Cultural Competence Workshop (Workshop 2) Date: 30 June 2011 Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

4Fs:  Fun  Flight  Fight  Fit

4Fs:  Fun: language, food, friends  Flight: …  Fight  Fit

Did I face Cultural Shock? What? Why? How did I solve it (Or them)? 

Cultural Shock from….  Eating habit  Weather and temperature  Language  Religion  Any others?

1. Unwarranted criticism of the culture and people 2. Heightened irritability 3. Constant complaints about the climate 4. Continual offering of excuses for staying indoors 5. Utopian ideas concerning one's previous culture 6. Continuous concern about the purity of water and food 7. Fear of touching local people 8. Refusal to learn the language 9. Preoccupation about being robbed or cheated 10. Pressing desire to talk with people who "really make sense." 11. Preoccupation with returning home

Duane Elmer's Cross-Cultural Connections (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002), 72)

Activity Time!  Divided into two groups: Int’l and Local 1. Int’l, local – Write down your cultural shock in Hong Kong (1 Min) 2. Show you ideas to the others 3. Pair up and Discussion (4 Mins)

Activity Time!  What, Why, and How to solve?  Communication ◦ What: local students don’t volunteer to talk as much int’l students ◦ Why: academic culture ◦ How: talk more slowly, clearly  Introvertedness ◦ What: not enough common topics to talk about, embarrassment to ask for help ◦ Why: ““ ◦ How: don’t be afraid to ask

Activity Time!  What, Why, and How to solve?  Food ◦ What: can’t adapt to water and food in Sichuan, pickiness ◦ Why: ◦ How: medicine, try to try new things, take care of each other  Language ◦ What: hard to express emotions clearly, int’l students talk too quickly ◦ Why: language fluency, don’t want to waste people’s time ◦ How: talk more with each other

Activity Time!  What, Why, and How to solve?  Play ◦ What: the hostel is too quiet…but hanging out with foreigners  language problems! ◦ Why: ◦ How: spend more time with them How 1.Communicate about your culture shock 2.Try to solve the things you can control 3.More reflection about the problems

What is it?

 Appreciation helps us uncover factors that we might have ordinarily missed, and it can be very useful for brainstorming solutions to problems. Squeeze out as much information as you can, by appreciating the situation accurately. Cultural Appreciation

One-dimensional view of Diamond vs Different- dimensional view of Diamond

Activity Two: Cultural Appreciation 1. Divided into 4 groups with different case studies 2. Discussion of the case study (8 Mins) - What is the ‘culture’ behind? - How will you appreciate the culture? - How will you deal with the case? 3. Drama time (5 Mins)

My sharing…

Cultural Appreciation: Tips for the following weeks and Sichuan trip 1. Be open-minded 2. Prepare to share 3. Be honest 4. Make cultural sensitivity 5. Be proactive and have participation Do a homework tonight for you to prepare to go Sichuan!

Revision Time!

Resources:      "The danger of a single story". ngle_story.html ngle_story.html

Case study (For activity 2)  Johnny is an exchange student in country A. There is a special festival in this country called ‘Nude Festival’. On this day, males usually will go on the street with a small piece of cloth (cover the important part). Johnny is being invited to join and celebrate the festival with the other males.  Clara is an exchange student and she cannot drink. She is invited to join the beer night every Friday. Today is the beer festival for the Town B, she is also being invited to have a beer time in a pub.  Tony is an exchange student and gets used to study in a boy school. However, he needs to work with a group of girls for an academic paper. He found there were a lot of troubles working with the girls from another country, for example, different working styles and languages etc.  Mary is an exchange student in a country X. She is being invited to join a insects-eating competition in next week as this is an important competition in country X every year. Mary is very afraid of insects.