In our culture, the man who works in the salon is likely to be gay. The mentality of the Filipinos is that only the woman should be working in a salon or parlor and not the man. When the man who worked for here is found to be gay. If you are a real man and you work in a salon as a makeup artist and a hairdresser that man has low self-esteem because others think he is gay.

Another thing is “colonial Mentality” Filipinos have a kind of attitude where colonized people think they are inferior or weak to their occupants affecting the way they act and think that they should be the same in certain things. For example, when some nations are conquered the Philippines, it is inevitable that other nations there were have race. Resulting to race of “Mestizo and Mestiza. Because of this, some Filipinos are exposed to white skin. Those who have a brown color skin use whitening to reach the color of white skin or “Mestizo look” That is why the whitening skin soap, lotion, cream, are best to sell for the Filipinos.

Our culture improves based on the knowledge I have received that the culture is based not on ‘culturally created ought self’ but on the talent that you have and in that way your self-esteem will be high. That no matter the gender does not hinder whatever job you choose to take on. As in Hong Kong when I was worked there, the salon workers are real men and they are proud to do this work.

In the TESOL classroom, we need to be aware of our students’ cultural and psychological well-being and as we get to know them, we must look at them equally regardless of their color and race, and how they can increase their self-esteem. Avoid having stereotypes in the classroom. They need to feel that they are not different but equal.

In our school culture, it is important to show good manners and right conduct. It contributes a huge percentage to the student’s score. In the TESOL classroom, it might not be applicable because the students have different manners from their cultures, and sometimes it is not acceptable to others.  Like for instance, in our cultural manners when you sit at the desk inside the classroom the girl should be sitting straight with thighs close, the arm resting on the desk and keep quiet. Especially when there is a visitor at the school.  I think that other culture may not be able to do this, they may be offended. Every student in the class needs to be comfortable with their way of acting and consider their manners as it maybe because it is part of their culture. To resolve the problem as a teacher should avoid making the judgement on students’ manners.

In the classroom, the students came from some other places with have different manners that may bother the teacher. Dealing with the differences of manners in the classroom and to resolve the problem is the teacher should avoid making the judgement on students’ manners. Get to know each of them and teach the class to respect their differences.

I realized the different manners that others had; I have seen how I could consider the differences. In my culture, I have identified which bad habits are doing not comfortable with others, that I may not be able to change it, but I can improve it and the others may not feel bothered in my manners. In this way, I can manage my classroom with the knowledge of different manners that my students have.  I will make them feel comfortable in learning the language despite the differences.

We think our own culture is only right if we don’t know the culture of others. In the “cross-cultural video in the classroom”, I learned a lot and I learned how to deal with students of diverse cultures. A student should not be judged immediately on what he or she is acting in the classroom as this may be from their paradigm.

Sometimes it’s hard to accept the culture of others especially when it comes on the contrary to your own culture. This often causes misunderstanding between the teacher and the students or students with their classmates. American culture is very different from Asian culture. For example, “American students talking to each other when in class.” In my culture, the teacher would not allow the students talking while he/she is discussing the lesson. The teacher might be given you a punishment. However, it can be avoided if the teacher knows each student’s culture.

In the classroom, should the teacher always adjust to the different cultures of his/her students? Can a student also adjust to the teacher’s culture?

Teachers will play a huge role in preventing misunderstandings in the classroom. As a teacher, you must have a great understanding of each other’s cultural knowledge. like Professor Brother Ivers he was not easily irritated by the negative actions of his students inside the class because he knew it was part of their culture. It is significant to learn and have knowledge in every culture around the world and let the students know as well. That every students and teacher can have a good relationship.

Although I know some of the cultures are very different from my own culture, but I will try to understand and respect them, so that it does not cause cultural misunderstanding in the classroom but rather welcomes the culture of others.

Based on the knowledge I have received in this topic  my home culture can improve by accepting the  the point of view of others and comments about my cultures because I believe “that outsiders can sometimes see the real culture better than insiders can.”

In the video I learned a lot about how a particular person, or in this case, a student, behaves whenever he/she is faced in a particular situation. I realized that the culture plays a huge role on how a particular person will deal with some certain circumstances. With this knowledge, I will be able to “taylor fit” my teaching style to my future students according to their background and culture.

