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ð  UNIT  2    CULTURE    

GLOCAL  ENGLISH  

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Hi,  everyone!        1.  VOCABULARY:  Look  up  all  the  words  on  the  list.      2.  READ:  It  explains  culture.      3.  WATCH:  Unit  2:  Flipped  Materials  (www.glocalenglish.weebly.com)              Please  feel  free  to  ask  me  any  questions!!  I  love  questions!!        Professor  Kim                                                              

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Vocabulary  List    Associated        “At  the  heart”  (hint:  it  is  an  idiom)        Attitudes        Beliefs        Brands/branding  (as  per  marketing)        Characteristics        Concept  of  self      Consumerism        “C”ulture/  “c”ulture        Customs          Describe      Distinguishes/distinct/distinction      Globalization        Ideals      Introduces      

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Localization        Norms        Objective        Pervades        Subjective        Taboos        Theory        Values        Worldview      

 Reading  for  Week  2  

   Culture  is  where  we  learn  how  to  act,  think,  and  see  the  world.      “Culture  is  found  in  every  area  of  our  life  and  influences  the  way  people  think,  talk,  and  behave.  In  other  words,  culture  is  “at  the  heart”  of  how  we  speak,  act,  and  think.  Culture  is  the  source  of  our  worldview.      Culture  pervades  all  areas  of  life:  arts  and  artifacts,  beliefs,  behaviors,  ceremonies,  concept  of  self,  customs,  ideas  and  thought  patterns,  ideals,  knowledge,  laws,  language,  manners,  morals,  myths  and  legends,  religion,  rituals,  social  institutions,  tools,  and  values”  (DeCapua  and  Wintergerst,  2004,  p.  15).          Resources:      Decapua,  A.  &  Wintergerst,  A.  (2004)  Crossing  Cultures  in  the  Language  Classroom.       Ann  Arbor:  University  of  Michigan  Press.      

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C/culture  Iceberg    This  image  “shows”  the  differences  between  “C”ulture  and  “c”ulture.        

   Critical  thinking  questions:      Why  do  you  think  the  things  associated  with  “C”ulture  are  “above  water”  or  visual?      And  why  do  you  think  the  things  associated  with  “c”ulture  are  submerged  under  water  and  not  visual?  

“C”ulture  –  written  with  a  capital  C    Culture  (written  with  a  capital  C)  is  called  objective  culture  or  highbrow  culture.  It  is  often  associated  with  money,  power,  education,  art,  and  museums.  

“c”ulture  –  written  with  a  small  c      Culture  (written  with  a  small  c)  is  called  subjective  culture  or  daily  life  culture.  

It  is  associated  with  day-­‐to-­‐day  attitudes,  beliefs,  and  values  (or  characteristics)  that  define  a  group  of  people.  

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 emics/culture  specific      Emics  are  the  ideas,  behaviors,  items,  and  concepts  that  are  “cultural  specific.”  Culture  specific  is  something  is  associated  with  only  one  culture;  it  is  what  defines  a  culture.      For  example,  kimchi  is  culture  specific  to  Korea.  Kimchi  is  emic  of  Korean  culture.      Etics/culture  universal    Etics  are  the  ideas,  behaviors,  items,  and  concepts  that  “cultural  universal.”  Culture  universals  are  found  in  most  cultures.      For  example,  teachers  are  culture  universal.  Teachers  are  etic  to  most  cultures  around  the  world.  Mothers  are  another  example;  they  are  culture  universal.      BUT…  how  people  believe  mothers  and  teachers  should  act  is  cultural  specific!!        Watch  the  videos  (Unit  2:  flipped  materials):      What  is  globalization?            What  is  localization?            What  is  transcultural?            Critical  thinking:      Why  do  you  think  it  is  important  to  study  globalization,  localization,  and  transcultural?