ibunka TB_U3

5 Hungarian / female / research student / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none 6 French / female / language teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: in the South of France before, and he said that he was used to a majority of students raising their hands./ After that I went to university in Canada. Classes there were quite interactive / The atmosphere was clearly more relaxed 7 Canadian-Japanese / male / student / has lived in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none 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. 9 Chinese / female / software salesperson/ lives in Japan Cultural Pattern C: none

Cultural Pattern B: University classes are based on listening and taking notes in silence

Cultural Pattern B: no one was raising their hands to answer / what I had experienced in France.

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

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 floor back to the teacher.

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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