*In the name of God, the Merciful, the compassionate* Hello friends,
On cultures, I think all these factors are to some extent influential. In my opinion, the four most important ones are religion, language, historical events and climate !! Each religion has some obligations for its followers and if a society support a special kind of religion, those obligations influence the morale of that society. For example, in my religion, Islam, helping poor people are very important and many people in my country save assign some money each day to help poor people. The other important factor I think is language. Each language has a history behind it, people who spoke it in the past had some traditions and I think a language convey all it carries to people who speak it. There may be some historical events in a society except from those related to language or religion for example a special revolution in their past times or something like that which also make their culture. And the last one is climate to my opinion. People who live in different areas in the world or even in different weather conditions really behave differently. I have seen it in my country which has mountain areas, deserts, rainy areas and mild areas. I have seen people who live in these areas have different cultures. For example people who live in desert spend their money very carefully because they have been used to saving everything since the nature is not too generous to them. Regards Elham On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:12 AM, claire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I remember our fellow member Sonya asked this same question long time > ago. > I'd like to explore this issue deeper with the following questions: > > Q1What is culture?Choose the 4 factors which you think are the most > important IN CREATING A CULTURE. > PLEASE GIVE YOUR REASONS. > #1 climate #7 social > customs and traditions > #2 language #8 ideas and > beliefs > #3 historical events #9 religion > #4 institutions #10 > ceremonies and festivals > #5 arts #11 > geography > #6 cuisine #12 > architecture > > Q2How important are the following things when doing business in your > country? > Are they:a)IMPORTANT > b)NOT IMPORTANT > c)BEST AVOIDED? > > #1 exchanging business cards #7 being formal or > informal > #2 shaking hands #8 > punctuality > #3 kissing #9 > humour > #4 socialising with contacts #10 giving > presents > #5 small talk before meetings #11 being direct > (saying exactly what you think) > #6accepting interruptions #12 using > first names > > > To save you time on replying to this thread,you may just choose one > question to answer.;) > > Take it easy,everyone!;) > It's for us all to get to know one another by expressing ourselves in > simple English like Pln just said! > > Thank you in advance and good night! > Claire > > > > -- "When you know what you want,and you want it badly enough,you'll find a way to get it." "Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
