952214 Multicultural Communication Workbook

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952214 Multicultural Communication

Hugh Fox III


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOPIC PAGE

Introduction 3-5

Prezi Presentation Countries 6-7

How to Say “Hello” in 30 Different Languages 8

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Wikipedia Entry 9-13

My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Hidden vs. Visible Culture 14-15

Low vs. High Context Worksheet 16

Deciphering Facial Expressions 17

Culture and Emotion 18-19

Direct versus Indirect Communication Style 20

Body Language Around the World 21-22

Pushing Hands Wikipedia Entry 23

Pushing Hands Literary/Cultural Analysis 24

The Wedding Banquet Wikipedia Entry 25-26

The Wedding Banquet Cultural Identity Worksheet 27

Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions 28-34


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Introduction

My philosophy of second language teaching is to combine a high interest message + high touchmedia + high tech media! For media I combine high touch and high technology. Motivation isextremely important in the second language learning and the appropriate choice of message andmedia can help motivate students.

The high touch media part of my lessons includes the use of props and video. I use props andcostumes to engage all the senses including the kinesic sense. Teaching with multiple modalitiesaccommodates different perceptual learning styles. The use of costumes is a fun activity thatlowers anxiety, boredom and doubt and lowers the affective filter. According to Krashen’s InputHypothesis, a lowered affective filter should enhance second language learning. I also use videoas the common classroom experience of a Language Experience Approach (LEA) lesson in orderto engage all the senses of the students prior to discussion.

The high tech media part of my lessons includes both hypermedia and student centeredtechnology projects. I use my blog to provide a hypermedia mode of instruction and thisincreases teacher control over lesson content. The use of online hypermedia content means theinstructor can more readily control the difficulty level of text presented in the classroom forlecture and/or discussion purposes. The instructor can easily share lecture and/or discussionnotes by sending links to the notes via social media. The students can access information thatwas not presented in class through hyperlinks in the online lesson. The hyperlinks are designedas extensions for remediation or enrichment.

When appropriate the students in my classes do technology based communication projects.Second language learners may be unsure of their English skills but still have a strong interest intechnology that motivates them to try to communicate to their fellow students via technology based communication projects. The infusion of technology as a communication tool in thesecond language classroom also improves the technological competence of the students. Finally,the best way to teach second language learners how to talk about technology is throughtechnology projects.


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If the main second language objective of the class is the development of Basic InterpersonalCommunication Skills (BICS) then I pick topics from pop culture. I also use more high touchmedia rather than a high tech media when BICS are the main goal.

If the main second language objective of the class is the development of Cognitive AcademicLanguage Proficiency (CALP) then I use authentic academic materials. I also rely more on

hypermedia to communicate complex material in a fun and interesting way in which the pace ofcomprehensible input is tightly controlled. I am also more likely to put an emphasis ontechnology based communication projects.

In either case, I use prior research that I have done on what EFL students find interesting in orderto guide my lesson content decisions. In Fox (2004) the focus was just on student interests. Thefollow up article Fox and Miller (2007) compared student interests with textbook content andfound there was a poor match. This packet is an attempt to provide research based high interesttopics that is superior to that of most textbooks. In my opinion, effective second languageteaching is the masterful synergy of message and media to create optimal conditions forlearning!

In all my lesson plans there will be both a BICS and CALP activity but I vary the ratio of timespent on the BICS versus CALP objective depending on the level. The table below is anapproximation of the ratio of time this instructor will spend on BICS versus CALP activitiesdepending on the ESL level.

If the level of the students is very low then I might focus on the BICS activity and forego theCALP activity altogether. On the other hand, even with a very high level class, I would neverneglect the BICS activity altogether. The BICS activity acts as a natural motivational warm upactivity that introduces the CALP activity even in the case of very high level ESL learners.

References

Fox, H. & Miller, A. (2007). What EFL Topics do Students find Interesting? Hwa Kang Journal , 13, 99-110


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Fox, H. (2004). A Study of ESL Teachers and Their Attitudes About Computer-AssistedLanguage Learning Usage, Hwa Kang Journal of TEFL, 10. 37-56


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Prezi Presentation Countries

The students will pick one of the countries listed below for their Prezi presentation. Everystudent must pick a different country. The student will discuss the business culture of thatcountry which includes customs and etiquette of that country.

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra

Angola Antigua & Deps Argentina ArmeniaAustralia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas

Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus

Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan

Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil

Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Burundi

Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde

Central African Rep Chad Chile China

Colombia Comoros Congo Congo

Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus

Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica

Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt

El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia

Ethiopia Fiji Finland France

Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany

Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala

Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti

Honduras Hungary Iceland India

Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland {Republic}

Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica

Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya

Kiribati Korea North Korea South KosovoKuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia

Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya

Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia

Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives

Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania

Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova

Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco

Mozambique Myanmar, {Burma} Namibia Nauru

Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua

Niger Nigeria Norway Oman

Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New GuineaParaguay Peru Philippines Poland

Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation

Rwanda St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Saint Vincent & theGrenadines

Samoa San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia

Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone

Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands

Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain

Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland


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Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan

Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo

Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey

Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine

United ArabEmirates

United Kingdom United States Uruguay

Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City VenezuelaVietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe


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The students will take a vocabulary test of the words listed in the table below


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My Big Fat Greek Wedding Wikipedia Entry

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian-American romantic comedy film written by andstarring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula “Toula”Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek uppermiddle class "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" Ian Miller. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was

nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film becamethe highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time,[2] and grossed $241.4 million in NorthAmerica, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat).

