If you were working for the UN, which job would like to do using your English abilities? Why?
http://www.unic.or.jp/
If I were working for the UN, I want to work at FAO as a specialized agency of the United Nations. The purpose of FAO is to raise the living standards of people around the world through improving agricultural productivity. I can't speak English well, but I would like to contribute to food security throughout the world. I want to improve the living conditions of rual village persons.
Finally.....
I enjoyed this class. Especially, datting and personalspace's topic were very interesting.
I could learn about different countries. Thank you!!
2008年7月18日金曜日
2008年7月15日火曜日
Personal Space
1. You're talking to a co-worker . How close do you stand?
I think mayby not very far, but not close enought. If you are very friendly with co-worker, you wouldn't stand to close. If you stand nearly it looks disgusting.
2. You're talking to a friend. Do you touch each other?
Yes, I do. I often touch my friend. I'm not realize touch my friend when we are talking.
3. Look at the diagram of a waiting room. Where do you sit when you enter?
I will sit on second seat from the left. Because this seat is distance from entrance.
And I would like to sit empty seat of either side.
4. You're in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I don't like a crowded elevator so, I don't get on the elevator. If I get on maybye I look the floor or floor number.
5. You're standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I stand in back one step of the person in front. Because I don't like break out of the line.
6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
I sit an empty seat close by. I would like to site near the exit to take off right away.
7. You're in library and there's an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there ? If so, how?
I don't want to stop someone sitting beside seat. If someone intend to sit the next seat to me, I want to stop someone sitting there. If someone sit next mine, I get worried about someone and I can't concentrate on study.
8. You're going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I don't like in places where many people gather. So, I want to go to very few beach. I would like to relax in the beach.
9. When you're talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
Yes. I look their eye when to speak someone. If you don't look them in eye when you talking someone, I think that's rude.
10.You're on a train. Do you talk to the other passenger?
I don't talk to the other passenger. I think Japanese people rarely talk to other passenger on train or bus.
I think mayby not very far, but not close enought. If you are very friendly with co-worker, you wouldn't stand to close. If you stand nearly it looks disgusting.
2. You're talking to a friend. Do you touch each other?
Yes, I do. I often touch my friend. I'm not realize touch my friend when we are talking.
3. Look at the diagram of a waiting room. Where do you sit when you enter?
I will sit on second seat from the left. Because this seat is distance from entrance.
And I would like to sit empty seat of either side.
4. You're in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I don't like a crowded elevator so, I don't get on the elevator. If I get on maybye I look the floor or floor number.
5. You're standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I stand in back one step of the person in front. Because I don't like break out of the line.
6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
I sit an empty seat close by. I would like to site near the exit to take off right away.
7. You're in library and there's an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there ? If so, how?
I don't want to stop someone sitting beside seat. If someone intend to sit the next seat to me, I want to stop someone sitting there. If someone sit next mine, I get worried about someone and I can't concentrate on study.
8. You're going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I don't like in places where many people gather. So, I want to go to very few beach. I would like to relax in the beach.
9. When you're talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
Yes. I look their eye when to speak someone. If you don't look them in eye when you talking someone, I think that's rude.
10.You're on a train. Do you talk to the other passenger?
I don't talk to the other passenger. I think Japanese people rarely talk to other passenger on train or bus.
Work Place Questioner
This is my score↓
Your score is 45 on a scale of 0 to 100 = Preference for Tolerance for Ambiguity
Your score indicates that you have a moderate Tolerance for Ambiguity and might be willing to give up job security for more opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. If you work in countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, such as Japan, France, and Greece, you might react by creating a micro-environment that would shield you from the burden of what you might perceive as excessive structures, rules, and regulations. In countries with a high Need for Certainty, loyalty to an employer is seen as an advantage; a specialist career is preferred over a career in management.
The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
United Kingdom (35) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulations
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
Your score is 45 on a scale of 0 to 100 = Preference for Tolerance for Ambiguity
Your score indicates that you have a moderate Tolerance for Ambiguity and might be willing to give up job security for more opportunity. In countries/cultures with a Tolerance for Ambiguity, conflict in organizations is perceived as natural, and rules may be broken for pragmatic reasons. If you work in countries/cultures with a Need for Certainty, such as Japan, France, and Greece, you might react by creating a micro-environment that would shield you from the burden of what you might perceive as excessive structures, rules, and regulations. In countries with a high Need for Certainty, loyalty to an employer is seen as an advantage; a specialist career is preferred over a career in management.
