Blog Presentation

 

The mountain and building: The drawing of a mountain and a building is supposed to highlight the different sceneries and nature of each country. It is common to see nature-friendly landscapes with mountains, trees and lakes in Switzerland, Croatia, and Germany and the cities are smaller in size and in how they spread. On the opposite, in Korea, you can find many modern cities including high buildings and skyscrapers and huge urban areas that spread across the country.

The clock: The clock puts emphasis on monochronic and polychronic cultures. Germany and Switzerland, Croatia are monochronic cultures, which prefer to focus on one thing at a time and without distractions or interruptions. However, Korea is polychronic culture. Polychronic cultures think that time is free-flowing, and changes depending on each situation.

The podium: The podium represents the difference between collectivism and individualism. Germany and Switzerland, Croatia are individualistic society, which value the pursuit of personal goals, rather than the goals of society. However, Korea is a collectivist society, which focuses on the group's needs by working together as opposed to focusing on individual needs.

Two people shaking hands: Different cultures also have different ways of greeting each other. Learning about these contrasts through theory but also in your everyday life can help you to better understand the cultures. This means that our group members can better understand other cultures through language lessons. This is because there are cultural characteristics in greeting words  Furthermore, we can speak simple greeting words of each countries.

Speech bubbles: We believe that the most effective way to understand new cultures is by communicating with one of our group members. By meeting with our group and talking to each other we discovered several interesting similarities and differences.