Topic:

Travelers and business people often come into contact with other cultures briefly. What are the
main advantages and disadvantages of doing so? (cultural barriers)

Phuong’s Essay

Tourists and entrepreneurs often move to other regions, so they can unavoidably touch
different cultures. The fact is that cultural education brings advantages for passengers; besides it
could cause troubles if one could not understand the new cultures.

A passenger obtains a positive result from being aware of the new culture of a targeting nation
that is he or she can easily get along with local residents in living and working. When travelers interact
with locals, a meaningful connection ensues. Therefore, they can gather up special knowledge and
memories from food, beautiful spots and art. According to business, they can learn more valuable
skills and understand more deeply resident thoughts. As a result, businessmen can apply suitable
strategies to their business.

In contrast, cultural misunderstanding might imply drawbacks which can trigger serious
tensions between passengers and local residents, and the journey becomes more complicated or spoil
business dates as other obstacles occur. An evident example is that Japanese culture is usually on
time on a date, and they feel disrespectful when partners come to meeting place lately. Or Muslims
suppose that the left hand is dirty and Muslims just uses the right hand for the sacred, since travelers
should use both hands to hold food and offerings instead of the left hand. Likewise, misunderstanding
other culture can cause unexpecting image for passengers’ country.

In conclusion, travelers and businessmen should improve themselves cultural knowledge.

They can avoid unfortunate situations at least; besides the more they have cultural information, the
less they get cultural barriers.
Mr. Kham- 1st Revise

Brief contact

Stereotype => shallow understanding or even misunderstanding

Generalization => disadvantage

Deep

Thinking tools => not taught

Reading skills

Tourists and entrepreneurs often move to other regions/ countries, so they can unavoidably
touch different cultures. The fact is that cultural education brings advantages for passengers; besides,
it could cause troubles to … if one could not understand the new cultures.

Contact

Exposure/ exposed to/ expose themselves to

A passenger obtains a positive result from being aware of the new target culture of a targeting
nation that is he or she can easily get along with/ get on well local residents in living and working.
When travelers interact with the locals, a meaningful connection ensues. Therefore, they can gather
up special knowledge/ information and memories from food, beautiful spots and art. According to
concerning/ regarding business people, they can learn more valuable skills and understand more
deeply local/ native thoughts. As a result, businessmen can apply suitable strategies to their business.

Customs, conventions, taboos, => communication

Live – stay

Topic=

In contrast, cultural misunderstanding might imply drawbacks which can trigger serious
tensions between passengers and local residents, and the journey becomes more complicated or spoil
business dates as other obstacles occur. An evident example is that Japanese culture is usually on
time on a date, and they feel disrespectful when partners come to meeting place lately. Or Muslims
suppose that the left hand is dirty and Muslims just uses the right hand for the sacred, since travelers
should use both hands to hold food and offerings instead of the left hand. Likewise, misunderstanding
other culture can cause/ trigger unexpecting image for passengers’ country.

Holiday makers; vacationer;

In conclusion, travelers and businessmen should improve themselves cultural knowledge.

They can avoid unfortunate situations at least; besides the more they have cultural information, the
less they get cultural barriers.

Solution: avoid careless/ hasty/ subjective generalization

Culture = multi layers

Observable: behavior communication styles

Surface

Imperceptible: under the surface/ reason/ cause

Phuong- 1st Revise

Travelers and business people often come into contact with other cultures briefly. What are the
main advantages and disadvantages of doing so? (cultural barriers)

Travelers and entrepreneurs often go to other countries and contact with other cultures.
However, they just stay in a short period of time and do not understand totally culture of these. This
essay aims to indicate some benefits and drawbacks of cross-cultural differences.

An obvious advantage is that visitors have opportunities to gain experience and confidence.
Due to traveling several countries, travelers enjoy special food, visit beautiful spots and listen to
historical stories from locals. After that, they have more lifetime memories when they go back their
countries. Not only remarkable moments, they also have more confidence because they are improved
communication skills, learnt new knowledge about history, food, art, or even languages. Additionally,
businessmen establish valuable social networks by exchanging contact information. An international
relationship can help an entrepreneur accomplish a potential project, or introduce others in the identical
business.

On the other hand, due to staying briefly, the visitors just stay in countries temporarily, so that
they sometimes encounter living and communication conflicts, which can make their perspective likely
be biased in judgments; in that point, cultural stereotypes can be used to explain to cultural conflicts. As
a consequence, with the shortage of understanding other culture, the locals evaluate negatively to
visitors and vice versa; those prejudices can harm to image of a nation. Furthermore, generalization can
make locals misunderstand visitors for the first time they have met each other. The misunderstanding
could trigger serious tensions, or even unfortunately fighting.

