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CasesofMisunderstandingfromDifferentCountries
CasesofMisunderstandingfromDifferentCountries
November27,2012
Contents
Abstraction-----------------------------------------------------------------------3
Keywords------------------------------------------------------------------------3
PartIacaseofmisunderstanding---------------------------------------------4
PartIIthedifferentculturesbetweenAmericaandChina----------------5
PartIIIthedifferentculturesbetweenEnglandandChina----------------6
PartⅣthedifferentculturesbetweenThailandandChina----------------7
PartⅤthedifferentculturesbetweenJapanandChina--------------------8
PartⅥthedifferentculturesbetweenKoreaandChina--------------------9
PartⅦConclusion------------------------------------------------------------10
Reference------------------------------------------------------------------------11
ABSTRACT
Differentmannersresultfromdifferentcultures.TheculturesbetweenEastandWestaredistinguishedbyaratherlargescale.Thisdoesn'tnotonlymeantheopinionsorwaysofthinkingaredifferent.Actually,howdopeoplebehaveindailylifeisalsonotthesame,sometimeseventheopposite. Andthat’swhypeoplemakeamisunderstandingthatcomefromdifferentcountries.
Thisresearchincludessevenparts.Partoneisacaseofmisunderstandingbecauseofdifferentcultures.ParttwoistheintroductionofdifferentculturesbetweenAmericaandChina.PartthreeistheintroductionofdifferentculturesbetweenEnglandandChina.PartfouristheintroductionofdifferentculturesbetweenThailandandChina.PartfiveistheintroductionofdifferentculturesbetweenJapanandChina.PartsixistheintroductionofdifferentculturesbetweenKoreaandChina.Partsevenistheconclusion.
KEYWORDS
Culturaldifferences,differentmanners
Introduction
Inmanyaspectsofourlife,weoftendividetheworldintotwoparts:
theeasternoneandthewesternone.TheformerusuallyreferstoAsiaandthelatterincludesmainlyEurope,NorthAfricaandAmerica.Wedividelikethisnotonlybecauseofthegeographicallocationdifferences,butalsoduetotheculturaldifferencestoalargeextent.Inthefollowingparts,you’llseesuchdifferences,fromthecausestothecustomsofthetwosidesnowadays.We’dliketoshowyouthedifferencebetweenothercountriesandChina.
PartIacaseofmisunderstanding
WhileGailObcamp,anAmericanartist,wasgivingaspeechontheartofJapanesebrushpaintingtoanaudiencethatincludevisitorsfromJapan,shewasconfusedtoseethatmanyofherJapaneselistenershadtheireyesclosed.WeretheyturnedoffbecauseanAmericanhadthenervetoinstructJapaneseintheirownartformortheydeliberatelytriedtosignaltheirrejectionofher?
Obcamplaterfoundoutthatherlistenerswerenotbeingdisrespectful.Japaneselistenerssometimesclosetheireyestoenhanceconcentration.Herlistenerswereshowingtheirrespectforherbychewingonherwords.So,learninghowdifferentculturessignalrespectcanhelpyouavoidmisunderstandings.Herearesomeexamples.InthedeafcultureofNorthAmerica,manylistenersshowapplausenotbyclappingtheirhandsbutbywavingthemintheair.Insomecultures,bothoverseasandinsomeminoritygroupsinNorthAmerica,listenersareconsidereddisrespectfuliftheylookdirectlyatthespeaker.Respectisshownbylookinginthegeneraldirectionbutavoidingdirecteyecontact.Insomecountries,whistlingbylistenersisasignofapprovalwhileinothercountriesitisaformofinsult.
Next,we’llshowthedifferenceculturesindetails.
PartIIthedifferentculturesbetweenAmericaandChina
ThecultureinAmericanisdifferentfromthatinChina.Itisbasedonmanythingsthatarepassedfromonegenerationtothenext.
Anexampleofthesedifferencesisthestyleofeducation.InAmerican,theyalwayspaygreatattentiontothestudents'abilityofindependentinnovationandthinkingontheirown.Ontheotherhand,studentsinChinaaremorerespecttotheeldersandteachersthanAmericanstudents.ItisdifficulttoresisttheimpressionthatChinesestudentsarediligentandstudious.Besides,inChineseopinion,itwillbeasuccessiftheycanfindagoodjob.Sotheyworkhardjustinordertohaveabrightfuture.
Thereisalsosomedifferentinparentseducation.Americanusuallydon'tlikerelyonothers,eventheirparentsdonotnecessarilywillingtoaccepthelp.Buttheparentsencouragetheirchildrentoleavehomeearly,independentlifeanddevelopment.Chineseparents,onthecontrary,childhoodbearingspoiling,growupeverywhererestrictions,evenuniversitymajor,loveisallinterference.
Therearemanyaspectsofthedifferences,suchasfriends,money,competitiveandworldview.
PartIIIthedifferentcu