Peoplelikeus,too.Ittalksaboutcultureattitudesandvalues.What’sculture?Culturemeansourcustomsandtraditions,ourbehaviourandattitudes.Itincludesus,too:whoweare,whatwedo,howoldweare.It’saboutourviewsandbeliefs,ourlikesanddislikes,ourfamilyandfriends.Communicatingwithpeoplefromallovertheworldisnotjustspeakingthesamelanguage;it’saboutunderstandingtheirculture,too.AppearanceCandice•Canwejudgeapersonbytheappearance?Statussymbols?Whichoftheobjectsinthephotosarestatussymbolsinourculture?RolexRoll-RoyceDiamondringHermesvillaAdidasCHANELDecidewhichofthesewordsyouassociatewiththepeoplewhoshowthestatussymbols.•creative,fashionable,flashy,intelligent,•modest,powerful,talented,wealthyWorkinpairs.Putthefeaturesinorderofimportanceofshowingstatus.(1=veryimportant,6=leastimportant)•Clothes•Hairstyle•Jewelry•Car•Home•jobDiscussyouranswerswithyourpartner.•1.Doyoujudgepeoplebytheirappearance?•2.Whatcreatesagoodimpression?•3.Whatparticularfashionsinclothesorotherfeaturesofyourappearancearethereatthemoments?•4.Arethereanyimportantstatussymbolsinyourcountryorculture?Doyoujudgepeoplebytheirappearance?•Personally,Idon’tthinkIdo.I’vebeenbroughtupinanotverydevoutfamily,butIhavebeenbroughtupinaRomanCatholicfamily,andIdon’tbelieveinmakingjudgments.•IbelievestronglyinwhattheBiblesays:‘Don’tjudgeothersandyoushallbejudged.——SeeWhatcreatesgoodimpression?•Thelookingeneral,clothes,neatness,handshake,probablythetoneofvoice,whichmightbedifferentaccordingtothesituation.--MonicaWhatparticularfashionsinclothesorotherfeaturesofyourappearancearethereatthemoments?•Peopleusedtostraightentheirhairandtohavedifferenthairstyles,butthesedaysit’snotasimportant.Youjusthavetobeyourself.Thabo•Dyedhair:oldpeopledyetheirhairtolookyounger;youngpeopledyetheirhairtolooklikeoldpeople.Piercedears_I’vegotmanycolleagueswithpiercedears.AndreiArethereanyimportantstatussymbolsinyourcountryorculture?•Ithinkit’saveryindividualthing.Somepeoplehavebighousesandbigcarsjusttoshowoff,butIthinkFinishpeoplethink,‘Whatyouneediswhatyouhave.’Therearesomepeoplewhowanttoshowoff,butit’sveryrare.Imean,forexample,inFinlandpracticallyeverybodyhasacellphone,butthat’spurelybecauseit’scheapertohavethatthantohavealandline.Sanna•Thebrandoftheirclothes;andifyougototheirhouse,whattheyhaveintheirhouseorwheretheylive–theneighborhood.Alsothetypeofjobtheyhave,andwheretheywork.—-MarianelaFreediscussion•1.Talkaboutsituationswhenyouwanttomakeagoodimpression.•2.Makealistofclothestowearandobjectstoshowwhenyouwanttomakeagoodimpression.
