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Juanita Hall, EdD Linda Boberg, MS International Student Services
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Culture is the shared assumptions, values, and beliefs of a group of people which result in characteristic behaviors (Craig Storti, 1999) What we do and say are not arbitrary or spontaneous. Culture proscribes our: Notions of politeness and appropriateness Language Foods, music, dance HOWEVER, people are individuals and therefore there is a great deal of diversity within cultures
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Universal : ◦ We all eat ◦ We all want to be treated with respect Cultural: ◦ What we prefer to eat ◦ What is considered respectful Personal: ◦ How much we eat ◦ Choosing to be respectful or not
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Leaving school or work to attend the wedding of a distant cousin Centrality of the family---------Centrality of work Agreeing to a suggestion you think is wrong Being direct---------------------Being indirect
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Visiting offices in groups to solve a problem Individualistic------------------Collective Not speaking in class Formal -------------------informal culture Asking students to call you by your first name Deference to authority-----------Egalitarian
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Accepting, without question, that something cannot be changed Fatalism----------------------Determinism Exceptions to rules should be very rare, otherwise you open up the floodgates Particularist--------------------Universalist Having no anxiety about arriving late to an appointment Monochronic-------------------Polychronic
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Non–dominate hand exercise Empathy Patience
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Example: Student: I have some questions Juanita: Okay, fire away Example: Student: So, Linda, what are you doing this weekend? Linda: I’m getting out of Dodge. Exercise: What’s your idiom?
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Let your hair down Show your true colors Once in a blue moon Under the weather The bottom line Throw in the towel Strike while the iron is hot Raining cats and dogs Piece of cake Two-faced Sleep tight Feather in your cap With flying colors
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Different strokes for different folks ◦ Different rules for international students How will you modify your communication to be understood by international students?
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Thank you! ?
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