1) Plot

Fortoula “Toula” Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is going through an early midlife crisis. At thirty,having had her childhood, adolescence and adult life plagued by bad luck she feels that she is the onlywoman in her family who has “failed” at being a typical Greek girl. Her family ex pects her to bemore like her 33-year-old sister Athena (Stavroula Logothettis) and marry a Greek boy, make

Greek babies, and “feed everyone until the day she dies.” Instead, Toula is stuck working in thefamily restaurant in Chicago, “Dancing Zorba’s.” Frumpy and cynical, she fears that she is doomedto be stuck with her life as it is and always has been. One day while at the restaurant, Toula briefly becomes enamored with and embarrasses herself in front of Ian Miller (John Corbett), a handsomeschool teacher.

An argument with her overly-patriotic father, Gus (Michael Constantine), who merely wants hisdaughter to marry and settle down rather than pursue a career, causes Toula to want her own life, awayfrom the restaurant and her intrusive family. After some persuasion by his wife, Maria (LainieKazan), Gus reluctantly permits Toula to begin taking computer classes at a local college, Toulathen trades her glasses for contact lenses, curls her hair, and begins to wear make-up, improving her

confidence, mood and self-esteem. Armed with her skills, Toula convinces her mother and her AuntVoula (Andrea Martin) to get Gus to allow Toula to work at Voula’s travel agency instead of therestaurant.

Toula does better in her new job, even catching the eye of Ian who is amazed at her makeover and becomes smitten with her. Despite Toula being shy whenever she sees Ian, they finally introducethemselves indirectly, fall in love and begin to date. Toula tries to keep the relationship secret fromher family, until some weeks later when Gus finds out due to the closeness of the Greek Americancommunity. He throws a fit because Ian is not an ethnic Greek (a xeno), and he orders Toula to endthe relationship and tries to set her up on dates with Greek men, but Ian and Toula continue to seeeach other against Gus’s wishes. Ian proposes to her, and Toula accepts. Gus is hurt and infuriated,

feeling that his daughter has betrayed him. Ian wanting to be with Toula agrees to be baptized in theGreek Orthodox Church, an act which earns Gus’s grudging respect and the acceptance of the restof the family. As the months pass, the wedding planning hits snag af ter snag as Toula’s numerousrelatives “helpfully” inter fere by imposing their ideas into her planning. The situation reaches itshead when Gus and Maria invite the entire family to what was meant to be a “quiet” introductorydinner with Ian’s demure and private parents. The Millers are not used to such cultural fervor, and arecompletely overwhelmed, a situation made worse by the copious amounts of ouzo they accidentallyconsume. The evening is a failure, with Gus complaining that the Millers are too dry, “like a piece oftoast”. The wedding day dawns with liveliness and hysteria, and though Toula is nervous thetraditional Greek wedding itself goes without a hitch albeit in a comical fashion. At the ReceptionGus gives a speech accepting Ian and the Millers as his new family and as his wedding gift, he

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presents the newlyweds with a deed to a new home. Following the reception and colorful Greekdancing, Toula and Ian drive away to begin their honeymoon and married life together. An epilogueshows the new couple’s life six years later. They have had a daughter, Paris, who complains that shewould prefer not to go to Greek school. Toula placates her by assuring her that when the timecomes, Paris can marry whomever she wants. As they walk towards Greek school, it is revealed thattheir home is right next door to that of Toula’s parents.

2) Cast

• Nia Vardalos as Fortoula “Toula” Portokalos • John Corbett as Ian Miller• Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos• Michael Constantine as Kostas “Gus” Portokalos • Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula• Louis Mandylor as Nick Portokalos• Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki• Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo

• Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos• Ian Gomez as Mike, Ian’s best man; he is Nia Vardalos’s real-life husband• Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller• Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller• Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. White• Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller• Frank Falcone as Suitor/Bartender at LeJardin

3) Production

My Big Fat Greek Wedding started as a one-woman play written by and starring Vardalos, performed

for six weeks at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles in the summer of 1997.[3]

Vardaloslater jokingly stated that she only wrote the play “to get a better agent.”[4] The play was based onVardalos’s own family in Winnipeg in Canada and on her experience marrying a non-Greek man(actor Ian Gomez).[4] The play was popular, and was sold out for much of its run, in part due toVardalos’s marketing it across Greek Orthodox churches in the area.[5] A number of Hollywoodexecutives and celebrities saw it, including actress Rita Wilson, who is herself of Greek origin;[5]

Wilson convinced her husband, actor Tom Hanks, to see it as well.

