Thursday, December 12, 2013

final individual cultural diversity course reflection

I am going to talk about my favorite lesions I cultural diversity .

first I am going to about racism because its bad fore nations it dived people and make a lot of hatred
between people also racism killed a lot of people in slavery time for example the framers in brazil.

second discrimination agents' the other sex like in KSA the woman's cant drive cares but in the rest of the world she can drive .

stereotype like jading on a person by his raise . like he is Egyptian he will order from the coffee and he will say i forget my wallet .

I enjoyed filming the first project about our cultural in the UAE village I liked talking to new people
and shirring thoughts and ideas .

I think UAE should have  harmony day because UAE became the new world center so people came her to have a biter life but there is problem because they came from deferent cultural so we
have a harmony day to let people now about etch other cultural so we can now etch other  and live together in harmony and peace.

in conclusion I enjoyed the cultural diversity very much its gave me anew view to life.

Monday, December 9, 2013

excercis 10 B

UAE started to ensure the workers equality and justice as the international standards of human rights as we can see the latest policy about providing the workers two hours break in the peak of sun light and heat. The UAE was the first Arab country in the region to establish anti trafficking law and made a hard effort to get rid of this issue as this been a global issue and many countries are fighting it, which can lead the UAE and approach it to the right direction of development and growth

exercise 10A

exercise 10 A In many parts of the world, we can still see slaves but in a modern way that our generation would not notice that there are slaves still exist. A real example of that is the workers, who migrate from there country to survive and got a better life rather than being poor. The simple things that we use daily is being made for us and delivered as desired, while many slaves survived to do them and to make sure that we will feel great to get them as the way we want

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Exercise # 8

Exercise #8c 1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a strange new place. What happens at the airport? -they wrote his name wrong so he took a taxi. 2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do? -he said the only way to get to the train is by jumping. 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? -the children in the train helped him out, and shows that indian kids have respect to older people and visitors. 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 got a stomach fever. 5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the city? -As a very clean and nice city. 6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of Schmuck is? -puro was a cool guy. 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? -He wants to be solo by himself. 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? -“Are you married, do you have a girlfriend or if you are a homosexual”. 9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are they? -he ate by the wrong hand because they thought it is a dirty hand. 10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing tea for Todd? -I don’t rememberL. 11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand? -because they are using it for the personal cleaning. 12. What is ethnocentric about his statement "You need to learn about America"? - due to he thought the American are the best. 13. Why do they disagree on how a "native" speaks English? -because he want the stuff to use American accent and say they are from US. 14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"? -he has no idea about that the cows are prayer things in india, and they are not eating their beef. 15. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture shock might it represent? -He was lost between the cultures from his and the indian cultures. 16. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke calls home? - he wants to go back home because he found it hard to accepted the new change. 17. What mistakes in language usage are represented in the recording of the call about "a rubber"? -That rubber means condom in America. 18. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells? -He wants a cheeseburger. 19. Todd doesn't understand bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this? -He keeps on decreasing the price. 20. What does I.N.D.I.A. stand for? -I’ll Never Do It Again. 21. What advise does his fellow American have for him? -Just give in. 22. When Todd develops the incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How has he adapted? -By celebrating the holy day which was a color festival. 23. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so different? -Because he has begun to adapt to india. 24. Explain the difference between American and Indian cultures when Todd and Puro discuss how often he visits his family and why he doesn't live with them. -American family each lives separately from each other and rarely they visit or see each other, while Indians they live with each other visit them everytime. 25. What cultural values are involved in the exchange between Aunti Ji and Todd about ironing his underwear? -Indian irons every clothing, while in America they don’t iron Todd’s underwear. 26. How well does Todd handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian home for a meal? -He sat with them and he pretended he’s one of the family. 27. In what ways does he show he has adapted? -He ate in the same way they hate, the Indian lady was happy from him. 28. When the call center floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian" solution. What is it? -He brought the Indian friend to help with the electric connections. 29. When Todd comes home, there are several signs that his Indian experience has influenced him. Name three ways he has become more "Indian". -He called his family to visit them. -He adapted the Indian cultural. Exercise #8b part 2: Cultural Dimension Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other Outsourced Scene or Circumstance Low-context culture Todd office High-context culture Aisha Learning more about inda Individualism Todd Being solo Collectivism Puro’s family Family’s house Low power distance Todd Called his boss in funny name. High power distance Puro He is always talking Uncertainty tolerance Todd revile his boss Uncertainty avoidance Aisha She was annoying him by asking questions. Task orientation Todd director Social orientation Call canter Working together Exercise #8b: In my own cultural dimensions and since we have a lot of citizens here in UAE we all have High Context, and we still could communicate with other and sharing stuff. The second cultural dimension is that we are collectivism. The third one is that we are a low power distance, where we can give and get from our leaders. Furthermore, Emirati citizens are all equal to each other such as employees, managers, and leaders. In UAE, there is high uncertainty avoidance, while compared to Jamaica and Singapore which are the two lowest countries in uncertainty avoidance. In concision, In UAE we always work in social orientation like our grandfathers did, which made their live more easy and better, and we are also following the same method by being around each other and working with each other. Exercise #8a: • Low-context and high-context culture Low-context Our teacher has low context culture. High-context My classmates have a high context culture. • Individualism and collectivism Individualism My teacher work individually. collectivism The students in class are collective. • •Low power distance and high power distance Low power distance like todd and his boss due to their great relationship that they have. high power distance when the leader gets too much of respect and everyone scared from him. • •Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance Uncertainty tolerance it means the person that can accepted the new change around.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity #1



Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

These are the ten aspects of cultural diversity which we are going to concentrate on
in this course.

