6/5/2018 Lesson 7. Differences on Manners
“So many countries, so many customs” is a true saying. Each
country has its own unique culture.
As ESL/EFL teachers we should study other foreign cultures
when we have foreign students in our classes, as well as we should spend time
expending our curriculum to teach about cultural differences. That way, we could
help our students to become global citizens, who are aware of possible cultural
differences. We might not be able to teach all the differences, but if we help
our students to raise their interest about cultural differences, then we could
know that they themselves will search out the differences and will spend time
on educating themselves.
We need to be flexible with other foreign students and we
should not judge someone after their manners. What is allowed in one culture
might be totally rude in another one.
As a child, I remember learning about table manners such as:
don’t put your elbows on the table, don’t play with the food, always put your fork
on the left hand and keep your knife on the right hand, do not stand up from
the table before you ate your meal. It is now funny to me as a mother to teach
my children the same thing: take off your shoes when you enter the home (whom
ever home you enter), wash your hands when you get home, cover your mouth when
yarning, don’t chew loud, oh and I favorite one, do not stare people. I use
this one often with my older son 😊
Manners on loud music or noise in Latvia is against the law after
11.00 pm till 7.00 am the noise level should be under 30 dBA. If the noise
bothers the neighborhood then they may call the police, who will come to check
it. The person can get a warning if it happens the first time, if it had
happened previously then they could get a fine.
What are your favorite local customs which you think
everyone should learn?
Source: 1. picture freeimages
2. picture http://www.strangemedical.com/content/item/199104.html
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Is that really how people in Thailand wait in line? At first I thought it was a meme. How funny!
ReplyDeleteGood question! My bad, I haven't checked the accountability of the photo because the source seemed trustworthy, but it seems that actually they are also using this method.I found a link to it and there are other similar photos showing these interesting lines of shoes, slippers etc.
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