The Lustrum event at the breathtaking beach bar on campus was a good opportunity to compare our cultures. We drank a beer together and enjoyed listening to music played by the DJ, which led to us discussing about different genres of music played in our countries.
Each group member respectively contains different Hofstede's dimensions. Upon comparing each countries' dimensions we found that Korea and Croatia have characteristics of collectivism and Switzerland has characteristics of individualism. Also, we interestingly showed different reactions to the same situation, namely having a question while in class. For instance, Lee and Luka said they would ask it after class or by mail. It is not common to ask or present in class in collectivist countries because they think that their personal question may interrupt the class. However, Patrick said he would ask it during class. He argues that the reason we take a class is to learn new things, also we pay for these classes.
Further, we talked about uncertainty avoidance. Korea had the highest uncertainty avoidance, followed by Croatia and Switzerland. As the figures show, Lee had the highest uncertainty avoidance. For instance, Lee said he always prepares solutions for all possible scenarios, in order to be ready for the worst and even least predictable. He also said that communicating with strangers is the most difficult task for him. However, Patrick, who had the lowest uncertainty avoidance, cherishes 'uncertain' or new situations and is at ease with talking to strangers. Luka had similar characteristics to Lee. Conversely, he said that he doesn't feel as anxious as Lee when facing uncertainty and doesn't prepare for 'what if' scenarios, approaching situations with more spontaneity.
Language lesson 3
In third language lesson, we learned how to congratulate and love expression.
Croatian (Luka)
Sretan rođendan = Happy birthday
Volim te = I love you
Swiss German (Patrick)
Härzlichi Glückwünsch zum Geburtstag = Happy birthday
i ha di gärn = I love you
Korean (Lee)
생일축하합니다=Happy birthday
나는 당신을 사랑합니다 = I love you
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