2013年1月5日土曜日

Assignments 9 and 10: Talking About Culture

          There are a lot of countries on the world, and each cultures are defferent. At first, I'll compare Japan to Korea. Second, I'll compare Japan to US. I was thinking that Japan is similar to Korea. Japan is very close to Korea. Japanese pronunciation of some words are same with Korean ones. But, culture is defferent. Japanese people soak in the bath. But most Korean people don't soak in the bath. Also there is no bath in most Korean houses. Man is considered important person in Korean culture. In Japan, status of women is becoming higher. But status of Korean women is still low. In Korea, patriarchy is still remain.
          Next, I'll compare Japan to US. Japanese culture is very defferent from American culture. Japanese people take off their shoes in their house, but most American people don't take off their shoes in their house. Also, there is no tip system in Japan, but there is the tip system in US. Speaking is considered essestial thing in American culture. For example, Japanene people are afraid of speak their opinions in the meeting, but American people speak their opinions actively. In US speaking own opinions is very important. I think each countries has defferent culture,and it is really interesting.