The countries you requested are listed below. The numbers in parentheses refer to the country scores as listed by Professor Geert Hofstede in his book Culture's Consequences:
United Kingdom (35) Tolerance for Ambiguity, a moderate preference for an entrepreneurial environment which is less bound by rules and regulations
Japan (92) Need for Certainty, a strong preference for an environment that is more structure-oriented, and where rules, roles and management practices are clear and unambiguous
2008年6月30日月曜日
Lesson 11 Dating Customs
I think personality is very important!!!! If I choose rich or personality, I'd surely pick personality.
Not just only personality, I think it need a certain level of looks.
If the couple don't have similar values, I think they can't keep at married life for long.
If I marry, I want to help each other with the housework, so I choose domestic person.
2008年6月27日金曜日
Class #9 Reflections
Family
a. When do children usually leave home?
I think almost people when graduated from high school and then usually leave home.
They live on my own and go to university outside the prefecture.
b. How many people live in your home?
I have 4 members. But now my father and my brother lives in Tokyo.
So, I live 2 people in this house.
c. Do you have head of the family?
A head of the family is my father. My father always make the final decision.
d. Who does the house work?
My mother do the house work every day. For example, cooking, washing , cleaning , take out the garbage etc....
I don't help the house work, but I feel realy sorry for my mother. Sometimes I have to help my mother.
e. Who runs the family?
I think it's my father and mother. Both of parents work hard for my family's sake.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are 4 rooms. My parents, my brother, my grondfathers and my room.
I don't live in the same house as my grandparents. But they visit my house when they used their room.
a. When do children usually leave home?
I think almost people when graduated from high school and then usually leave home.
They live on my own and go to university outside the prefecture.
b. How many people live in your home?
I have 4 members. But now my father and my brother lives in Tokyo.
So, I live 2 people in this house.
c. Do you have head of the family?
A head of the family is my father. My father always make the final decision.
d. Who does the house work?
My mother do the house work every day. For example, cooking, washing , cleaning , take out the garbage etc....
I don't help the house work, but I feel realy sorry for my mother. Sometimes I have to help my mother.
e. Who runs the family?
I think it's my father and mother. Both of parents work hard for my family's sake.
f. How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
There are 4 rooms. My parents, my brother, my grondfathers and my room.
I don't live in the same house as my grandparents. But they visit my house when they used their room.
2008年6月8日日曜日
Lesson 7 Names and Addresses
1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
I think feelings emotions and facial expressions are the same all over the world.
But American or British people are more expressive countenance than Japanese people.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
・幸せ happy
・不気味 scaring
・歯痒い get impatient
・心細い feel lonely
・気楽 comfort
・もどかしい frustrating
・和やか amiable and relaxed
・面白い interesting
・にこやか genially
・不安 worry
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
I think "SHINNKIKUSAI" is one of cannot be translated feelings into English. This mean is exacting, uncertainry and chafe, and make one feel heavy-hearted.
I think feelings emotions and facial expressions are the same all over the world.
But American or British people are more expressive countenance than Japanese people.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.
・幸せ happy
・不気味 scaring
・歯痒い get impatient
・心細い feel lonely
・気楽 comfort
・もどかしい frustrating
・和やか amiable and relaxed
・面白い interesting
・にこやか genially
・不安 worry
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
I think "SHINNKIKUSAI" is one of cannot be translated feelings into English. This mean is exacting, uncertainry and chafe, and make one feel heavy-hearted.
2008年5月31日土曜日
Welcome Colgate University Students!
We talked about life. I asked "At what age did you start to go to sleep over parties?"
He answered one year. I was very suprised to hear that. Maybye when I was nine year, I grow away from my parents.
I thought American people are independent of their parents from early time.
Next, I asked "What age can you drink alcohol in New York State?"
He answered 21 year. But age is vary from state to state. I thought American young people can drink from 18 year. I interested in regulation is different from state to state in America.
He answered one year. I was very suprised to hear that. Maybye when I was nine year, I grow away from my parents.
I thought American people are independent of their parents from early time.
Next, I asked "What age can you drink alcohol in New York State?"
He answered 21 year. But age is vary from state to state. I thought American young people can drink from 18 year. I interested in regulation is different from state to state in America.
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