Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed the Golden Week vacation, and didn’t catch spring fever. We’ll have a few busy weeks ahead of us. Don’t forget that we’ll have our mid-term test on May 26 – just two more weeks! High- and Low-Context Cultures At the beginning of our lesson, we looked at how we can divide cultures into two different types: high-context and low-context. We had a variety of activities to understand the features of each type, and then classified a variety of cultures using this classification. You can find today's slide presentation in the IE3 ICC Lectures section. Cambodian-Japanese Writing Program: We also completed activities on how to describe cultural artifacts and cultural practices to people who are not familiar with your cultures. You can review the steps with the handouts from our lesson. They are also included at the end of today’s summary. You also received your first letter from your Cambodian partner. We’ll have some time to discuss your letters in next week’s lesson. Before that, you’ll have to complete Letter #2 for your partner. Please review the guidelines if you have any questions. If you were not in class today, you need to contact me to arrange a time to pick up your letter before the next class. You need the letter to answer your partner’s questions. Homework: 1. Letter #2 for your Cambodian partner 2. Blog Comment #5 3. Reading, ch. 4, 81-103 Blog Question #5:
*Write 150-200 words. *Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly. *Submit by Monday, May 18 by 6:00pm. ![]()
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IE3S-Yumi
5/16/2015 01:59:42 pm
One of some points I thought was similar between me and my partner is the attitude towards English. We both like English and we can enjoy learning English. I like watching English movies because I like the sounds and how native English users speaks the languages. I think it is very cool. As for her, she likes to listen to English music, and that`s also because she likes the sounds and like hearing somebody speaking English. I think for us, English is something that would make our lives very content.
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IE3S-Saya
5/17/2015 11:18:03 am
One similarity between me and my partner is how we spend our free time. My partner goes to the bookstore with her friend on the weekends. Before going to bed, she likes listening to music. I also meet my friends on the weekends because on the week days, it is sometimes difficult for us to meet up. I like listening to music, too. I listen to my favorite music while on the train and also when I’m home. One big difference I thought is about our families. My partner has eleven members in her family while I have only four. I wasn’t that surprised because I had an image of big families in Cambodia from before. From the first letter, I learned a lot about my partner and from it, impressions of Cambodians changed. I was surprised to know that my partner goes to public school in the morning, studies part-time classes in the afternoon, and then after studies at BEA at night. When she finishes studying, she also does chores. I didn’t imagine they have such a hard schedule.
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IE3-Sayaka
5/17/2015 01:28:16 pm
Through this letter project, I felt that Cambodian teenagers and Japanese ones are very similar because me and my partner are very similar.
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IE3-Takahiro
5/17/2015 01:59:03 pm
A most remarkable similarity between me and my partner is that we both have dreams, which need English skills. And we both have to study English much harder to fulfill our dreams.
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IE3S-Kohei
5/17/2015 02:39:19 pm
One similarity between I and my partner, Samnang is that we both are university students and our major is English literature. In addition to that, we both want to get a job which requires English ability. He said he wants to be a English tour guide. In contrast, he had no experience on the train. I was a little bit surprised because I use train to go to university everyday. Now I am wondering how he goes to school everyday.
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IE3S-Jumpei
5/17/2015 02:57:44 pm
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IES-Yuma
5/17/2015 03:14:38 pm
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IE3S-Manami
5/17/2015 05:12:08 pm
There are ome similarities between me and my partner. I found that we both like music. Also she goes to university and I go to university too.
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IE3S-Misato
5/17/2015 06:57:27 pm
One similarity between my partner and I is about our family structure. We both have five members in family, father, mother, and three children. The age difference between our siblings are also similar. Also, we both like music. My partner told me one of her favorite song and I liked the song when I listened to it. I guess we have a similar taste in music.
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