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english grammar (Subject) / living abroad (Lesson)
- living abroad phases diving in survival mode floundering or flourishing
- benefits of living abroad building cultural intelligence overcoming ethnocentrism language skills a new set of friends
- cultural intelligence three interactive components: cultural knowledge cross-cultural skills cultural metacognition
- cultural intelligence three interactive components: cultural knowledge = what (content) and how (process):when and how do people express disagreement or how to give feedback HOW: observe, read, etc, be mindful cross-cultural skills = 1. relational skills; whether you enjoy talking and interacting with people from other cultures2. tolerance of uncertainty, ambiguity and unexpected changes in intercultural relationships3. adaptability4. empathy; whether you can imagine the situation from the other persons' perspective5. perceptual acuity; whether you understand other peoples feelings and subtle meanings HOW: best experimental, trial-and-error living abroad cultural metacognition = being aware of cultural context, consciously analyzing the interactive situation, planning courses of actions for different cultural contextsHOW: mental exercises: Observe reactions to your actions, reflect on successful and unsuccessful interactions, build-up cultural knowledge and cross-culture skills
- consider cultural issues when moving abroad (7) greetings and farewells the social status of woman and children (what is childhood) politics and legal issues religious practices geographical issues (population density, earthquakes, etc.) approaches to timepast-oriented, present-oriented, future-oriented politeness styles
- stages working abroad first stage: You started to understand how things workpeople either are getting by (staying only with your people and your language) or growing growing: engaged livingbe aware that you always stay a learner, be curious and open extreme: go native (own culture gets neglected, and one has become very judgemental about his own culture)
- cultural tendencies (6) individual vs. collective managing cross-cultural conflictcross-cultural conflict = because of a difference in rules or valuesSwedish desert storymaybe you need help from a negotiator to solve the problem gender at the workplace (reflect on how woman are seen) power distance at the workplace negotiation at the workplace (think and reflect about the pattern of your own and your host culture) tolerance for ambiguitystudents with less tolerance struggle more to learn languages
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