long term he will not stop even if he has a break until he access to what he wanted, but the short term they can have a break because they just thinking about today and tomorrow.

I think the UAE is simple of long term because of the changes that happened while 44 years.

Exercise #5- Racism, Classism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Right

Racism, Classism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Right - Exercise #5 

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Portfolio exercise #4 - Adverse Reactions to Diversity

Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4

Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053

Name: Anas Mohammed                            ID#  H00236552

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s                                                      

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

a.      Stereotyping : to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.

b.      Prejudice : an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.

c.       Bias : a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly

d.      Discrimination : the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people

2.      Give an example of each.

a.      Stereotyping : It's not fair to stereotype a whole group of people based on one person you don't like.

b.      Prejudice : We tend to make these kinds of decisions according to our own prejudices.

c.       Bias : a student with a strong bias towards the arts

d.      Discrimination : The law prohibits discrimination in hiring.

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?                                                                         At school, in Tuesday and Wednesday, with teacher and students.                        

2.      Describe the experiment.                                                                                                                                           The experiment was to discrimination between brown eyes people and blue eyes people. In the first day, the teacher praised that the blue people are better, smarter than brown people. And don’t let brown people play with the blue people in playground. The result of that one of brown people hit a student from blue people because he called him brown eyes. In the next day, the teacher has changed her word that praise the brown people on blue people and brown people are smarter and better than blue people. Blue people don’t play in playground with brown people because nobody likes them.

3.     What were the results?

The student realized that there is no difference between brown or blue people and they are same .

4.     How successful do you believe it was?

In my opinion, it was very successful to start learn children about the discrimination and they are same and there is no difference between black and white, blue and brown. Because the problem sometimes come from the parents that to learn their children bad things about different people.

Reflection 1 CGE Emirati Film

 Reflection 1
CGE Emirati Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tytS2ce2umQ

In this video I have earned a lot of things about the cultural in this country that I didn’t know about by helping my group. My friends and I have shared the ideas and helped each other to finish this video. However, we suffered to collect the ideas and research about something that was old and unique in our country and still exist until now. Then everyone did his job by talking about something old and value. We had some trouble to find tourist people to make an interview with them, but then we found some people to talk with them and they were helpful. The weather wasn’t so cool and hot and that the reason to slow our work and it took about two hours to finish our project.  In the end we had a lot of fun and we are proud to make a film about our country.

Portfolio Exercise #3 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

Portfolio Exercise #3

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

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	F, the avoid presenting any specific ethnic, religious, or cultural community value as central.
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”	T
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	F. It is getting used to the way people are, but not become just like everyone else.

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” place where many types of people live together and create a new communication.

2.       “Salad Bowl”  Plate of salad which include verity  of vegetables.

3.       “Assimilation” to be knowing.

4.       “Acculturation” learn and share about other cultural.

5.       “Enculturation” means learning about your first cultural.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

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

Give a synonym:

varied	several	respect	assessment	dominate	control
multiple	various	central	focal	interacting	reactive
specific	particular	represents	appear	adopt	espouse

Give the opposite:

varied	specific	respect	contempt	gradually	arrive
multiple	particular	common	uncommon	dominant group	Humble group
specific	diverse	contrasted with	Complies with	adopt	leave alone

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

Means, study and learn about humans.

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

Is a place where you can find scientist lean about children’s behavior in about one to two years, and teach them about  social communication .

3.       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.”

4.       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.”

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Portfolio Exercise #2 - What is Cultural Diversity

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, Around 175 million.
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F, Cultural Diversity presupposes respect of fundamental freedoms
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous : various

2. Plurality : multitude

3. Migration : transmigration

4. Fundamental : essential

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?

foods

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy. Bring language skills, new ways of thinking and creative solutions to difficult problems and negotiating skills.

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

 

Melting pot: A place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole

Garden salad: a salad containing a variety of raw vegetables, especially lettuce.

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, 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 Melbourne is one of culturally.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	limited	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	disrespecting
Strength	weakness	Improving	unimproved	Inclusive	Partial
Majority	lack	Tolerance	unforgive	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	correspond	Creative	originative	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	inserted	Asset	Help
Global	universal	Benefit	Advantages