RE: Assistance needed on English class assignment
1. What is your gender? Male.
2. (Optional) Your age and what do you do by occupation? 16, student.
3. Where are you from (country and where in the country) ? California, United States.
4. What is/are your native language(s)? English.
5. When you are talking, how far away do you usually stand (or sit) from people? Please give your answers for
1. family members Full arm's length.
2. intimate friends Half/Full arm's length.
3. normal acquaintances Full arm's length.
4. strangers One/two arms' length.
respectively.
6. When you are talking, do you (consciously) touch the people you are talking to? If yes, how frequently? Please give your answers for
1. family members Never.
2. intimate friends Never.
3. normal acquaintances Never.
4. strangers Never.
respectively.
7. Continued: If people touch more frequently (than the answer you gave in the last question), how do you feel? Awkward if I'm not a close friend of the person. If I've known them for a long while, it becomes better but it's still awkward.
8. In your culture, do people usually look at others when in an elevator? Besides looking at them when they first enter, no.
9. In your culture, do people try hard not to touch others when in an moderately-to-much-crowded elevator? Yes.
10. Do you look people in the eyes when you are talking to them? Note your answer may vary depending on whom you are talking to; please give your answer as detailedly as possible. If it's a serious situation, wandering eyes make it seem like you don't care. If it's just a casual conversation, I still do but don't stare.
11. In your culture, do people maintain frequent (yet not excessive) eye contact when talking to others? Yes.
12. In your culture, what do people do non-verbally, when they first meet someone new? (for example, exchanging handshakes, bowing, ...etc) Handshakes.
13. Give your ideas about the special meanings (if any) of the following hand/body gestures and facial expressions in your culture:
1. The OK sign: forefinger and the tumb joining a circle Okay, good, fine.
2. Crossing your fingers Wishing luck towards someone, telling a lie
3. Shurgging your shoulders Don't know, confused.
4. Winking Joking, playing around
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