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Cultural Competence
Workshop (Workshop 2)
Date: 30 June 2011Office of Service-Learning,
Lingnan University
4Fs: Fun Flight Fight Fit
Stages most people go through in adjusting to a new culture
4Fs: Fun: language, food, friends Flight: … Fight Fit
Stages most people go through in adjusting to a new culture
Did I face Cultural Shock? What?
Why? How did I solve it (Or them)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY&feature=related
1. Unwarranted criticism of the culture and people
2. Heightened irritability
3. Constant complaints about the climate
4. Continual offering of excuses for staying indoors
5. Utopian ideas concerning one's previous culture
6. Continuous concern about the purity of water and food
7. Fear of touching local people
8. Refusal to learn the language
9. Preoccupation about being robbed or cheated
10. Pressing desire to talk with people who "really make sense."
11. Preoccupation with returning home
Symptoms of culture shock
Activity Time!
Divided into two groups: Int’l and Local
1. Int’l, local – Write down your cultural shock in Hong Kong (1 Min)
2. Show you ideas to the others3. Pair up and Discussion (4 Mins)
Activity Time! What, Why, and How to solve? Communication◦ What: local students don’t volunteer to talk as much
int’l students◦ Why: academic culture◦ How: talk more slowly, clearly
Introvertedness◦ What: not enough common topics to talk about,
embarrassment to ask for help◦ Why: “ “◦ How: don’t be afraid to ask
Activity Time! What, Why, and How to solve? Food◦ What: can’t adapt to water and food in Sichuan,
pickiness◦ Why: ◦ How: medicine, try to try new things, take care of each
other Language◦ What: hard to express emotions clearly, int’l students
talk too quickly◦ Why: language fluency, don’t want to waste people’s
time◦ How: talk more with each other
Activity Time! What, Why, and How to solve? Play◦ What: the hostel is too quiet…but hanging out with
foreigners language problems!◦ Why: ◦ How: spend more time with them
How1. Communicate about your culture shock2. Try to solve the things you can control3. More reflection about the problems
Appreciation helps us uncover factors that we might have ordinarily missed, and it can be very useful for brainstorming solutions to problems.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_01.htm
Squeeze out as much information as you can, by appreciating the situation accurately.
Cultural Appreciation
Activity Two: Cultural Appreciation1. Divided into 4 groups with different case
studies2. Discussion of the case study (8 Mins)- What is the ‘culture’ behind?- How will you appreciate the culture? - How will you deal with the case? 3. Drama time (5 Mins)
My sharing…
Cultural Appreciation: Tips for the following weeks and Sichuan trip
1. Be open-minded2. Prepare to share 3. Be honest4. Make cultural
sensitivity5. Be proactive and have
participationDo a homework tonight for you to prepare to go Sichuan!
Resources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY&feature=related
http://www.oddee.com/item_96372.aspx
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_01.htm
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/shocks.htm
"The danger of a single story". http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html
Case study (For activity 2) Johnny is an exchange student in country A. There is a special festival in this country called
‘Nude Festival’. On this day, males usually will go on the street with a small piece of cloth (cover the important part). Johnny is being invited to join and celebrate the festival with the other males.
Clara is an exchange student and she cannot drink. She is invited to join the beer night every Friday. Today is the beer festival for the Town B, she is also being invited to have a beer time in a pub.
Tony is an exchange student and gets used to study in a boy school. However, he needs to work with a group of girls for an academic paper. He found there were a lot of troubles working with the girls from another country, for example, different working styles and languages etc.
Mary is an exchange student in a country X. She is being invited to join a insects-eating competition in next week as this is an important competition in country X every year. Mary is very afraid of insects.