Fernanda Menk Pathway

  Differences in Manner Manny things can be acceptable in one culture, but not in another, we must pay attention not to offend people around us, or be offended by these same people, just because our culture is different than theirs. Some examples that are acceptable in one place, but not in other places are: *tossing something to someone;  *staring at other people;   *walk around with hands in your pocket;  *loud music day or night;  *blow your nose in public;  *yawn and stretch in public;  *belching;  *shake hands;   *no tipping;   *the "okay" gesture;  *the peace salute (fingers in V gesture);  *exposing your palms;  *chewing gum;  *left-handed greetings.     These are just a few things that can have a very different meaning for different countries, there can be a lot more, so it is a good idea to try and learn some of these things if you are traveling abroad. Also if we as teachers have stu...

  Cross-cultural students in the classroom Expressivity - There are many different subcultures in the United States and each one has a different way to express themselves.  Wyoming, Idaho, Utah - are not very expressive. New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey - they are very expressive. African American and Hispanic students are more expressive than white students. Asian students are less expressive than white students, they are very respectful. Brother Ivers talk about the differences between Asian students and American students, or how Asian students see American students. Asian Students Positive Comments *"System of University Education: the way that class provides students considerable opportunity for asking questions, engaging in critical thinking, and participating in a dialog with the professor, opportunity to develop an interpersonal relationship with the professor." Asian Students Negative Comments Students:  *"are crude, inconsiderate, don't all...

  Attributional Tendencies In the video we learned that Attributional Tendencies "refers to what do we attribute success, to what we attribute failures."  "Attribution are references that people make about the causes of events and behavior." "Are your personal attributional model consistent with those dominant in your culture?" Internal attributions: personal disposition, traits, abilities, feelings (it's my fault). External attributions: situational demands, or factors, environmental (it's their fault). "Individualistic culture: attributes success to themselves and failures to others. Collectivist culture: attributes success to others and failures to themselves." Although, even in an individualistic culture it is common a mother to ask herself what she did wrong when her children make bad decisions, society asks "Didn't your mother teach you?" However when her children do well, she will feel proud of herself and society wil...

  Personal Space Differences In the text we can read: "When you understand the implications of this (talking about personal space), you can gain enormous insights into your own behavior, and the face-to-face reactions of others can be predicted." In the picture we see some people on the elevator, each one is looking down to his/her phone or book, avoiding eye contact with others. It is really important for us to understand Personal Space, each person is different from others in this matter, it depends on where he or she was raised, large cities, town, rural area, open spaces. It differs from one country to another, or even from one person to another in the same family, depending on personal circumstances. So, if you want to work with people you will have to understand and respect these boundaries to have success.  You can find out where someone is from by the way they shake hands with someone they just met.  "The closer people feel to each other the closer they will stan...

  Individualism vs Collectivism Brother Ivers teaches us about Individualism and collectivism. I like how he reminds us: “in all different culture orientations there are pluses and negatives”, and we should be aware of the negatives, and maybe we will be able to fix them. Individualism – tolerance for individual mistakes. American children are known throughout the world for having extra rights than many other children because they can express themselves, they can express their opinions to adults, they can make their own choices. Collectivism – group orientation, group unity, togetherness, and harmony. Less tolerance for things that could hurt other members of the group. “In Asia countries, children are rarely allowed, if at all, to their own thing, without the consent of their parents.” (Empada Uheda, anthropologist in the Philipines)    We can observe these cultural differences between countries, but sometimes even from one family to another in the same neighborhood, d...

  Differences in Emotional Expressivities This week we are learning about emotional expressivity. I believe that this is a really important subject. We need to to be emotionally mature to learn and recognize our own feelings, and how and when to express them. It will help us to learn to recognize other people's emotions. That is especially important for a teacher or we won't be able to know what is happening in our student's minds as we try to involve them in a whole new world that is a second language.  Brother Ivers teaches us about "Emotional Expressivity": We all have the same emotions! In private we all express our emotions in a similar way. But in public, we're very dissimilar in the way we express our emotions. There is a lot of misinterpretation going on for people from different pats of the world or even within the same country. Within the United States there are huge differences! Low Tolerant                    ...