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7 Canadian-Japanese / male / student / has lived in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: not many classes are interactive in Japanese schools.

8 French / male / teacher trainer / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern C: they call on a student to respond, but the student remains completely silent / There is an invisible but very strong social pressure to adopt a hesitant way of speaking.

Cultural Pattern D: To them, it feels as if they “threw a ball” to the student, but that student is “keeping the ball”, refusing to give the foor back to the teacher.

9 Chinese / female / software salesperson/ lives in Japan Cultural Pattern C: none

Cultural Pattern D: I would try my best to answer the question. Remaining silent is not polite, at least in my opinion

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