Discussion Essay
Making Acquaintances: Differences and Similarities
Review the samples posted on Blackboard before starting your work.
1. Each student will provide a brief two-page cultural write-up relating to his/her representative country (chosen for Making Acquaintances
Part 1: Do's and Don'ts):
1. Historical background
2. Communication styles (language, both verbal and non-verbal)
3. Beliefs (religion, family, nature, etc.)
4. Society structure (gender equality, role of children, family, ethnic groups, leaders, government, political ideologies, hierarchies)
VERY IMPORTANT - your final score will greatly depend on this.
In the next two sections, associations SHOULD be made with the value orientations addressed in the Values portion of this course:
• Human Nature (Universalism-Particularism, Good/Evil, High-Context/Low-Context, Uncertainty Avoidance)
• Relation to Nature (Subjugation, Harmony, Mastery, Inner-/Outer-Directed)
• Activity Orientation (Achievement/Ascription, Doing-Being-Being-Becoming)
• Human Relationships (Affectivity/Affective Neutrality, Instrumental/Expressive, Self
(Individualistic)/Collective (Collateral)/Linear, Egalitarian/Hierarchical, Power Distance)
• Relation to Time (Past-Present-Future, Monochronic/Polychronic, Low-Context/High-
Context
2. Each student will provide a two-page list of ‘Reasons for Codes of Cultural Behavior' for tourists visiting his/her representative country. This list will explain to tourists why it is important that they follow each of the Do's and Don'ts (that you listed in your Making Acquaintances: Do's and Don't's assignment), from the hosts' cultural (values of the culture) perspective, and should include the following:
a. Five major ‘Do's' for tourists
i. At least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Do' (Describe in detail one distinct value orientation for each Do. Do not repeat value orientations for the items on the list of Dos.)
b. Five major ‘Don'ts' for tourists
i. At least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Don't' (Describe in detail one distinct value orientation for each Don't. Do not repeat value orientations for the items on the list of Don't's.)
1. Each student will provide APA-style citations within the text whenever applicable and compile a list of APA-style references (reference page) for all resources used in his/her write-up.
2. On the ‘Making Acquaintances Part 2' discussion forum, each student will post his/her findings about the representative country in a thread by the Submit ‘Making Acquaintances: Differences and Similarities'
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.