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UJIANAKHIR SEMESTER

Mata Kuliah : Cross Culture Understanding Dosen : Ahmad Madkur, M.Pd.

Prodi/Semester : PBI/4/ABCDE Hari/Tgl :

Name : Eka Annisa Yuli Prastiti

St. Number : 1701070085

Class : TBI B

A. Answer the following questions briefly!

1. After learning Cross Culture Understanding, what characters should the students have and why?

Answer:

After learning Cross Culture Understanding, the characters that we must have is open mind in

thinking about differences and relearning about culture in other countries and students are able to

develop good tolerance. Cross Culture Understanding simply refers to the basic ability of people to

recognize, interpret and correctly react to people, incidences or situations that are open to

misunderstanding due to cultural differences Culture is a way of life that is developed, shared by a

group of people, and inherited from generation to generation. Culture is formed from many elements.

Starting from religion, politics, language, art clothing and customs. Culture is a comprehensive

lifestyle, culture is complex and broad. When someone tries to communicate with people of different

cultures, he must adjust to the differences, proving that we learn them. We often experience difficulties

if we do not know our cultural differences with other people's cultures. Why are we required to study

other cultures so that we are not culture shock and are not wrong in understanding the purpose

conveyed to us. When we do not know the culture of the region or other countries, then we will

definitely experience a culture called shock.

2. Mention three school cultures in other countries that we can learn and practice in Indonesia?

Answer:

a. Maintain cleanliness (Japan)

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If in Indonesia, many schools that use janitors are different from Japan. Most schools are

there, children are taught about cleanliness from an early age by cleaning their own school. The

Japanese education system believes that requiring students to clean the school themselves teaches

respect, responsibility, and emphasizes equality. Not only classrooms, they even need to clean

cafeterias and also toilets. Usually students are divided into small groups and cleaning tasks are

rotated throughout the year. It is believed that by spending their own time and effort to sweep, mop,

and make children appreciate their own work and the work of others.

b. Give less homework (Finland and South Korea)

Homework is a subject that many people have an opinion on. Some believe it is the best

way to learn while others see no reason pupils shouldn’t learn all they need in school. However,

it looks as though these countries that give less homework have proved how they can still succeed,

even without all that extra work after school. At the top of the list for less homework and being

highly successful is Finland. This European country prides itself on short school days, long

vacations, and only 2.8 hours of homework a week. Finland says their system works on trust.

Rather than overloading children with work when they are home, Finnish parents trust that the

teachers will give the children all the education they need while they are at school. Much like

Finland, South Korea only has around 2.9 hours of homework a week.

c. High standards of teacher education (Finland)

In Finland, teachers are required to have a Master’s degree, including pedagogical studies

and teaching practice. In addition to broad expertise in learning and teaching, the teacher

qualification covers social, ethical and moral skills. Teacher education is based on research,

which provides teachers with the expertise and ability to develop their own work. Higher

education institutions independently decide on student admissions and the contents of teacher

education. The Finnish system is based on trust. Thus, there is no national evaluation or

registration of teachers. The principals of institutions are pedagogical heads and teaching quality

is their responsibility. Education providers are responsible for recruiting their own teaching staff

in an open process.
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3. If you have some friends who always hate or have negative thinking to certain groups or ethnics, what

will you tell them to stop that attitude?

Answer:

Racism, like any bad habit, if I have some friends who always hate or have negative thinking
to certain groups or ethnics, I will tell them to stop that attitude, but will be hard to break. I will
probably never be free of all prejudice, and may have to strive for a long time to overcome their
racism. Some racist friends and family members may not like the fact that I am trying to stop their
racism. It is possible may I lose some friends because of my decision, but I will likely gain others who
share my commitment to fairness. The first, I must to open mind my friends about diversity in the
world. And then, my friends must to develop good tolerance and making positive thinking that
everyone is a person and worthy of dignity and respect. Think of everyone you encounter as an
individual and not a member of a group. Once we recognize individuals as human beings, with
individual thoughts, feelings and experiences, we grow, and learn to shed these negative connotations.
It is possible. Try learning more about the culture and experiencing its richness. In Islamic religions,
Allah creates us differently so we know each other. What distinguishes the side of Allah is his piety.
So, we created different tribes, races and nations so that we know each other.

4. Look at the picture below. What does the picture means? Explain.

Answer:

From the picture, there are two people greeting each other, but this is example from different

daily activities about greeting. There was a misunderstanding between the two people. On the right

side are people from Japan. Whereas people who are on the left from other countries, such as: America.

In America shake hands is the thing that general and greeting like “Hello” often used to start
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conversation. In Japan, ordinary people greeting each other by bowing, not through a handshake. So,

it would be considered impolite if someone did not reply to someone else who greeted him in this way

and if people from other countries do not know about this different culture, it’s can make culture shock

for him.

Best of Luck!