Exercise#5
Cultural Dimension
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CharacterTodd, Puro, Aisha or other
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Outsourced Sceneor Circumstance
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Communication- direct/indirect
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Todd and his manger dave
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Direct communication (when the manager convince him to go to India and tell him that we don't want you here we want you in India)
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Expression-Reveal / conceal
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Todd and his manger dave
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Reveal Expression(when Todd was not happy about his manager decision that he should go to India )
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Decision-making: rules / relations
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Todd and his manger dave
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Rules ( when the manager told Todd only you have to do is visit call center and make sure that the new guys know haw to speak English )
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Context – Informal / formal
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Todd and his manger dave
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Informal (when Todd called his manger by his name)
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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?
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?
There is a boy was sitting in the train and he let Todd sit thin the boy sit on Todd leg. It might be a cultural solution because in Indian cultural they respect the older people.
4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?
He buy an iced drink and he feels sick after drink it.
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?
. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.What is the reason he gives Todd?
Because the place of the hotel
is very lonely.
is very lonely.
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?
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
She asked him a lot of question and it was a personal questions.