1)   Download Popplet Lite (free app) from the App Store, and then make a Popplet like the diagram below. Put yourself in the centre. Around yourself put the names of six people you know who are notEmirati. Fill in the boxes. What makes them different from you?





2) Define yourself as an Emirati. Write a short paragraph.
Example – I was born in Abu Dhabi and my nationality is Emirati.

My name is Abdulla I’m from the UAE. I was born in Abu Dhabi. I’m 20 years old
I love my country sow much

3)  Now, let’s complete the table below, based on our class discussion:

Main Category
Sub-Category
Example
1. Religion
Hindu, Muslim, Christian
My teacher is a Christian.
2. Ethnicity
American, Indian, Korean
My friend is American
3. Language
English, urdo , Russian
My Drivers speaks urdo
4. Value and belief systems
Demarcates, society, dictatorial
america is democratic
5. Disability
Hearing and speaking
my sister cannot walk
6. Class
teacher, rich and poor
Many Emiratis lives in middle class
7. Gender
Women, men
Most of my friends are males
8. Age
Teenager’s, adults , children's 
im an adult
9. Education background
high school , phd and masters
current student in the college
10. Race
Asian , black , white
im Caucasian 

*The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962.  There is no universally accepted classification for “race”, however, and its use has been under fire over the last few decades. The United Nations, in a 1950 statement, opted to “drop the term ‘race’ altogether and speak of “ethnic groups”. In this case, there are more than 5,000 ethnic groups in the world, according to a 1998 study published in the Scientific American. 

#1



Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

These are the ten aspects of cultural diversity which we are going to concentrate on
in this course.

1)   Download Popplet Lite (free app) from the App Store, and then make a Popplet like the diagram below. Put yourself in the centre. Around yourself put the names of six people you know who are notEmirati. Fill in the boxes. What makes them different from you?





2) Define yourself as an Emirati. Write a short paragraph.
Example – I was born in Abu Dhabi and my nationality is Emirati.

My name is Abdulla I’m from the UAE. I was born in Abu Dhabi. I’m 20 years old
I love my country sow much

3)  Now, let’s complete the table below, based on our class discussion:

Main Category
Sub-Category
Example
1. Religion
Hindu, Muslim, Christian
My teacher is a Christian.
2. Ethnicity
American, Indian, Korean
My friend is American
3. Language
English, urdo , Russian
My Drivers speaks urdo
4. Value and belief systems
Demarcates, society, dictatorial
america is democratic
5. Disability
Hearing and speaking
my sister cannot walk
6. Class
teacher, rich and poor
Many Emiratis lives in middle class
7. Gender
Women, men
Most of my friends are males
8. Age
Teenager’s, adults , children's 
im an adult
9. Education background
high school , phd and masters
current student in the college
10. Race
Asian , black , white
im Caucasian 

*The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962.  There is no universally accepted classification for “race”, however, and its use has been under fire over the last few decades. The United Nations, in a 1950 statement, opted to “drop the term ‘race’ altogether and speak of “ethnic groups”. In this case, there are more than 5,000 ethnic groups in the world, according to a 1998 study published in the Scientific American. 

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Exercise 6




Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSSS N205


Name:     Ali Hareb Saif Al Mansoori                   ID#  H00214111                                    

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:
a.       Stereotyping : saying all germanys are nazis
b.      Prejudice : don't go to eat with american because they dont pay their orders
c.       Bias
d.      Discrimination : men can't marriage to the same sex
2.      Give an example of each.

Watch  Class Divided
ΓΌ Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?
fin 1950 USA the teacher
2.      Describe the experiment.
the teacher told how got blue eyes are better then brown eyes
3.      What were the results?
the blue eyes make fun of brown eyes and call them funny names
4.      How successful do you believe it was?
it make those kids learn that they must deal with them normally and don't make fun of them

Monday, October 21, 2013

cultural diversity reflection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t98FZO0RDE


I learnt many important things in life from this  activity cutch as team work  , bacchant
and doing things in time. We helped etch other in our time and worked together and every one of us did what he's best in this move also we know ho to talk to other people
from deferent clutters . I learnt how to do plan to do any thing from this activity so it helps me in deferent ways in life.Now I have exbrianc in many things like time work
talking and dialing withe any thing in life. In the end it was an honor to have this
beautiful movie.