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Suggested Answers for ONE STEP FURTHER Activities (Google Form)

p.92-p.93 | LOOKING FOR PATTERNS

Here are some example answers for the Google form.

1 Japanese / female / project manager / has lived in the UK Cultural Pattern A: I can ask a family member or close friend for anything directly

Cultural Pattern B: if the person I need a favor from and I have a less intimate relationship, I carefully consider the timing and how I should communicate even the smallest request.

2 Japanese / male / student / lives in the US Cultural Pattern A: If they can’t do it (or won’t do it), they will let you know honestly. 3 French / male / teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none 4 Canadian / male / teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: In Japan, I have noticed that sometimes when colleagues ask me for a favor there is an unspoken expectation that I do what is requested. 5 British / female / biologist / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none 6 Australian / male / videographer / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: Asking directly for favors / I appreciate directness and do not like being expected to read minds

Cultural Pattern B: none

Cultural Pattern B: give gifts as an indirect way of asking for future favors.

Cultural Pattern B: none

Cultural Pattern B: Japanese people tend to avoid asking directly for help

Cultural Pattern B: none

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7 French / female / teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: I think I tend to give hints when I'm having a problem / people would tend to talk about their problems, hoping to get offered some help.

8 French / male / professor / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: You share a problem, and then some friends or people can have a tendency to give too much advice, to the point of being annoying.

9 Belgian / female / teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: after hearing about problems I was having, friends would OFFER their help / it is common to frst turn it down it / insists, “Don’t worry about it, it’s really no problem”, and this continues until fnally the offered help is accepted

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