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1、CaseAnalysis ByGroup5 思考 当老师邀请你和你的几位同学到家里做客时 你会怎么做 去的时候 A 在约好的时间独自赴约 B 与同学一起 在约好的时间准时到达 走的时候 A 自己决定 想什么时候走就什么时候走 B 当同伴起身告别时 与同伴一起走 Jane anAmericanteacherintheUS hadjuststartedteachingEnglishtoagroupofJapanesestudents Shewantedtogettoknowthestudentsmoreformally sosheinvitedthemtoherhouseforparty Thes
2、tudentsallarrivedtogetheratexactly8 00p m Theyseemedtoenjoytheparty theydanced sang andatemostofthefood Atabout10 00pm oneofthestudentssaidtotheteacher Ithinkit stimeformetoleave Thankyouverymuchfortheparty Thenalltheotherstudentsgotuptogo andallleftatthesametime Janedecidedshewouldneverinvitethemag
3、ain Case1 Question Why LiNa Yes andJapanesepeoplethinkpeoplegoandleavethehostfamilyontimeshowstherespectforthehostfamily FanYanming FromthecaseIthinkJapaneseisalwaysonpunctual andwhentheythinkit stimeforthehosttorest theywillleavetogether ThisiscommoninAsiancountries ZhangXiaoxia AsfarasIamconcerned
4、 Americanpeoplethinkmanypeopleleaveatthesametimedidn tshowtherespectforthefamilyhost What smore 10 00p missoearlyforapartytoend GroupDiscussion LiXuesong Yes alloftheseculturaldifferencesfinallyledtoJane smisunderstanding GaoRui Inmyopinion Americansaretypicalindividualisms whileJapaneseareobviously
5、collectivity That swhyJanedidn tunderstandwhyallthestudentsweregonnaleaveatthesametime HeLixia Iagree Andinmyview theJapanesestudentsmaythinkit simpolitetostaysolatethattheywoulddisturbtheirteacher GroupDiscussion Analysis Answer Inthiscase JapanesestudentsshowedtheirrespecttoJaneinthewayoftheirtrad
6、ition Asweknow Japaneseattachimportancetotheiretiquette 礼仪 andrespectwhencontactwithothers thisiswhytheyarrivedtogetheratexactly8 00p m Theywereunwillingtodisturbtheirteacher sotheylefttogether ButforJane herAmericanthinkingmadehermisunderstandthis SinceinAmerican it simpolitetoleaveapartysosoonandl
7、eavealltogether theseactionsmeanthattheguestsdidn tenjoyedthepartyatallanddidn thaveenoughrespectforthehost shardwork SoJanegotangry Answer AndwhenweanalyzethiscasewithHofstede sDimensionsofCulturalVariability wewillfindthatAmericanpeoplearetypicalindividualism whileJapaneseobviouslybelongtocollecti
8、vism InJapan individualpersonmustobeycollectivity Whentheygotoaparty theytendtogototheparttogetherandleavethepartytogether ThisissodifferentfromAmerican inAmerican peopleliketoactfreely Therefore it seasytounderstandthereasonwhyJanegothappy Case2 Identifyproblemsthatoccurredinthecross culturalencoun
9、terinthefollowingcase 问题 英国著名诗人杰弗里 乔叟 GeoffreyChaucer 的代表作是什么 LIHuawasafreshmaninauniversityandhadanAmericanteachernamedAlan OnedayAlanwasonthesubjectofpoetry wrotesomethingbyChaucerontheblackboard andaskedthestudentswhatitmeant LiHuaknewlittleaboutthisgreatBritishpoet letalonehispoems asdidtheother
10、s TotellthetruthitwouldhavebeendifficultforLiHuatoanswerthequestion evenifthewritinghadbeentranslatedintoChinese Therewasalongsilenceduringwhicheveryonewasafraidtoanswerandtheyloweredtheirheads UnfortunatelytheteacherchoseLiHuatoanswerthequestion Shemusteredupallhercourageandsaid Sorry Idon tknow Th
11、atwasalwaysthereplytodifficultquestionsinChineseclasses Sheexpectedhimtogoonandaskoneoftheothermyclassmates asaChineseteacherwoulddo Tohersurprisehespenttherestoftheclassexplaininghowchildishheranswerwas Asanadult youshouldatleasthavesomeideaaboutaquestion nomatterhowdifficultitis Eventhoughyouransw
12、eristotallywrong it smuchbetterthan Idon tknow Shedidn tknowwhyshecouldn tsay Idon tknow ItwasalwayssafeforhertosaythatinherChineseclasses Question 1 WhydomostChineseteachersacceptastudent sreply Idon tKnow toadifficultquestion 2 WhatdidLiHua sAmericanteacherAlanexpecthertosay 3 Whowaswrong LiHuaorA
13、lan FanYanming ThecasetellusclearlythedifferencebetweenChineseteachersandAmericanteachers Inbrief asIthink Chineseteachersvaluetheresultsoflearning andAmericanteachervaluetheprocessoflearning ZhangXiaoxia Itotallyagree Chineseteachersconcentrateonwhattheirstudentscangetintheend whileAmericanteachers
14、tendtoguidetheirstudentstothinkandstudyontheirown That swhyChineseteachersacceptastudent sreply Idon tKnow toadifficultquestionbutAmericanteachersnot GroupDiscussion GaoRui AsAlansaidinthecase Asanadult youshouldatleasthavesomeideaaboutaquestion nomatterhowdifficultitis WhatAlanreallywantLiHuatosayi
15、stheanswerafterherthinking whetheritiswrongornot GroupDiscussion LiNa SofromLiHua sanswer AlanthoughtLiHuadidn tthinkaboutthequestionatallbyherself andthismadehimangry GroupDiscussion LiXuesong Iholdthedifferentideaonthisquestion There saChinesesaying don tpretendtoknowwhatyoudon tknow asaChinesestu
16、dent LiHuajustdidwhatshethoughtwasright ButAlandidn tnoticedthis neitherdidhenoticedthatLiHuaisafreshman SoIthinkheshouldhavethoughttwicebeforehespenttherestoftheclassexplaininghowchildishLiHua sanswerwas HeLixia Yes andIthinkLiHuaiswrong Asastudent sheshouldatleastthinkaboutherteacher squestion ratherthanjustgiveupthinking Analysis Q1 WhydomostChineseteachersacceptastudent sreply Idon tKnow toadifficultquestion A InChina teachersvaluetheresultsoflearning theythinkananswershouldbetotallycorrect