Assignment:
Go to the web page Proxemics and U.S. Culture http:/www.everythingesl.net/inservices/proxemics_elevator.php and read the introduction, and the description of the "Take the Elevator!" activity.
Answer the questions from the activity before reading the "Responses to ‘Take the Elevator!'" section. Then, compare your answers to the defined "American" answers posted in the "Responses" section. Post your original answers in the discussion forum, and explain any answers that did not match. Discuss the implications for teaching that deeply ingrained cultural behaviors present.