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Session 1
Diego HernandezFulbright ETA Training
June 21-22, 2010
Icebreaker
• Groups of 5-6• Write the names of 6 celebrities on slips of
paper
Icebreaker
• How was it set up?– What did I do first? Second? Third?– How much time did I spend talking/you spend
listening?– How much time did you spend talking to each
other?
Welcome!
• Diego Hernandez– [email protected]
• 2 years teaching in Rio de Janeiro, 1 year in Ghent, Belgium as a Fulbright ETA
• Currently at community college and university-based English program in DC area
• PPTs are available on Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/diegohus
Framework for Assessing Culture
• Geert Hofstede• Way of looking at different cultures
Framework for Assessing Culture• Small vs. large power distance: the extent to which the less powerful
members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally.
• Individualism vs. collectivism: how much members of the culture define themselves apart from their group memberships.
• Masculinity vs. femininity: the value placed on traditionally male or female values (as understood in most Western cultures).
• Weak vs. strong uncertainty avoidance: how much members of a society are anxious about the unknown, and as a consequence, attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing uncertainty.
• Long-Term vs. short-term orientation: how much societies foster pragmatic virtues oriented towards near- or distant-future rewards.
• Indulgence vs. restraint: how much a society allows relatively free gratification of basic and natural human drives related to enjoying life and having fun.
Framework for Assessing Culture
• Evaluate US culture in these respects– Small vs. large power distance– Individualism vs. collectivism– Masculinity vs. femininity– Weak vs. strong uncertainty avoidance– Long-Term vs. short-term orientation– Indulgence vs. restraint
