Intercultural communication : Mexico

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We will arrange a group of around 25 students and play a game similar to the TV-game called 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'. The talk master will explain the rules to the audience. During the first part of the game, each student may participate. Every member of the audience will receive four answer signs. The cards will be in four different colors with either A,B,C or D written on them. With these signs the members will answer the questions asked by the talk master. Each question will contain different aspects of the cultural differences explained during the presentation as well as new information, which will be provided through short sketches. The workshop team will be able to ensure that the audience understood the information they were given and whether the students have listened carefully to the presentation. Moreover, the students' ability to use their intuition and to quickly sense cultural differences will be trained in an innovative way. Each correct answer will be explained by the talk master afterwards.

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[...] The free market economy is build on both modern industry and out-of-date agricultural sectors, which are all predominantly privatised. Even though inflation rates and depts. Are currently low, tremendous differences between social standards are obvious and inequality in the income distribution is a huge problem. Fortunately, numbers are slightly changing towards a more equal economy in he future. Other economical challenges Mexico has to face include the improvement of the infrastructural system, the creation of jobs, the reduction of poverty, the modernisation of labour laws as well as the allowance of private investments in the energy sector (www.CIA.gov). [...]

[...] Intern You walk in a corridor at work and see your boss coming in your direction. Like you are used to at home, you greet him amicably and say: Hey, what's up mister Suarez? Sketch number three Intern You are doing your internship in a travel agency in Mexico and you already had quite a few valuabe work experiences. You have the idea of programming and implementing a new computer software, which will simplify the booking procedures. During a meeting with your supervisor you try to explain him / her why this new programme would be better and you ask for permission to install it! [...]

[...] The instructions for the sketches are underneath the questions which country has a higher population density? Mexico The Netherlands (Sketch number 2. Why is the Mexican employee angry with the intern? She thinks it is rude to ask for tasks She thinks more employees should be involved in completing this because that is the way of work She thinks interns are not supposed to have tasks for their own She wants the intern to know that she is higher in rank than her. [...]

[...] In The Netherlands almost half of the population is not religious. With 47% Protestantism is the biggest religion. And although religion doesn't play a significant role in the lives of Dutch people, the county has no separation of Church and State. The Netherlands does have, like Mexico, the freedom of religion. Slide: Economy The considerable difference between the DGP results in a higher poverty rate in Mexico. In 2002 nearly 46% of the population lived in poverty. Today that rate has decreased, but there is still a large number of people who live below life standard. [...]

[...] He offers the intern to immediately take a week of his / her vacation to fly home and be with the family. He expresses his sympathy but does not make any further arrangements. He does not want to hear the personal problems of the intern and quickly changes the topic. Instructions for the sketches Sketch number 1 Intern You have the usual Monday-morning meeting at your internship. Your supervisor is dividing some assignments. He is suggesting a small project group to complete a task. You offer to do it on your own. [...]