There are some possible misunderstandings that can occur in a TESOL class with a culturally diverse class members. One of them can be some arguments that may happen whenever students are being asked for their observations on a certain topic or event. These arguments can turn into fights if not controlled or managed. Through the help of this knowledge, I will be able to explain them and further make them realize that they may only be affected by their cultural background and thus, can just be the reason why they have different point of views on a particular topic. This will help me to become a good mediator and on the neutral ground. To let them realize where they stand and why they disagree. And that it’s not anyone’s fault that they view things differently. I will be able to also tell them how complex their perspective can be which is a result of this “attributional tendencies”.

Knowing these “attributional tendencies” taught me to have a wider perspective and tolerance when it comes to the behavior of other people, especially those from different countries. It gives me more room for respect and patience. Knowing where they are coming from and how they attribute things that are happening in their lives gave me a clearer understanding that one shouldn’t necessarily become bad by having a different perspective as I have.

Although attributing things internally or externally can be complex, it gives me a clear parameter for my personal choices. I think it will train me to become more patient and understanding whenever I’m faced with trials and challenges. I think this can also help our home culture to become more self-reliant. In my home culture, sometimes, we just always do external attributing and don’t really focus on the actual problem. Instead on blaming other people or factors that affected it, this knowledge can help us to be more accountable in our lives and take responsibility of our decisions.

Classroom challenges of making a difference in personal space are the distance of classmates to their seats when there is a difference in their culture, lending school equipment or borrowing one another’s personal belongings and touch when talking with his or her classmate. These can be solved if everyone knows what the other’s culture is. As a teacher, it is the responsibility to point out cultural differences in the personal space in his or her classroom, to avoid cultural misunderstandings.  Every student should let them get to know each other.

In American culture, they are not crowded, and they follow the line. This is a good culture for avoiding physical harm to everyone when riding the bus. We have a culture in my country the most irritated of many, is that there are people who insist on the line and want to come first. We may face different cultures in our classroom that can cause misinterpret by other cultures. The students must understand that each of them has a different culture when it comes to personal space and that they need to know it. Help them and teach them to respect each other.

The cultures I learned in this lesson helped me a lot as becoming a teacher. I would like to imitate the good culture of others and avoid my cultural practices that were not helpful and could cause misunderstandings. I think that everyone have right to choose what we want to emulate in the cultures we know. When other cultures are also open-minded to accepting the culture of others it can create a good relationship.

Students with a culture that values ​​individualism are much different than students who value collectivism.  “A culture oriented to individualism might highly value being able to work independently, while a culture oriented to collectivism might highly value being able to work as part of a group.”

When at my youthful age I have always heard comparisons of American culture of being independent. That Americans, as they reach 18 years of age, need to be independent and to be separated from parents and living alone and to decide on their own and without considered parental consent. I used to think then that I liked this culture. Because in our culture as long as you are not yet married you are still live with your parent and when you do something for yourself should the family knows it. As the video says, “in the Philippines, as well as in many other Asian countries, children are rarely allowed, if at all, to do their own thing without the consent of their parents.” It is true that Filipinos value family support when making a decision. These differences can be the basis for the teacher’s way of dealing with students in their behavior.

To students with cultural differences to be independent and independent, we must consider their culture and if there is a disagreement in the classroom the teacher should explain that there is another culture that everyone should respect.

When you encounter a student who is too concerned about parental consent in his or her decision when it comes to doing the lesson, how can you correct his or her behavior?

What if your student is too independent in class, will you let him do what he wants?

We all have similar emotions in public but different in private. Each ethnic group has emotional expressions that indicate their feelings and they were misinterpreted when it comes to other groups.  Emotional expression can cause differences between the two groups and it may lead to misunderstanding. When teaching in the classroom the teacher needs to know what ethnicity the students have in order for him to understand the meaning of their facial expressions.

In the Philippines, there are many facial expressions. One of these that American missionaries do not know what it means with forehead furrowed when they are explaining something to their conversation. In a general emotional expression, it means mad, anger or irritated. But in our expression, it does not agree or sometimes they don’t really understand. This is an example of the challenges that can cause misunderstandings in class. It is best to learn about the various emotional expressions that the student has and what they mean by their facial expression.

Using the knowledge that I have learned from this lesson my own culture can be improved through the knowledge of others’ cultures, that will guide my teaching in the classroom. Identifying the culture of others is a demonstration of a broad understanding of the differences in the emotional expressions of each ethnic group of people in different countries. That I and my student would understand each other within the class when we know the differences of emotional expressions.

