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RE: Assistance needed on English class assignment
1. What is your gender? Male
2. (Optional) Your age and what do you do by occupation?18/Roam the web
3. Where are you from (country and where in the country) ?North Mexico
4. What is/are your native language(s)?Spanish - Latin
5. When you are talking, how far away do you usually stand (or sit) from people? Please give your answers for
1. family members Meter
2. intimate friends 1/4-1 meter
3. normal acquaintances 1/2-2 meters
4. strangers
respectively.1+ meters
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 Almost never
2. intimate friends Ofter
3. normal acquaintances Rarely
4. strangers
respectively. Never
7. Continued: If people touch more frequently (than the answer you gave in the last question), how do you feel? Nothing in special
8. In your culture, do people usually look at others when in an elevator? Sometimes
9. In your culture, do people try hard not to touch others when in an moderately-to-much-crowded elevator?No
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. Yeah
11. In your culture, do people maintain frequent (yet not excessive) eye contact when talking to others? Yeah
12. In your culture, what do people do non-verbally, when they first meet someone new? (for example, exchanging handshakes, bowing, ...etc) Handshaking
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 OK, perfect, fine, alright
2. Crossing your fingers Lies
3. Shurgging your shoulders Sad
4. Winking Something special, for/to someone special
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