Answer the following questions:
1. In the interviews today, you heard some generalizations about body language in the U.S. From your experience and knowledge, do you agree or disagree with what was said? Explain.
2. SunRan and Airi have felt the influence of American body language. Has your body language been influenced by American culture? If so, how?
3. What generalizations can you make about body language in your culture? If you are from Korea, do you disagree with anything that you heard in the interviews? Can you add more information?
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1. I agree with that American people use a lot of hand gestures. For example, when i go to the post office, they use hand gestures instead of saying. In my country, it may be impolite because they have to SAY to customer. RESPECTFULLY!!! :(
ReplyDelete2. In my case, no, i haven't been influenced by American culture. Because one of my older sisters is a deaf, so my family members have used a lot of gestures. :)
3. In korea ;
- put a cheek using the index finger - PRETTY.
- put a head using the index finger - THINK
- lift up nose - PIG
- give a bow - hello(very respectful)
or THANKS
- shaking legs (if you were with eldery)
- IMPOLITE
- eating noisily - IMPOLITE
1- As we heard the body language is diffrenet from culture to culture.I agree with fact that said one gesture is divers from each country . For example, the goodbye gesture in America means goodbye but in Koria it used for dogs.
ReplyDelete2- Until now my body language has not been influenced by American culture yet because its different from uors and it is not easy to do it or to get along with it.
3-Again as I said it different.For instance, some gestures in my culture have good meaning while in her it have the oppisite meaning.Moreover,some gestures aren;t exist in other countries.
1. As I don't have enogh experience to say something about body language in the USA, it's not easy to decide if I agree with the interviews or not. But, through my teachers and TV, I can feel that Americans use a lot of body language. And in ordinary life, I realized that eye-contact with someone I meet is very important.
ReplyDelete2. Yes. It seems that I have been influenced a little. I raise and lower both shoulders when I feel like this, "whatever" "I don't know" "well.."etc. In my country, I didn't do that. It enables me to express my several feeling, so I like it.
3. In Korea, it may be general that most of mothers feel impolite of eye-contact when they scold their children. But in my case, I want to do eye-contact with my son in those situations. It can be a different thing.
1. I agree that Americans use their hands a lot while they are talking. It is essentail for them because they think that they can explain themselves much better.
ReplyDelete2. I haven't been influenced by American Culture, but normally I use my hands a lotwhile I am talking :)).
3. Body language's meanings are different from culture to culture. Each culture has different gestures. If I am from Korean, I don't disagree with them. Because it is my culture and I would grow this culture.
1. I agree in one aspect of the interviews which said that Americans use a lot of hand gestures while they talk, especially when they are excited, annoyed or meeting a friend. By other hand, I disagree with the opinion about eye contact. It´s maybe true when Americans talk with a specific person, and they do it to show respect. In contrast, they never do it while walking on campus. It is strange for me because in my country we always do eye contact with almost every person that pass near us just to say hello by a gesture, even if you never saw that person before in your life.
ReplyDelete2. My body language has not been influenced by American culture yet. I have been living in America just for three month, so I’m not familiar with the body language of the American culture. Maybe after a few months my answer will change. I’m sure about this because people usually adopt some gestures from others unconsciously.
3. In my culture the most common body languages are face gestures. As I said before, people make face gestures even to unknown people to say hello or show respect. If you did not do it, people could feel you are ignoring them or that you are not a friendly person. Also, we frequently use a lot of hand gestures while we make any presentation and when we try to explain something.
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ReplyDelete1. I agree that Americans use many gestures and facial expressions when they are talking to someone. When I came to the USA for the first time, Americans who I met used more gestures and facial expressions than Koreans, which was very impressive, and I felt that they are very nice and kind.
ReplyDelete2. My body language has been a little influenced by American culture. I still use Korean's gestures and postures when I talk to Koreans, but I sometimes use American's gestures when I talk to people from other countries, especially, when I greet them. In the beginning, doing that was very odd for me, but now it is natural.
3. I am Korean. I agree to most of Sunran's opinions except for one thing. We don't use a middle finger when we point something or somebody out. It sounds very strange for me. I have never seen that gesture when we point something or somebody out. We usually use a index finger. By the way, there is one thing that I can't be accustomed to. You know that Koreans don't look at other people eyes directly, especially older people or someone with a higher social position, so I am not used to look at my teacher straight in the eye. It is still awkward for me.
1. I'm sorry. I was absent that day, so I can not understand it. I learned about body language in class today. I think that Korean use gestures which Americans use, but Korean seldom use gestures.
ReplyDelete2. I use gesture occasionally, so I do not know whether I was influenced by American culture or not.
3. Gestures which Korean use are not many. There are some examples
- If you spin your finger near your head, it means crazy.
- When Korean call other people, they use their hand. If you use a finger only, it is impolitic. (Korean use a finger when they call their puppies.
- Korean use gestures that American use as follow : Yes, No, Good