Exercise #10b

       Portfolio #10b

       The UAE is committed to providing equality and social justice to all people living within its borders. Over the last four decades, the UAE has transformed from a traditional, largely rural nation, where people had limited to no access to education and health services, to a modern, urbanized society with sophisticated infrastructure. With this extraordinary growth came large-scale immigration.

Exercise 10a

Portfolio 10a

Slavery

In the past century the slaves was illegal and there was a punishment for it. And nowadays it also illegal but its in everywhere in our plant. The number of slaves in the past century was too small but now it has a dramatic change, There is 27 million of these poor people who don’t has the power to change his situation. 

portfolio Exercise #8b

“Outsourced” - the movie study 

You are going to watch and create a reflection on the film "Outsourced".

These questions will help you. If you miss watching the film in class, you may get a copy from the library and watch it at home. Here are some clips from "Outsourced"

http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/Clips/ms_educlips.html

Cultural Dimensions in Outsourced

As you watch the film, answer the questions and write down any examples of different cultural dimensions. This will help you with your reflection.

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd , Aisha	Class
High-context culture	Aisha	Class (Aisha)
Individualism	Todd	He wanted to stay lonely
Collectivism	Aisha	Family Pictures
Low power distance	Todd	Talking to his boss
High power distance	Puro	Asking every time he wants to talk
Uncertainty tolerance	Todd	Cursing his boss
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha	Asking every time he wants to talk
Task orientation	Puro	Manager
Social orientation	Aisha , Todd	Good talker

Reflection

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts.

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport?

He was shocked of the crowed and struggling to walk on the people, and get crazy from the driver taxies, which they were fighting, for him to ride.

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?

To jump into train before the train go


3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

A young kid afforded his seat for him and then he sat on him.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He got sick because of the polluted water

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with
cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the
city?

He said that Bombay is unclean here is much better

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot
without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of
Schmuck is?

A nice guy

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

That he will not have a good service and a nice food.

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

Are you married? , how much is your salary? Do you have a girlfriend?

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they?

He ate with his left hand.  And he back his same hand back in food.

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That
means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way
they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing
tea for Todd?

She poured the tea for him and even put sugar just the way they do.

11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand?

The owner of the boardinghouse explained to him by sign language why Indians think left hand isn’t clean to eat with

14. What doesn't Todd understand about the Indians' response to the "cattle brand"?
He was talking about it in an insensitive way without knowing how sensitive and holy cows are in India

15. What is Todd's reaction to "You need to learn about India"? What stage of culture
shock might it represent?
He was shocked and didn’t understand why Aysha said that. High-context culture

16. He calls home several times. Why? What stage of culture shock might provoke
calls home?
because he missed his home
17. What mistakes in language usage are represented in the recording of the call about
"a rubber"?

Rubber means eraser in English – British accent, as it doesn’t mean the same in the American English

18. Why is he so eager to go to McDonnells?
Because heve been having troubles with food since he arrived plus he’s homesick and craving for a meal that reminds him of home
19. Todd doesn't understand bargaining. How does the Indian respond to this?

He thought that Todd is barging and started barging back immediately without even paying attention to whats Todd’s actually saying as it’s a very common habit in india

20. What does I.N.D.I.A. stand for?

I don’t know
21. What advise does his fellow American have for him?

hat once he gives in and stops resisting he will do much better.

22. When Todd develops the incentive system, he has begun to adapt to India. How
has he adapted?

Once he saw improvement from the team he apologized to them and admit that he should learn more about India. He also asked for suggestions and opinions on how to create a better environment from them to work

23. When he looks at the cow in the office the second time, why is his reaction so
different?

Because he started to adjust and fit in which was shown in his second look, it was friendlier and more receptive that his first look and reaction when he just arrived to india

24. Explain the difference between American and Indian cultures when Todd and
Puro discuss how often he visits his family and why he doesn't live with them.

Indians are more attached and close to their families than Americans. They consider the family an important and number one priority in their lives and that explains why they live with their families even if they get older and what their parents mean to them


26. How well does Todd handle himself when he is invited over the wall to an Indian
home for a meal?

Very well, that showed us how open he became to new things from a different culture and class than what he’s used to

 

28. When the call center floods and they are shut down, Todd finds an "Indian"
solution. What is it?

He asked the poor indian man from over the wall for his help with replacing the wires as he saw in his place how they all surviving on a public source of electricity by extending wires from it. And that’s an indian way as the economy is very bad and people try to survive in many ways in that was one of them



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