Vardalos began meeting various executives about making a film version of the play and began writing ascreenplay as well. However, the meetings proved fruitless because the executives insisted on makingchanges that they felt would make the film more marketable, which Vardalos objected to: these

included changing the plot, getting a known actress in the lead role (Marisa Tomei was one namementioned),[5] and changing the family’s ethnicity to Hispanic.[4] Two months after the play’s initialrun ended, Hanks’s production company, Playtone, contacted Vardalos about producing a film basedon her vision for it; they also agreed to remount the play in early 1998, this time at LA’s GlobeTheatre.[3] Hanks later said that casting Vardalos in the lead role “brings a huge amount of integrity tothe piece, because it’s Nia’s version of her own life and her own experience. I think that showsthrough on the screen and people recognize it.”[4]

In 2000, while in Toronto doing pre-production for the film, Vardalos and Playtone producer GaryGoetzman overheard actor John Corbett (who was in town shooting the film Serendipity) at a bar,telling a friend of his about having read the script for My Big Fat Greek Wedding , and being upset that

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he couldn't make the auditions. Vardalos and Goetzman approached Corbett and offered him the partof Ian Miller on the spot, which he accepted.[4]

Parts of the film were shot in Greektown, Toronto

Despite being based on life in the Greek community of Winnipeg, the film was set in Chicago and

shot in both Toronto and Chicago. Toronto’s Ryerson University and Greektown neighborhood feature prominently in the film. The home used to depict Gus and Maria Portokalos’ residence (as well as thehome bought next door at the end of the film for Toula and Ian) is located on Glenwood Crescent justoff O'Connor Drive in East York. The real home representing the Portokalos’ residence actually hasmost of the external ornamentation that was shown in the film. Also, some minor parts of the moviewere shot in Jarvis High School in Toronto.

After a February 2002 premiere, it was initially released in the United States on April 19, 2002.That summer it opened in Iceland, Israel, Greece, and Canada. The following fall and winter itopened in Turkey, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, the Philippines,

Egypt, Peru, Sweden, Mexico, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland (German speaking region),France, Poland, Kuwait, Estonia, and Lithuania. It was finally released in South Korea in March 2

5) Reception and performance

My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a sleeper hit and grew steadily from its limited release. Despitenever hitting the number one spot and being an independent film with a $5 million budget, it ultimatelygrossed over $368.7 million worldwide, becoming one of the top romantic films of the 21st centuryaccording to Echo Bridge Entertainment .[1] It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2002 in the UnitedStates and Canada,[6] with USD$241,438,208, and the highest-grossing romantic comedy inhistory.[2] Domestically, it is also the highest-grossing film never having been number one on the

weekly North American box office charts.[7]

The film is among the most profitable of all time, with a6150% return on an (inflation adjusted) cost of $6 million to produce.[8]

The movie received generally positive reviews. Based on 121 reviews collected by RottenTomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 76%, with an average rating of6.7/10. The website’s critical consensus was, “Though it sometimes feels like a television sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is good-hearted and lovable.”[9] By comparison, Metacritic, which assignsa rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 62, basedon 29 reviews, which is considered to be “Generally favorable reviews”.[10]

6) Lawsuits

The cast (with the exception of Nia Vardalos, who had a separate deal), as well as Hanks’s productioncompany, Playtone, later sued the studio for their part of the profits, charging that Gold Circle Filmswas engaging in so-called "Hollywood accounting" practices.[11]

7) 10th-anniversary edition

In 2012, a 10th anniversary edition of the film was released. The edition includes a DVD versionand a digital copy of the film and features deleted scenes as well as a 30-minute retrospective withVardalos and Corbett.

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8) My Big Fat Greek L ife

Main article: My Big Fat Greek Life

The film inspired the brief 2003 TV series My Big Fat Greek Life, with most of the major characters played by the same actors, with the exception of Steven Eckholdt replacing Corbett as the husband.

Corbett had already signed on to the TV series Lucky. He was scheduled to appear as the best friend ofhis replacement’s character, but the show was cancelled before he appeared. The show received poorreviews from critics noting the random character entrances and serious plot “adjustments” that didnot match the film.

The 7 episodes from the series are available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, whoseTV studio division produced the show.

9) References within the film

Throughout the entire film, Gus continually uses Windex, the popular window cleaner, as a remedy for

everything. The film makes references to Zorba the Greek (1964), The Lost Boys (1987), That ThingYou Do! (1996), and Meet the Parents (2000), while spoofing Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).

