exercise #8

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene  or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Aisha / Todd	taxi/ airport
High-context culture	Todd	Aunti house
Individualism	Todd	Going to india
Collectivism	India people / Puro	Street / Washing cloth
Low power distance	Todd/ Aisha	Dave office / class
High power distance	Puro	Todd office
Uncertainty tolerance	Aisha	Class
Uncertainty avoidance	Aunti Ji / Todd	Aunti ji house / class
Task orientation	Todd	learning people in class
Social orientation	Puro / Aunti Ji	Aunti ji house

Reflection

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts.

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport?  the guy who's welcoming him wrote his name wrong

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?
to jump in train

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? he sat on something, this would solve traffic problems

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens? they gave him ice-cream

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with
cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the
city? he described it as clean

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot
without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of
Schmuck is? nice guy

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? he told him that he would feel lonely in the hotel, on the other hand he will feel in hime if he went to Aunti ji house because she will treat him as of she is his mom

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?
she asked him what is his good name, what is your salary, are you married, why did you break up
9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they? not to  eat with the left hand , and not to put his hand back in the food if it has been in his mouth

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That
means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way
they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing
tea for Todd? by putting a lot of sugar in tea for him

11. How does Todd figure out why one does not eat food with the left hand?

from the guy showing him from behind the scene that it is used for washing 

13.why do they disagree on how native speak english? they think they pronounce english better