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IE3 ICC Seminar: Lesson 9

6/12/2015

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Hi everyone,

We had a very busy lesson today, especially since you got your second letter from your Cambodian partner.

Cultural Dimensions Review:
After you read your letters and discussed your partner's cultural practice, we used Hofstede's cultural dimensions
to compare Cambodia and Japan, and to review last week's material. Some key points from this activity included:
  • Cambodian is a collectivist country; it has an agrarian-based economy.
  • Due to the country's poverty, there is a short-term orientation. Survival is from day-to-day, so long-term goals are not a priority.
  • Uncertainty avoidance is high; teachers are expected to be "all-knowing."
  • Gender roles are highly defined in Cambodia; women are either "virtuous" or "unvirtuous."
  • Cambodia is a high power distance society. Cambodians are expected to pay respect to those in  higher status, such as monks.

Letter #3 Theme:
We spent some time brainstorming culture-specific vocabulary that you might have to use in your next letter. For this letter's theme, you'll be writing about your educational experiences and institutions. You can also write about favorite memories and teachers.

For your letter, include the following:
a. greeting
b. recent news
c. topic: education in Japan (2 pages)
d. answer your partner's questions
e. ask your partner 3 questions
f. closing

U.S. Cultural Patterns:
For the last part of class, we learned how American culture developed and spread throughout the United States. We didn't get time to use Value Orientation Theory to compare the U.S. to Japan, so please complete the worksheet for homework. We'll use it to review the material in next week's lesson.

Homework:
1.  Research your presentation topic
  • outlines due June 15 before 12:00 noon
2.  Blog Comment #8
3.  Value Orientation Theory worksheet
  • Complete the worksheet and bring to class next week. We will use this for a review.
4.  Reading pp. 127-157 (ch. 6) and worksheet
  • Please download the worksheet at the end of the summary. This will be your "reflection topic" for this week. I'll collect the worksheet at the beginning of next week's lesson.

Blog Question #8:

  1. What cultural practice did your partner explain? Summarize the key points.
  2. Which Japanese practice is this most similar to? How are the practices similar and different?

*Write 150-200 words.
*Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
*Submit by Monday, June 15 by 6:00pm.
Language as a Barrier worksheet ch. 6
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Value Orientation Theory worksheet
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