Good morning, everyone,
How to Work Well in Canada is our theme this week. Trying to observe and understand culture is like trying to observe and understand an iceberg. Anyone who is either looking for a job or starting out a new job will require some time to figure out the expectations, culture, and customs of any or prospective workplace.
Task 1:
Look up the meanings of the vocabulary words below.
Aggressive equality rituals
Annoyed minimize task
Collaborative oblivious valuable
Customs promptness values
Embarrassment
Task 2:
Use at least five of these vocabulary words to write an email to a friend describing to him/her the Canadian culture.
Task 1:
- aggressive---offensive. competitive. energetic. (median)
- equality--- being equal. justice. fairness (positive)
- ritual---etiquette. procedure or system of religions (median)
- annoyed---angry. irritated (negative)
- minimize---to reduce to the smallest or shortest. (median)
- task---assignment. work. (median)
- collaborative---worked or accomplished by two or more persons or group together (positive)
- oblivious---unaware. unconcerned. (negative)
- valuable---worthy. very useful and important (positive)
- customs---a habitual practice. traditional habits. conventions (median)
- promptness--- quick or alert behavior (positive)
- values---worth. (positive)
- embarrassment---a feeling of shame, awkwardness (negative)
Dear Hui,
I have been in Canada for one year. When I came to this country, I was oblivious of Canadian rituals and customs. People always say hello to me "How are you going today" politely, but I don't know how to answer. I even thought it was very boring. But now, I know it's Canadian ritual and customs. And in Canadian company, the tasks are collaborative. You should work with your team to accomplish it. Meanwhile, the value is also different. Life is the most important thing. The manager is supposed to minimize the hazard in workplaces, or they will get trouble.
Good job Jane, thanks for your effort!
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