EXERCISE 1
Chintya Phelly, an African exchange student, is visiting a radio station in Minneapolis.
Erica : Welcome to America Chintya. How‘s it going? I‘m Erica Kay.
Chintya : How do you do, madam Erica. Thank you for showing me your station. Im studying radio broadcasting at the University of Minnesota. I look forward to meet your staff.
Erica : Just call me Erica…
(A man enters a room)
Erica : Hi Fred! How‘s it going! Glad you‘re back from vacation. We missed you here.
Fred : Hi Erica. How are you doing girl?
(He slaps Erica’s open palm with his palm)
Erica : Bad boy! You‘ve been late for 15 minutes in your first day!
Fred : Terribly sorry for that. I had a very bad jet lag.
Erica : oh Fred… meet Chintya… she‘s from Senegal.
Fred : What‘s happening girl?
Chintya : I‘m visiting your station, Sir.
The American value contained in the above conversation is "punctuality" it was evident that when Fred came late to visit the radio station, Fred was reprimanded by Erica for arriving late and Americans usually really value time. The value of "equality" was also in the conversation, which was evident when Erica and Chintya greeted him. Erica greets Chintya by saying Chintya's name directly, and Chintya greets Erica by using the nickname "Madam Erica", In America, everyone is treated equally.
EXERCISE 2
Discuss a Western movie you’ve watched before and find the American values, belief, and norms on it!
I've watched a western movie called "After". American values, beliefs, and norms that exist in the film After, namely equality, Tessa treats her friends, her mother, and other players equally. informality, Tessa treats her mother informally. freedom, freedom when Tessa moved to the campus dormitory, and her association became free, because she was influenced by her friends.
Thank You
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