10) Cultural references to the film

Another independent Canadian feature, Mambo Italiano (2003), referenced Wedding . The film wasalso parodied in the 2006 film Date Movie. The film’s title has been used as a snowclone, being copiedacross various titles:

• An episode of the 15th season of The Simpsons is titled "My Big Fat Geek Wedding".• A 2003 Fox reality series was entitled My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, followed up in 2004 by the

short lived My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss. • The 2005 film My Big Fat Independent Movie was both named after, and parodied, the film.• A 2006 episode of Veronica Mars is titled "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week ".• In 2008, TV production firm DCD Media produced My Big Fat Mexican Wedding , a documentaryabout the marriage of Manuel Uribe, formerly the world’s heaviest man, with his girlfriend ClaudiaSolis.• NDTV (a Southeast Asian Broadcast Channel) runs a series of episodes on lavish weddings, called My Big Fat Indian Wedding . • An episode of Ben 10 is titled My Big Fat Alien Wedding .• Channel 4 in the UK produced a documentary called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding about gypsy andtraveler weddings, followed by a mini-series called Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. •

An episode of the cooking show Good Eats revolving around gyros was titled “My Big Fat GreekSandwich”.

11) Sequel

In a 2009 interview for her film My Life in Ruins, asked about a possible sequel for My Big FatGreek Wedding , Vardalos stated that she had an idea for a sequel and had started writing it, hintingthat, like Ruins, the film would be set in Greece.[12] Asked about a sequel again in a November,2012 inter view, she stated, “Well, actually, yes. And it’s only now that I've really become open to theidea. Over the years, I've heard from everybody about what the sequel should be. People next to me atStarbucks would say, 'Hey, let me tell you my idea,' and I'd be like, 'Hey, I'm just trying to get a

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cup of coffee.' I never thought much about it. But then when John (Corbett) and I recently sat downto do that interview (for the 10th anniversary edition), we laughed so hard through the whole thing.It made me think that it’s time. He said, “Come on, write something, will you?" And I now think Iwill. We have such an easy chemistry together. And we have chemistry because we never 'did it.'That’s the surefire way to kill chemistry in a scene. You have to make sure your actors don't 'do it' off-screen. If they don't 'do it,' then they'll have chemistry on camera.”[13] On May 27, 2014, various

news and media outlets reported that a sequel is in the works. Nia Vardalos later confirmed thisvia Twitter, and she also has written a script for the film.[14] The sequel is set for a March 25, 2016release date.[15]

12) References

[1] “My Life in Ruins” (PDF). Echo Bridge Entertainment . Retrieved on May 12, 2008[2] “TV Review - My Big Fat Greek Life”. Entertainment Weekly. 2003-04-07. Retrieved 2008-09-28. [3] My Big Fat Greek Wedding Headed for L.A.'s Globe Jan. 15 -- and Film, Willard Manus, Playbill , January 15, 1998

[4] My Big Fat Greek Wedding : About the Production, Hollywood Jesus, 2002[5] Nia Vardalos interview, Robin Rea, Screenmancer.com [6] Box Office Mojo[7] “Top Grossing Movies that never hit #1”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-07-26.[8] Staff (September 15, 2010). “The 15 Most Profitable Movies of All Time”. CNBC. Retrieved September 15,2010. The rankings cited in this article have been disputed as some movies were not included.[9] “My Big Fat Greek Wedding Movie Reviews, Pictures”. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved2010-05-08.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Hidden vs. Visible Culture

http://foxhugh.com/tv-series-esl-discussion-questions/my-big-fat-greek-wedding-multicultural-exercise/

Class ExerciseWhich of the following items on the list are examples of visible culture? Which of the followingitems on the list are examples of hidden culture?

1. facial expressions 2. religious beliefs

3. religious rituals 4. importance of time

5. paintings 6. values

7. literature 8. child-raising beliefs

9. ideas about leadership 10. gestures

11. holiday customs 12. ideas about fairness

13. ideas about friendship 14. ideas about modesty15. foods 16. eating habits

17. understanding of the natural world 18. concept of self

19. the importance of work 20. concept of beauty

21. music 22. styles of dress

23. general world view 24. concept of personal space

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The students will do the class discussion exercise or the group exercise depending on theirknowledge level of cross-cultural communication.

Class Discussion Exercise

1) The students will label 1-26 above as being an example of visible or hidden culture.

2) The students will work with a partner and compare and contrast Toula's and Ian's family in

areas 1-26 above before participating in a class discussion.

3) After watching the YouTube videos about cross-cultural marriage, the relative importance onmarriage of areas 1-26 will be discussed.

Group Exercise

Group 1) Compare and contrast Toula’s and Ian’s family in the areas of visible culture.

Group 2) Compare and contrast Toula’s and Ian’s family in the areas of hidden culture.

Group 3) Compare and contrast the communication style of Toula’s and Ian’s family in terms ofdirect versus indirect communication.

Group 4) Compare and contrast the communication style of Toula’s and Ian’s family in terms ofemotional expression.

