2017-19 Class Presentation (a series of classes) for a University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 4th year undergraduate course: CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ENGLISH_SPEAKING COUNTRIES by Prof. Anuradha Mitra Ghemawat UB Dept. of Language & Literature

1. ANURADHA MITRA GHEMAWAT
20 FEBRUARY 2017
Cultural Aspects of
English-Speaking
Countries

2. Culture & Identity & Personality
Anuradha Mitra Ghemawat
UB 2016-17
Day2: 20Feb2017

3. Culture and Identity
Anuradha Mitra Ghemawat
Anuradha Ghemawat

4. Review from DAY1
• What does Cultural Identity mean to you?
• What elements contribute to a person’s
cultural identity?
• How would you identify your culture?

5. What is Culture?
• One is born into cultures.
• One is not born with culture.
Culture = learned & shared knowledge that
specific groups use to generate
their behavior and interpret their experience
of the world.

6. What is Culture?
• variation within cultures
– body language, gestures
– demonstrations of respect
• variation between cultures
• Individuals express their cultures in various ways
depending on the circumstances.
• Notion of DIFFERENCES

7. ¿¿¿¿ ????
• With a capital ‘c’: Achievement Culture
– History, Arts & Architecture, Politics, Sports,
Festivals, Holidays
• With a small ‘c’: Behavioural Culture
– A way of life

9. Identity & Society
A visual representation between identity and society
Individual
Identity
Livesey, C. (2004). Culture and Identity, in Sociological Pathways

10. Identity & Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-h_fJFQcds
• The Complexity of Identity: Who am I?
Listen to this short video and make a summary
in class.

11. ¿¿¿Identity???
• unexamined cultural identity
• cultural identity search
• cultural identity achievement
Stages: developmental psychologist, Jean S. Phinney

12. Identity: WHO AM I?
• Gender
• Ethnicity, age or generation
• Sexual orientation
• Education
• Occupation & Socio-Economic status

13. Cultural Differences
• Watch this introductory video in class.
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: An Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp2dEM1jJOM
You need to learn the differences between your culture and that
of English-speaking countries.
It is not important to know just the words but what is going on
around you while others are speaking.
• Cultural variations in body language:
http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_
body_language/chap5.html

14. HW2 due 25Feb2017
• Watch this video: Culture Identity Model
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOm2Z4
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• HW2: Write a short summary including some
key points that appealed to you while
watching the video.

15. English in different accents
• Amy Walker: 21 Accents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp
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• Indian
Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b
hR1nJ1oY9M

16. Culture & Personality

17. References
• Borger, Cherie (2014). Cultural Impacts of Globalization
(YouTube,
25July2014)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjFP8uxy
EM
• Livesey, C. (2004). Culture and identity, Sociological
Pathways. http://www. sociology.org.uk/pathway2.htm
• Miladinovic, Milena (2013). Forming your cultural identity
(ICL Blog, AFS Intercultural Programs, 23July2013),
http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=3606
• Prevos, Peter (2004). The Web of Identity: How we are who
we are. http://prevos.net/humanities/sociology/identity/