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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)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY&feature=related Eating habit Weather and temperature Language Religion Any others? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Unwarranted criticism of the culture and people Heightened irritability Constant complaints about the climate Continual offering of excuses for staying indoors Utopian ideas concerning one's previous culture Continuous concern about the purity of water and food Fear of touching local people Refusal to learn the language Preoccupation about being robbed or cheated Pressing desire to talk with people who "really make sense." Preoccupation with returning home Duane Elmer's Cross-Cultural Connections (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002), 72) 1. 2. 3. Divided into two groups: Int’l and Local Int’l, local – Write down your cultural shock in Hong Kong (1 Min) Show you ideas to the others Pair up and Discussion (4 Mins) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 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 ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 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 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? What is it? What is it? What is it? Cultural Appreciation Appreciation helps us uncover factors that we might have ordinarily missed, and it can be very useful for brainstorming solutions to problems. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_01.htm Squeeze out as much information as you can, by appreciating the situation accurately. One-dimensional view of Diamond vs Differentdimensional view of Diamond 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… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Be open-minded Prepare to share Be honest Make cultural sensitivity Be proactive and have participation Do a homework tonight for you to prepare to go Sichuan! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY&feature=related http://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_01.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/shocks.htm "The danger of a single story". http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_si ngle_story.html 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.