#17 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ The Zhous are a 🇨🇳Chinese family living in São Paulo, 🇧🇷Brazil. They have recently arrived and hold good jobs at a Chinese company. Their 4-year-old son goes to a nearby kindergarten with mostly local children as it is close to their home. After a month of classes, the Chinese mother finally talks to her son’s teacher. In a heated discussion with the local teacher she expresses her dissatisfaction. Why?
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ The Zhous are a 🇨🇳Chinese family living in São Paulo, 🇧🇷Brazil. They have recently arrived and hold good jobs at a Chinese company. Their 4-year-old son goes to a nearby kindergarten with mostly local children as it is close to their home. After a month of classes, the Chinese mother finally talks to her son’s teacher. In a heated discussion with the local teacher she expresses her dissatisfaction. Why?
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#21 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Mariusz and Andrzej are two 🇵🇱Polish travellers exploring 🇮🇷Iran. They make friends with Reza, a young taxi driver who takes them to his home. Reza’s father proudly shows the travellers around the house, and in the living room Mariusz and Andrzey are looking at a small but beautiful old wall carpet. When Andrzey says how much he likes the carpet the father tells Reza to translate: “You may have it! It’s yours!”
A little later Mariusz and Andrzej are discussing in private. Andrzej wants to take the carpet while Mariusz tells him not to take it.
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Mariusz and Andrzej are two 🇵🇱Polish travellers exploring 🇮🇷Iran. They make friends with Reza, a young taxi driver who takes them to his home. Reza’s father proudly shows the travellers around the house, and in the living room Mariusz and Andrzey are looking at a small but beautiful old wall carpet. When Andrzey says how much he likes the carpet the father tells Reza to translate: “You may have it! It’s yours!”
A little later Mariusz and Andrzej are discussing in private. Andrzej wants to take the carpet while Mariusz tells him not to take it.
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#25 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Giuliano is an 🇮🇹Italian exchange student studying architecture in Helsinki, 🇫🇮Finland. He is quite happy with his Finnish university as the facilities (=buildings and equipment for a particular use) are excellent and the study projects are interesting. However, he doesn’t enjoy some of the classes, especially the seminars (=small classes at universities in which students discuss topics).
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Giuliano is an 🇮🇹Italian exchange student studying architecture in Helsinki, 🇫🇮Finland. He is quite happy with his Finnish university as the facilities (=buildings and equipment for a particular use) are excellent and the study projects are interesting. However, he doesn’t enjoy some of the classes, especially the seminars (=small classes at universities in which students discuss topics).
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#17 It’s a strange world: Guilt vs shame culture
❓What are you more afraid of? That you do something morally wrong or that people see you doing something wrong?
❗️The answer may be in your culture. If you come from a Western country you're more likely to care about your conscience, not so much about what other people think or say. Non-Westerners, on the other hand, may feel that avoiding shame is the most important thing.
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures
▶️ Here’s a video about guilt and shame cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR37k_cuOjw
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❓What are you more afraid of? That you do something morally wrong or that people see you doing something wrong?
❗️The answer may be in your culture. If you come from a Western country you're more likely to care about your conscience, not so much about what other people think or say. Non-Westerners, on the other hand, may feel that avoiding shame is the most important thing.
⛓ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures
▶️ Here’s a video about guilt and shame cultures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR37k_cuOjw
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#29 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ryan from 🇨🇦Canada is excited to be in 🇯🇵Japan for promoting his startup (=a small technology firm) company’s product: a social distance measuring bracelet (=sth you wear around the wrist or arm) that beeps (=makes a little sound) when another person comes too close. At a meeting with a potential (=possible) partner company he talks a lot about business opportunities and that there is a lot of money to be made in the future.
In the end, however, the Japanese side declines (=says no to) the offer.
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ryan from 🇨🇦Canada is excited to be in 🇯🇵Japan for promoting his startup (=a small technology firm) company’s product: a social distance measuring bracelet (=sth you wear around the wrist or arm) that beeps (=makes a little sound) when another person comes too close. At a meeting with a potential (=possible) partner company he talks a lot about business opportunities and that there is a lot of money to be made in the future.
In the end, however, the Japanese side declines (=says no to) the offer.
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#33 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Nick is an 🇺🇸American high school student. He’s just an ordinary guy who loves to hang out with (=spend time with) his friends. One of his buddies (=close friend) is Daniel, the son of a Jewish family that recently moved to the United States from 🇮🇱Israel.
After a party the boys go over to Daniel’s place. Nick feels hungry and helps himself to a portion of cereal (=food made of grain usually eaten with milk, e.g. cornflakes) before going to bed. The next morning during breakfast Daniel’s mother seems angry about something but Nick cannot figure out what it is.
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Nick is an 🇺🇸American high school student. He’s just an ordinary guy who loves to hang out with (=spend time with) his friends. One of his buddies (=close friend) is Daniel, the son of a Jewish family that recently moved to the United States from 🇮🇱Israel.
After a party the boys go over to Daniel’s place. Nick feels hungry and helps himself to a portion of cereal (=food made of grain usually eaten with milk, e.g. cornflakes) before going to bed. The next morning during breakfast Daniel’s mother seems angry about something but Nick cannot figure out what it is.
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#37 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Ron is a middle-aged businessman from the 🇬🇧UK. He used to work for a trading firm but has recently emigrated (=moved to another country) from his rainy native town of Bristol to sunny Cape Town in 🇿🇦South Africa. Inspired (=given a new idea) by the country’s vineyards (=grape farm) he decides to set up a wine trading business, hoping to export local wines to the rest of the world. Unfortunately he finds it difficult to deal with suppliers (=people or companies who provide goods) and feels that for some reason they don’t seem to trust him.
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#41 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Anna from 🇷🇺Russia and Jesse from 🇧🇪Belgium are a young couple travelling in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. As travel vloggers they are excited to see the countryside where they were invited to an Uzbek wedding. The following day as they wait for a Damas to take them back to the city they are sitting together looking through their photos when suddenly they are approached by an angry young man.
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Anna from 🇷🇺Russia and Jesse from 🇧🇪Belgium are a young couple travelling in 🇺🇿Uzbekistan. As travel vloggers they are excited to see the countryside where they were invited to an Uzbek wedding. The following day as they wait for a Damas to take them back to the city they are sitting together looking through their photos when suddenly they are approached by an angry young man.
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#45 Afandi Quiz: Cultural Misunderstanding
Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Jesper from 🇩🇰Denmark is a talented young professional who has recently taken up a job at a bank in New York, 🇺🇸USA. He is very focused on his job but also wants to be a good colleague. Unfortunately, he could not leave a good impression at the first business lunch with his colleagues. Why?
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Today’s quiz is about a cultural misunderstanding in the following situation:
▶️ Jesper from 🇩🇰Denmark is a talented young professional who has recently taken up a job at a bank in New York, 🇺🇸USA. He is very focused on his job but also wants to be a good colleague. Unfortunately, he could not leave a good impression at the first business lunch with his colleagues. Why?
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