DMIS Model and Language Lesson 5

 

At Lee's apartment, during our fifth meeting, we had drinks and snacks together while enjoying the outstanding view from his balcony. We discussed house structure or philosophy in our respective countries. People from Germany, Switzerland and Croatia usually live in big family houses. The advantages of these houses are that they offer more freedom, space and even an own yard. On the contrary, most Korean usually live in apartments. This is because Korea has a large population compared to the size of the country, so most of them live in apartments to use the land effectively. The advantages of apartments are that there are fewer repairs and cleaning to do and it is easier to manage compared to a house.

 All our group members are in the Ethnorelative stages of the DMIS model. So, we can know that all our group members seem to adapt well to the new culture, even though it varies from person to person. First, Lee said that he is in the adaptation stage because he can change his actions and personality to fit other cultures. However, Lee was not in the adaptation stage upon arrival. When he first came to the Netherlands. he underwent stage 4, which is called 'acceptance'. Although he already knew there is a lot of cultural differences between Korea and the Netherlands before he arrived in the Netherlands, the cultural differences made him shocked. Furthermore, he faced struggles in changing his mind to fit the difficult culture. However, through communicating with his foreign friends and studying cultural differences, he found the means to overcome stage 4. Luka likewise said he is in the adaptation stage. According to Luka, he was never in the stage of acceptance. Since he already lived in Belgium for a while, he was used to cultural differences. Even so, some aspects such as the bicycle culture and punctuality as well as the overall cold attitude of people, such as employees at banks or supermarkets, left him with some adapting to do.

Language lesson 5

we learned various expressions of each country

Croatian(Luka)

Have a nice day = ugodan dan

Have a nice meal = dobar tek

Have a good journey = sretan put

Swiss German(Patrick)

Have a nice day = I wünsch dir e schöne dag.

Have a nice meal = En Guete!

Have a good journey = Gueti Reis!

German(Nils)

Have a nice day = Schönen Tag noch

Have a nice meal = Guten Appetit

Have a good journey = Gute Reise!

Korean(Lee)

Have a nice day = 좋은 하루 되세요

Have a nice meal = 식사 맛있게 하세요

Have a good journey = 좋은 여행 되세요