Wednesday, 22 April 2015


exercise 5




Cultural Dimension
Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect
Todd and his manger
Direct communication (the manager said for Todd we dont need you here we want you in India)
Expression-Reveal / conceal
Todd and his manger
Reveal Expression(Todd was sad about the manager decision that he will go to India )
Decision-making: rules / relations
Todd and his manger
Rules (the manager told Todd only you have to do is visit call center and make sure the new guys know haw to speak)
Context – Informal / formal
Todd and his manger
Informal (Todd called his manger by his name)





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?

He got a train by unregulated way .There is no place in train then a boy who sit next of Todd he stands and let Todd sat in his place then he sat on Todd leg.It might be the culture solution because all children respect an old people to sit first. 


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 bought the iced drink and he was not chnge about the change , and he feels ill after eating the iced drink because it is first time that he test this kind of iced drink.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

 Because the place of hotel  is very lonely.


8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
 She asked him a lot of question and it was a centered on personal questions.


Sunday, 19 April 2015

exercise 4

Apparently the culture and 12 dimensions have an influential role in our life choices , way of thinking and sense of group . There is the Amish model for an example . As it affect and influence life choices by giving people the right to choose choices and making decisions. As for the way of thinking   people in Amish are open minded, kind  and peaceful and that will be reflected upon their thought and ideas. Amish people have a great sense of group as it prefer to go in groups rather than individuals. Amish people prefer direct communication and Old transportation rather than easy and modern inventions like cars and cellphones.

as for the Arabian culture's influence on our life choices :-
the Arabian culture influence our choices in many ways and in many sectors of our life (school, work , lifestyle,etc..) . for an example we cant or it's shameful to work in illegal places or even  places that aren't approved by our religion and culture like a drugs or alcohol company's . and  at school it's kind of  wrong for girls to go in mix gender schools as she can be considered as shameful for mingling  with boys.

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Exercise 3 (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

Mrs. Ainslie: She was not capable to adapt to the area by insisting in staying in the room inside the hotel and not leaving her room.

Mr. Ainslie, he adapt because he tried to communicate with indian people.

Mrs. Greenslade  she has able to adapt because she want to work and she was searching for a place to work.

Mrs. Donnelly, unable to adapt and because she was sick and she want to retune to England.

Mrs.Hardcastle was unable to avoid the conflict, the room that she was looking for was not what she expected .

Friday, 27 February 2015

EXERCISE 2


EXERCISE 2

Dress code is unfair labelling, UAE expats say | MBD
The conflict of this article is that the expat wear clothes that unacceptable to wear in our Emirati culture. The main factor that is our community and culture didn’t accept that is because its seems to them its shameful and not inappropriate to wear that things. The view behind the conflict is honor\shame. The solution of it is to tell experts that wearing that clothes is inappropriate and tell them to stop wearing that clothes if they can.

My world view
My world view depends on the differents elements which are Honor\shame, innocence\guilt, and power\shame. On my word view honor\shame is the most and strongest element to view and see the world. Then innocence\guilt comes and at the end power\shame.