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CULTURAL NORMS IN KAZAKSTANØ Before reading: 1. Answer the question: What could the text be about? 2. Match the words in section A with the words in section B and explain their meaning:
Ø While reading: 1. Read the text and answer the questions about the text: Cultural norms related to acceptable and unacceptable behavior vary between urban and rural Kazakhs. As a rule, rural Kazakhs tend to follow the cultural norms more strictly. Kazakh men always shake hands with someone they know when they see each other for the first time in a day. Usually a younger man initiates this, and shows respect by extending both hands and shaking an older man's hand. Both Kazakhs and non-Kazakhs remove their shoes when inside a house. Guests always remove their shoes at the door and often put on a pair of slippers provided by the host or hostess. Central Asian streets often can be very dusty or muddy, so wearing shoes indoors is a serious social offense. Greetings are also very structured in Kazakhstan. In Kazakh culture, elder women and men are greeted with certain phrases showing respect. Kazakhs can be superstitious, and whistling inside a house is unacceptable in almost all Kazakh homes. It is believed that whistling inside will make the owner of the house poor. Public affection between friends is very common. Women and girls often hold hands as they walk; boys wrestle and often hook arms or walk with their arms around each other. Kissing cheeks and embracing is perfectly acceptable between good friends.
Ø Answer the questions: 1. Do cultural norms related to acceptable and unacceptable behavior vary between urban and rural Kazakhs? 2. Do rural Kazakhs tend to follow the cultural norms more strictly? 3. What do Kazakh men always do with someone they know when they see each other for the first time in a day? 4. Guests always remove their shoes at the door, don’t they? 5. Greetings are also very structured in Kazakhstan, aren’t they? 6. What do younger people show when they greet elder ones? 7. When can Kazakhs be superstitious? 8. What can friends do? Ø Work in groups: 1. Complete the table. 2. Discuss the cultural norms of greetings in Kazakhstan.
Date: 2015-01-12; view: 1580
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