Exercise 11

Exercise 10

Exercise 9

Culture Shock

The events starts from the modern Seattle downtown office to an old and shabby Indian train station . This movie shows that many people in different countries are suffering from prejudice. When Todd firstly arrives India, he refuse 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. In the end, Todd Anderson discovers that being outsourced may be the best thing that ever happened to him in his whole life. In my opinion, Outsourced is a very good movie which gives us not only romantic and comedy scenes to enjoy, but a general idea to think of what we should understand more about the world economy and what we should do to stop the discrimination.

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	Dave	office manager
High-context culture	Puro	asking to go another place
Individualism	Todd	travel to India alone
Collectivism	Indians	holy festival
Low power distance	Todd	saying no
High power distance	Aisha	take place Todd when he late
Uncertainty tolerance	Antiji	asking Todd question
Uncertainty avoidance	Todd	auntie Js house
Task orientation	Todd	India office
Social orientation	Puro	giving Todd healthy food

 

 

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?
How could this advice apply to what an exchange student has to do?

He advised him to jump into the train

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

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 come to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

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


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.

14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"?

He was talking about it in an insensitive way without knowing how sensitive and holy cows are in India

15. 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 Aysha said that. High-context culture

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

Because he is homesick.

Exercise 7

The presentation was about Hofstadter's Cultural Dimensions in Individualism and Collectivism.

Individualism: is all about taking care of yourself; it is the belief and practice that every person is unique and self-reliant. A belief in individualism also implies that you believe that the government should bud out of your individual affairs.

Collectivism: is a political theory associated with communism. More broadly, it is the idea that people should prioritize the good of society over the welfare of the individual.

Exercise 5

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SLAVES WORK FOR YOU

Exercise 4

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

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping: is thinking that all the people with a certain character in them are the same

b.      Prejudice: Pre-judging people without interacting with them

c.       Bias: is an inclination of temperament or outlook to present or hold a partial perspective and a refusal to even consider the possible merits of alternative points of view.

d.      Discrimination : Thinking that you are better than someone because you have something others don't have.

2.      Give an example of each.

Stereotyping : To think that "all Muslims are terrorists"

Prejudice:  To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.

Bias: To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.

Discrimination: Believing that while skinned people are better than dark skinned ones.

WatchClass Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

 In an U.S elementary school at the 1960's with normal school kids.

2.      Describe the experiment.

The teacher told the kids that blue eyed people are better than the brown eyed ones then vice-versa.

3.      What were the results?

The kids who were supposed to be better than the others abused their superiority , and when it ended kids realized that it doesn't feel good to be looked down on.

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

I think it was a very successful experiment that yielded excellent results.

 

Exercise 3

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

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.

Exercise 2

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