Group 5) Compare and contrast the communication style of Toula’s and Ian’s family in terms of

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Low vs. High Context Worksheet

http://foxhugh.com/multicultural/low-vs-high-context-communication/The student will be able to discuss the overall concept of low versus high context cultures. Thestudent will be able to apply the concept to the areas of association, interaction, territoriality,temporality and learning.

High Context Low Context

Association

Interaction

Territoriality

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Deciphering Facial Expressions

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Emotion and Culture

http://foxhugh.com/multicultural/cultural-dimension-display-of-emotion/

The students will be able to discuss the topic of emotion and culture.

1) What does the video have to say about Darwin?

2) What does the video say about Plutchik’s wheel of emotions?

3) What does the video say about pessimism versus optimism?

Optimist vs Pessimist

4) What about US optimism?

-EU pessimism vs. US optimism

5) What is a realist?

-Should You Be Optimistic, Pessimistic or Realistic?

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6) How do cultures differ in the area of emotional expression?

-Cultural Dimension: display of emotion

-Two Dimensional Model of Emotional Display

7) Describe the difference between emotion and feeling.

-Where Do We Physically Feel Emotions?

8) Describe the Three poisons (Buddhism)

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Direct versus Indirect Communication Style

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1) The student will be able to define and use direct and indirect communication.2) The student will be able explain productivity, candidate recruitment, racist terms, the need fora safety helmet at a construction site, enhanced health insurance and cons of outsourcing.

Group 1 – Do two role plays in which you discuss productivity problems with a worker. Usedirect communication in the first role play and an indirect communication in the second role play.

Group 2 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to recruit a candidate. Use directcommunication in the first role play and an indirect communication in the second role play.

Group 3 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to convince your boss for the need forcomputer training (Office) for new employees. Use direct communication in the first role play and an indirect communication in the second role play.

Group 4 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to warn a candidate about using racistterms at the workplace. Use direct communication in the first role play and an indirectcommunication in the second role play.

Group 5 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to get a worker to wear his safety helmet

on a construction site. Use direct communication in the first role play and an indirectcommunication in the second role play.

Group 6 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to convince the boss that the companyshould use an enhanced health insurance plan versus the current plan. Use directcommunication in the first role play and an indirect communication in the second role play.

Group 7 – Do two role plays in which you are trying to convince the boss widget production for your company should not be outsourced. Use direct communication in thefirst role play and an indirect communication in the second role play.


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Body Language Around the World

http://foxhugh.com/multicultural/gestures-around-the-world/

The student will be able to discuss gestures, greetings using body language, proxemics and

public displays of affection from a cross cultural perspective.

1.0) GESTURES

1.1) What does thumbs up mean in America?

1.2) What hand sign means “victory or peace” in America?

1.3) What hand sign means “a ok” in America?

1.4) What hand sign means “stop” in America?

1.5) What does the “Texas Long Horn” mean and how does it look like?

1.6) What gesture can get you arrested in the Philippines?

1.7) What gesture means “settle down” in the US?

1.8) What gesture resembles the Thai wai and what does it mean in Japan?

1.9) What are some black girl gestures?

2.0) GREETING BODY LANGUAGE

2.1) What are some hand shake pointers?

2.2) What are some Thai wai pointers?

2.3) What are some considerations when bowing in South Korea?

2.4) What are some considerations when bowing Japan?

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3.1) What are the three types of body distance?

3.2) What are some differences in personal space between different cultures?

4.0) PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION AROUND THE WORLD (PDA)

4.1) What are some annoying types of PDA?

4.2) How is PDA viewed in Japan?

4.3) How is PDA viewed in India?

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Pushing Hands Wikipedia Entry

Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手; pinyin: tuī shǒu) is a film directed by Ang Lee. Released in

1992, it was his first feature film. Together with Ang Lee's two following films, The WeddingBanquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), it forms his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, eachof which deals with conflicts between an older and more traditional generation and their children as

they confront a world of change.

Plot

The story is about an elderly Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher and grandfather who emigrates fromBeijing to live with his son, American daughter-in-law, and grandson in a New York City suburb.The grandfather is increasingly distanced from the family as a "fish out of water" in Westernculture. The film shows the contrast between traditional Chinese ideas of Confucian relationshipswithin a family and the much more informal Western emphasis on the individual. The friction in thefamily caused by these differing expectations eventually leads to the grandfather moving out of thefamily home (something very alien to traditional expectations), and in the process he learns lessons(some comical, some poignant) about how he must adapt to his new surroundings before hecomes to terms with his new life.

Title

The title of the film refers to the pushing hands training that is part of the grandfather's t'ai chiroutine. Pushing hands is a two person training which teaches t'ai chi students to yield in the face of brute force. T'ai chi ch'uan teachers were persecuted in China during the Cultural Revolution, andthe grandfather's family was broken up as a result. He sent his son to the West several yearsearlier and when he could he came to live with his family with the expectation of picking upwhere they left off, but he was unprepared for the very different atmosphere of the West."Pushing Hands" thereby alludes to the process of adaptation to culture shock felt by a traditionalteacher in moving to the United States.