As learner on how to teach the English language (TESOL Program) and living in a non-Western country, I have faced a lot of challenges in understanding the lessons. Now that I have learned these miscommunication tendencies, especially in learning. I have found out that each culture has its own identity and way of expressing themselves. On the other hand, success and triumph may also be included in my total experience. Good thing my country’s second language is English. It helped me to somehow be already immersed in the language although some context may be different.

In the future, if I’m eyeing to teach this language, these principles and bits of information that learned will surely help me to adjust my way of teaching and even gestures and facial expression sometimes to convey a particular lesson or principle.

While I was scrutinizing the classroom conversations and the examples being discussed, questions like “So how to fix or settle a certain misunderstanding caused by being culturally different from each other?”, While being respectful of other’s culture is of tantamount consideration, up to what extent would you adapt and adjust? Should you change your ways to be culturally accepted in the current place that you live in or you just explain and expect for them to do the adjustment?

I have more appreciation now on diversity of culture. This knowledge helped me to understand that I should broaden my mind and do necessary adjustments as such situation of miscommunications are inevitable. I have more understanding on the behavior of people that I meet and will have met in this course of learning. This understanding of their behavior will help me a lot in giving the much-needed understanding, compassion, and empathy towards others.

My home culture can be improved by these principles in eliminating some parts of our culture which are not helpful. Some parts of it are practicing traditions which are no longer necessary or relevant in our days. Advancement can happen if you try to filter out some parts of your culture that are not doing any good to you.

In summary, I’d like to discuss some potential cultural differences that my country has and can also cause serious miscommunications to foreigners. First is the Manyana habit. This is procrastination. We are so comfortable telling ourselves that things that we can do today can still be done tomorrow. Therefore, we will just delay it and thus result to much lesser effectivity and efficiency. Filipinos think we are good at multitasking and versatile when working. I agree to this but to the point of sometimes, having the tendency to just delay some of the ‘can easily be done’ projects for the later work. In return, we cram. Another insightful

Another insightful example is, like Latin-Americans, when we say yes, we don’t want to really say yes or no. We would rather let you wait for nothing rather than be upfront. I noticed this when applying to several jobs here in my country. The HR personnel will not usually tell you if you fail a certain interview in applying for a job. Instead, it will just tell you to wait for their call. Which, based on my own experiences, never happen. I guess we can get a lot of good things from other’s cultures as well. And learning theirs will not only be to our advantage but will let us have more empathy and lead us to greater understanding that all of us are designed uniquely and should respect and try to cooperate to each other, regardless of miscommunications.

In my understanding of the cultural paradigm, there are different views and beliefs of people or groups of people in a community or country. That when others look at it, they make an enormous difference in their perspective. As Africans believe in their culture that when women are thin, they are “not synonymous to beauty.” […]

2/04/2020 Week 5: Response to Cultural Paradigm — Josephine’s Blog

I gained a knowledge of the culture of the time that I thought was important to know as a second language teacher. Because students can belong to a country or they were raised up that is either monochronic culture or polychronic culture. A monochronic person is strictly on their schedule and they just like to do one thing at a time, and they value the commitment of being there on time. They do not value interruptions. While the polychronic people like to do multiple things at the same time and they value the relationship and family. They can manage the interruption well and are more flexible when it comes to change. Teachers should know the culture of each students to avoid misunderstandings.

I realized that I belonged to polychronic culture. because I just found out that there is a time culture. It’s embarrassing to say that Filipinos have a culture of late in attending meetings or late started the meetings. And there is a saying… “Late is better than absent.” And we valued the relationship of family friends and to people close to us. I also learned about the characteristics of monochronic culture and which countries have that kind of culture. This knowledge can greatly help me as a teacher to understand my students in their performance in class.

My question is how would you deal with the students who have a differences in time culture?

Based on the knowledge I have received my home culture can improve when I came to know the culture of others and understood it. Share our culture and beliefs with others so that they can recognize us and keep our minds open to accepting others’ cultural knowledge. We can adjust ourselves and be flexible in dealing with people of different cultures. For example we are polychronic people and we are in the other place  that we came into contact with monochronic people we have to deal with and respect their belief in their time culture, that is too committed in the scheduled time, focus on one thing  at a time and without interruption. And if we are willing to accept others despite the cultural differences it may not have a problem of misunderstanding.