To define and give examples of cultural norms and values.
To synthesize information from the source texts (Gibson punjabi’s in US high schools , Tannen 3 examples, The namesake bengali in US, and your own life). this model just an example to follow on the same structure for the four sources that i mentioned like you have to do the same compare box
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Cultures involved |
Context |
What happened |
Politeness expectations: It is polite to… |
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Black US |
Office, at work |
The white worker had a bandaged arm and the Black worker didn’t ask her about it. |
Wait for the person with the bandaged arm to mention it if s/he wants to. Don’t impose by mentioning it first. |
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White US |
Ask about the bandaged arm |
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Britishcouple |
Railroad station cafeteria booth, in public |
The American was sitting in the booth and the British couple sat down without saying anything. |
Not say anything so as not to impose on the other person in the booth. |
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US woman |
Ask if you can sit down if there is another person in a booth, show involvement with the other person. |
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Japanese neighbors |
Rooming house, at home |
The Japanese people pretended they could not hear conversations or see inside people’s apartments. |
Not to say anything so as to preserve other people’s sense of privacy and not impose. |
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US man |
Talk to your neighbors, and show involvement with them. |
Topic of the text: Cultural differences in ways to express politeness
Main point: There are cultural differences in ways to express politeness and they are important because if we don’t realize that there are differences, we may have cross-cultural misunderstandings.
Relevance : this is a model to use for establishing relevance in your own writing): It’s important to develop understandings of cultural differences in expressing politeness because misunderstandings between world leaders who do not understand these things could have serious consequences.
please make it clear and no difficult vocabularies
also add on the model section of (values- abstract ideas noun)
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