External links

• Pushing Hands [1] at the Internet Movie Database

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Pushing Hands Literary/Cultural Analysis

http://foxhugh.com/tv-series-esl-discussion-questions/pushing-hands/

1.0) What is the point of view of the movie?

2.0) What is the plot of the movie?

3.0) Describe the following characters using the Fox Character Analysis Pyramid.

3.1) Describe Sihung Lung as Mr. Chu.

3.2) Describe Fanny de Luz as Linda.

4.0) What is the theme of the movie?

5.0) What is the setting of the movie?

5.1)Describe Chinatown, New York

5.2) What is Thai Town like?

5.3) What are some similarities between Chinatown and Thai Town?

5.4) How important is the setting?

6.0) What is the genre of the movie?

7.0) Does the movie have any cultural lessons?

7.1) Wikipedia describes the story as a “fish out of water” story. What is the meaning of the

“fish out of water” idiom?

7.2) What is destroy the Four Olds?

7.3) What is t'ai chi ch'uan?

7.4) Why was t'ai chi ch'uan banned in China?

7.5) How does Confucianism value of filial piety effect the communication between Mr. Chu

and his daughter-in-law Martha?7.6) How is t'ai chi ch'uan a communication metaphor?

8.0) What are some similarities between Pushing Hands and The Wedding Banquet ?

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The Wedding Banquet Wikipedia Entry

The Wedding Banquet (Chinese: 喜宴; pinyin: Xǐyàn; Wade-Giles: Hsi yen) is a 1993 film about

a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parentsand get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan hiswedding banquet. The film was directed by Ang Lee and stars Winston Chao, May Chin, Ah Lei

Gua, Sihung Lung, and Mitchell Lichtenstein. The Wedding Banquet is the first of three movies thatAng Lee would make about gay characters; the second is Brokeback Mountain and the third beingTaking Woodstock . The film is a co-production between Taiwan and the United States. Together with Pushing Hands and Eat Drink Man Woman, all made in Taiwan, all showing the Confucian family atrisk, and all starring the Taiwanese actor Sihung Lung, its forms what has been called Lee's "FatherKnows Best" trilogy.[1]

Plot

Wai-Tung Gao and Simon are a happy gay couple living in Manhattan. Wai-Tung is in his late20s, so his tradition-minded parents are eager to see him get married and have a child in order tocontinue the family line. The early part of the film is madcap comedy. When Wai-Tung's parents hire a

dating service, he and Simon stall for time by inventing impossible demands. They demand an operasinger and add that she must be 5'9" have two PhD's and speak five languages. The service actuallylocates a 5'8" Chinese woman who sings Western opera, speaks five languages and has a single PhD.She is very gracious when Wai-Tung explains his dilemma, as she, too, is hiding a relationship (with aCaucasian man). At Simon's insistence, Wai-Tung decides to get married to one of his tenants, Wei-Wei, a penniless artist from mainland China in need of a green card. Besides helping out Wei-Wei,Simon and Wai-Tung hope that this will placate Wai-Tung's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gao decide to fly infrom Taiwan, bringing US$30,000 to hold an extravagant wedding for their son. Wai-Tung dares nottell his parents the truth, because his father, a retired officer in the Chinese Nationalist Army, has justrecovered from a stroke; they go through with the wedding. However, the heartbreak his motherexperiences at the courthouse wedding prepares the story for a shift to drama. The only way to

atone for the disgraceful wedding is a magnificent wedding banquet. After the banquet, Wei-Weiseduces the drunken Wai-Tung, and becomes pregnant. Simon is extremely upset when he finds out,and his relationship with Wai-Tung begins to deteriorate. Shortly after, Mr. Gao has another stroke, andin a moment of anger, after a fight with both Simon and Wei-Wei, Wai-Tung admits the truth to hismother. She is shocked and insists that he not tell his father. The perceptive Mr. Gao has seen morethan he is letting on; he secretly tells Simon that he knows about their relationship, and,appreciating the considerable sacrifices he made for his biological son, takes Simon as his son aswell. Simon accepts the Hongbao from Wai-Tung's father, a symbolic admission of their relationship, but Mr. Gao makes him promise not to tell anyone; without everyone trying to lie to him, he points out,he'd never have gotten a grandchild. After making an appointment to have an abortion, Wei-Weidecides to keep the baby, and asks Simon to stay together with Wai-Tung and be the baby's other

father. In the final parting scene, as Wai-Tung's parents prepare to fly home, Mrs. Gao has forged anemotional bond to daughter-in-law Wei-Wei. Mr. Gao accepts Simon and warmly shakes his hand. Inthe end, both derive some happiness from the situation, and they walk off to board the aircraft, leavingthe unconventional family to sort itself out.

