1. Each student will represent a single country from one of
1. Each student will represent a single country from one of the following areas (one area per student):Central America, Caribbean, or South AmericaAfricaMiddle EastSouthern or Eastern EuropeOceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)East or South Asia (*Please verify that you have chosen the appropriate country by going to the following link for United Nations Country Listings: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/)2. Each student will provide a list of ‘Do’s and Don’t’s’ (Codes of Cultural Behavior) for tourists visiting his/her representative/host country, including: (20 points)Five major cultural ‘Do’s’ for tourists (10 points)Five major cultural ‘Don’ts’ for tourists (10 points)3. Each student will provide APA-style citations within the text whenever applicable and compile a list of APA-style references (reference page) for all resources used in his/her write-up (1 point)4. On the ‘Making Acquaintances: Do’s and Don’t’s’ discussion board, each student will post his/her list of ‘Do’s and Don’t’s’ for the representative country in a single thread, for others in the class to read. If a student does not post the thread by the thread due date, then he/she is not eligible for the 20 points.5. Each student is required to read the submission of one other student and respond to his/her posting by the response due date. Students’ responses to the postings should consist of complete sentences. If a student does not respond by the due date, then he/she is not eligible for the 4 points. In the posting, each student is required to identify the following: (4 points)One potential positive cultural interaction between his/her country and the other country (2 points)One potential negative cultural interaction between his/her country and the other country (2 points)NOTE: If the write-up is not based on a country specified in Item 1, the student will receive zero points for this assignment. Each student is required to save his/her work electronically for future use, as this section will be used to build upon upcoming assignments.4324090193Making Acquaintances: Differences and Similarities 1. Each student will provide a brief cultural write-up relating to his/her representative country (chosen for Making Acquaintances: Do’s and Don’ts): (20 points)Historical backgroundCommunication styles (language, both verbal and non-verbal)Beliefs (religion, family, nature, etc.)Society structure (gender equality, role of children, family, ethnic groups, leaders, government, political ideologies, hierarchies)VERY IMPORTANT – your final score will greatly depend on this.In the next sections, associations SHOULD be made with the value orientations addressed in the Values portion of this course:Human Nature (Universalism-Particularism, Good/Evil, High-Context/Low-Context, Uncertainty Avoidance)Relation to Nature (Subjugation, Harmony, Mastery, Inner-/Outer-Directed)Activity Orientation (Achievement/Ascription, Doing-Being-Being-Becoming)Human Relationships (Affectivity/Affective Neutrality, Instrumental/Expressive, Self (Individualistic)/Collective (Collateral)/Linear, Egalitarian/Hierarchical, Power Distance)Relation to Time (Past-Present-Future, Monochronic/Polychronic, Low-Context/High-Context2. Each student will provide a list of ‘Reasons for Codes of Cultural Behavior’ for tourists visiting his/her representative country. This list will explain to tourists why it is important that they follow each of the Do’s and Don’ts (that you listed in your Making Acquaintances: Do’s and Don’t’s assignment), from the hosts’ cultural (values of the culture) perspective, and should include the following: (40 points)Five major ‘Do’s’ for touristsAt least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Do’ (20 points) (Describe in detail one distinct value orientation for each Do. Do not repeat value orientations for the items on the list of Dos.)Five major ‘Don’ts’ for touristsAt least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Don’t’ (20 points) (Describe in detail one distinct value orientation for each Don’t. Do not repeat value orientations for the items on the list of Don’t’s.)3. Each student will provide APA-style citations within the text whenever applicable and compile a list of APA-style references (reference page) for all resources used in his/her write-up (5 points).4. On the ‘Making Acquaintances Part 2’ discussion forum, each student will post his/her findings about the representative country in a thread by the due date.5. Each student is required to read the findings of one other student and respond to the posting of the other student by identifying the following, on or before the response due date (10 points):One major cultural value commonality between his/her country and the other country (5 points)One major cultural value difference between his/her country and the other country (5 points)NOTE: Students’ responses to the postings should consist of complete sentences. In the response, each student should compare the other country with their country in terms of value orientations mentioned above as well.
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