RTM 404 SDSU Making Acquaintances in El Salvador Project – Description
Each student will provide a brief cultural write-up relating to his/her representative country (chosen for Making Acquaintances: Dos and Don’ts) This will consist of external research about your selected country and therefore must follow the course policy on citations and campus policy on plagiarism.
Historical background
Communication 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 are to be made with the following 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-Context
2. 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 Dos 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:
Five major ‘Dos’ for tourists
At least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Do’ (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 tourists
At least one appropriate value orientation of the culture for each ‘Don’t’ (Describe in detail one distinct value orientation for each Don’t. Do not repeat value orientations for the items on the list of Don’ts.)
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