Cast

• Winston Chao as Gao Wei Tong (高偉同 Gāo Wěitóng)

• May Chin as Wei-Wei (顧葳葳 Gù Wēiwēi)

• Ah Lei Gua as Mrs. Gao• Sihung Lung as Mr. Gao

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• Mitchell Lichtenstein as Simon• Dion Birney as Andrew• Jeanne Kuo Chang as Wai-Tung's secretary• Michael Gaston as Justice of the Peace• Ang Lee (cameo) as Wedding guestThe Wedding Banquet

ReceptionThe Wedding Banquet received mostly positive reviews; it currently holds a 96% "fresh" ratingon Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

Accolades

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th AcademyAwards and also nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won theGolden Space Needle of the Seattle International Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the 43rd BerlinInternational Film Festival.

Adaptations

In December 1993, a novelization of the film, titled Wedding Banquet (ウェディングバンケ

ット Wedingu Banketto) and published in Japan, was written by Yūji Konno (今野雄二

Konno Yūji). (ISBN 4-8387-0508-5)[3]

In 2003, a musical staging was performed at the Village Theatre. It was directed by JohnTillinger, choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, with music by Woody Pak and book and lyrics by BrianYorkey. Yorkey, Village's associate artistic director, said this of the production, "The filmsucceeds because of Ang Lee's delicate poetry, and there is no way we can replicate that ortranslate that into a musical. So we took the story a step further. Whereas the film ends veryambiguously, our musical goes on past where the film ends". The show starred Welly Yang as

Wai Tung.[4]

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The Wedding Banquet Cultural Identity Worksheet

http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/multicultural/the-wedding-banquet-xi-yan-cultural-identity-worksheet/

The student will be able to discuss cultural identity and the related concepts of ethnic identitydevelopment, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, race, religion, identity politics, marketsegmentation, internet identity and apply these concepts to enhance cross-culturalcommunication.

1.0) What is cultural identity?

2.0) What is ethnic identity development?

3.0) What is gender identity?

4.0) What is racial identity?

5.0) What are some of pros and cons of nationalism?

6.0) What is language identity?

7.0) What is sexual orientation?


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8.0) What is religious identity?

9.0) What is ethnic identity?

10.0) What is the difference between ethnicity and race?

11.0) What is the relationship between the internet and cultural identity?

12.0) What are some practical applications of cultural identity?

13.1) Politics – Identity Politics

13.2) Business - Marketing Segmentation

14.0) What do you think is the dominant cultural identity for each character and why?

14.1) Mr. Gao – 14.2) Mrs. Gao – 14.3) Simon – 14.4) Wai-Tung Gao – 14.5) Wei-Wei –

15) How would you describe your own cultural identity in terms of ethnicity, gender, nationality,race and religion?

16) How can we apply cultural identity theory to enhance cross-cultural communication?


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Hofstede’s Six Cultural Dimensions

http://foxhugh.com/multicultural/hofstede-index/cross-cultural-organizational-behavior-and-hofstedes-cultural-dimensions/

1.0) Power Distance Index (PDI)

PDI is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like thefamily) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. This represents inequality (moreversus less), but defined from below, not from above. It suggests that a society's level ofinequality is endorsed by the followers as much as by the leaders. Power and inequality, ofcourse, are extremely fundamental facts of any society and anybody with some internationalexperience will be aware that 'all societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others.

China (80), Thailand (64), US (40), Japan (54), World Average (55)

1.1) Egalitarian vs. Hierarchical1.2) China is more ________ than Thailand.

1.3) The US is more _______ than China.1.4) Thailand is more ______ than Japan.1.5) Thailand is more ______ that the World Average.1.6) China is less ________ than Thailand.1.7) The US is less_______ than China.1.8) Thailand is less ______ than Japan.1.9) Thailand is less______ that the World Average.

1.10) How do you think PDI affects leadership, overall?

1.11) If your boss asks for your opinion, that is negative, then what should you do?

1.12) What sort of school issues should be voted on by the students, if any?

1.13) Your boss is about to release a statement in English to a newspaper. You notice severalmistakes in the statement. Your English is actually better than her English since you havestudied in an English speaking country but she hasn’t. What should you do?


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2.0) Individualism (IDV)

IDV is on the one side versus its opposite, collectivism, that is the degree to which individualsare integrated into groups. On the individualist side we find societies in which the ties betweenindividuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after him/herself and his/her immediatefamily. On the collectivist side, we find societies in which people from birth onwards are

integrated into strong, cohesive in-groups, often extended families (with uncles, aunts andgrandparents) which continue protecting them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty.


2.1) Individualistic versus Collectivist2.2) China is more ________ than Thailand.2.3) The US is more _______ than China.2.4) Thailand is more ______ than Japan.2.5) Thailand is more ______ that the World Average.

2.6) China is less ________ than Thailand.2.7) The US is less_______ than China.2.8) Thailand is less ______ than Japan.2.9) Thailand is less______ that the World Average.

2.10) What are some in-groups that Thais belong to?

2.11) What does guanxi mean in Chinese? How does guanxi reflect collectivism in Chinesesociety?

2.12) If an old class mate asks for a “special” price from your company because of yourrelationship then what should you do?

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2.13) If your sister asks you to get your niece an entry level job at your company then whatshould you do?

2.14) Which is more important for success in business? Who you know or what you know?

2.15) Your father is a successful business man. You want to be a musician but your father istotally against this idea and thinks you should study business and even work for his companywhen you graduate. Should you go ahead and study music despite the objections of your father?

2.16) What does the Thai word kreng jai mean? How does kreng jai reflect collectivism in Thaisociety?

3.0) Masculinity (MAS)

MAS versus its opposite, femininity, refers to the distribution of roles between the genders whichis another fundamental issue for any society to which a range of solutions are found. The IBMstudies revealed that (a) women's values differ less among societies than men's values; (b) men'svalues from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive andmaximally different from women's values on the one side, to modest and caring and similar towomen's values on the other. The assertive pole has been called 'masculine' and the modest,caring pole 'feminine'.


3.1) Masculine versus Feminine3.2) China is more ________ than Thailand.3.3) The US is more _______ than China.3.4) Thailand is more ______ than Japan.3.5) Thailand is more ______ that the World Average.3.6) China is less ________ than Thailand.3.7) The US is less_______ than China.3.8) Thailand is less ______ than Japan.3.9) Thailand is less______ that the World Average.


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3.10) One of your employees has a sick mother and has been absent or late almost every otherwork day for more than a month. What should you do?

3.11) Is a company like a family or not?

4.0) Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)

UAI deals with a society's tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity; it ultimately refers to man'ssearch for Truth. It indicates to what extent a culture programs its members to feel eitheruncomfortable or comfortable in unstructured situations. Unstructured situations are novel,unknown, surprising, and different from usual. Uncertainty avoiding cultures try to minimize the

possibility of such situations by strict laws and rules, safety and security measures, and on the philosophical and religious level by a belief in absolute Truth; 'there can only be one Truth andwe have it.


4.1) During a brainstorming session the Chinese employees are much more quiet than their

American counterparts. How would you explain this difference in behavior using the UAI

concept?

4.2) Could Steve Jobs have started Apple in Japan? Why or why not?

4.3) Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft! Your classmate and close friend

also wants to drop out of college to start his own company and keeps mentioning Bill Gates.

What advice would you give your friend?

5.0) Long-Term Orientation (LTO)

LTO vs. short term orientation: First called "Confucian dynamism", it describes societies' timehorizon. Long-term oriented societies attach more importance to the future. They foster

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pragmatic values oriented towards rewards, including persistence, saving and capacity foradaptation. In short term oriented societies, values promoted are related to the past and the present, including steadiness, respect for tradition, preservation of one's face, reciprocation andfulfilling social obligations.

China (118), Thailand (44), US (29), Japan (80H), World Average (45)

5.1) Long-Term Orientation versus Short-Term Orientation5.2) China has a more ________ than Thailand.5.3) The US has a more _______ than China.5.4) Thailand has a more ______ than Japan.5.5) Thailand has a more ______ that the World Average.5.6) China has a less ________ than Thailand.5.7) The US has a less_______ than China.5.8) Thailand has a less ______ than Japan.5.9) Thailand has a less______ that the World Average.

5.10) You have job offers from two companies. One company is very stable and large and isoffering a low starting salary and is famous for having low salaries compared to other companies but offers life time employment. The other company is new and much smaller and is offering amuch higher starting salary. The new company may or may not be around in two years in youropinion. Which company should you work for?

6.0) Indulgence versus Restraint (IVR) Indulgence stands for a society that allows relatively free gratification of basic and naturalhuman drives related to enjoying life and having fun. Restraint stands for a society that

suppresses gratification of needs and regulates it by means of strict social norms.

Indulgence as a cultural value also tends towards a perception of personal life control, whilerestraint as a cultural value tends towards a perception of helplessness and that what happens inone's life is beyond his/her own control.

Clinicians may find that, in response to a disability, individuals from a culture of indulgence feelthat they have control over their future level of function and participation in life activities;meanwhile, individuals from a background of cultural restraint may have a sense of helplessnessand be less actively involved in taking control over their involvement in functional activitiesoutside of the clinic.

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Additionally, in cultures valuing restraint, leisure activities are of lesser value, which may proveimportant to consider in selecting functional therapy activities. Cultures valuing indulgence placehigher importance on leisure and so activities considered enjoyable may be more appropriate forindividuals with this cultural trait.

China (24), Thailand (45), US (68), Japan (42)

6.1) Indulgence versus Restraint6.2) China has more ________ than Thailand.6.3) The US has more _______ than China.6.4) Thailand has more ______ than Japan.6.5) China has less ________ than Thailand.6.6) The US has less_______ than China.6.7) Thailand has less ______ than Japan.


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Documents

952214 Multicultural Communication Workbook