In conclusion, in a short time, contacting with other cultures has advantages and disadvantages.
However, a visitor need search more information about other cultures, and being willing to learn more
about different cultures to minimize the harm of stereotypes or generalizations.
Mr. Kham- 2nd Revise

Order of importance/ key/ main/ major/

Travelers and entrepreneurs often go to other countries and contact with other cultures.
However, they just stay in a short period of time and do not understand totally culture of these. This
essay aims to indicate/ find out/ examine/ deal with some benefits and drawbacks of cross-cultural
differences.

Grasp

do not understand totally culture of these =>

do not understand totally culture of these => too strong conviction. If so, there would be no
advantage

over the recent decades, the development of transport has contributed to the increased needs
for travelling from country to country for pleasure and business. The brief contact can have both
positive and negative aspects, which are to be discussed in this essay.

An obvious/ evident/ one major advantage is that visitors have opportunities to gain
experience and confidence. Due to ??? traveling ??? several countries, travelers enjoy special food,
visit beautiful spots and listen to historical stories from locals. After that, they have more lifetime
memories when they go back ??? their countries. Not only remarkable moments, they also have more
confidence because they are get to improve their communication skills, learn/ acquire/ enrich new
knowledge about history, food (physical), art (spiritual/ affective), or even languages. Additionally,
businessmen can establish valuable social networks by exchanging contact information. An
international relationship can help an entrepreneur accomplish a potential project, or introduce others
in the identical business.

they are improved communication skills

culture => observable =>

them

svo

S be V by O

After that, they have more lifetime memories when they go back ??? their countries

Businessman # entrepreneur

Through the visits to different countries, travelers and business people have a chance to widen
their horizon. The opportunities can enable them explore the customs and conventions of the destination
country. Exposed to the exotic/ foreign culture, the visitors could mirror on themselves reflection on
their own culture, hence deeper understanding of themselves. Regarding doing business, being aware
of native communicative conventions could become a huge advantage to businessman. Such situations
as greeting and conversation, or dining seem trivial/ usual/ common but could turn out to be a disaster
unless the visitors/ ousiders fail to put on a proper behavior according to the local customs/ under
particular circumstances.

Place sb at advantage compared to their opponents/ competitors

On the other hand, due to staying briefly, the visitors just stay in countries temporarily, so that
they sometimes encounter/ living and communication conflicts, which can make their perspective likely
be biased in judgments; cultural stereotypes can be used to explain to cultural conflicts. As a
consequence, with the lack of understanding other culture, the locals evaluate negatively to visitors
and vice versa; those prejudices can harm to image of a nation. Furthermore, generalization can make
locals misunderstand visitors for the first time they have met each other. The misunderstanding could
trigger serious tensions, or even unfortunately fighting.
“due to staying briefly, the visitors just stay in countries temporarily”: repetition of idea

Find themselves in

Make their perspective susceptible to biased judgement/ / prone to prejudice/ stereotype/

misjudgement

Responsible for => it is these misju that are responsible for conflicts/ disputes/ clashes/ differences/
disagreements / root/ cause/

Likely (adv, adj)

Remain for a short time => short => not enough => fail to understand the deeper layer of the target
culture.

“which can make their perspective likely be biased in judgments”

“with the shortage of understanding other culture, the locals evaluate negatively to visitors and vice
versa”

In conclusion, in a short time, contacting with other cultures has advantages and
disadvantages. However, a visitor need search more information about other cultures, and being
willing to learn more about different cultures to minimize the harm of stereotypes or generalizations.

Knowledge = power

Scientist = authority
Phuong- 2nd Revise

Topic

Travelers and business people often come into contact with other cultures briefly. What are the
main advantages and disadvantages of doing so? (cultural barriers)

In the modern world, when the commerce between nations become more popular, people who
travel and work abroad usually contact with multi-cultures. This brief contact has both advantages and
disadvantages, which would be discussed in this essay.

On the one hand, visitors need to recognize that the locals perhaps communicate different
languages to them. Thus, this would be an opportunity to learn additional language. Moreover, the
visits also bring travelers to various interesting memories such as scenic spots, enjoying special food,
and participating in meaningful festivals. Finally, tourists can make friend with the locals, and
exchange the interests in their own culture. Perhaps, those can be the valuable working relationships.
As a result, contacting with other cultures helps visitors get more experience and expand their
knowledge.

On the other hand, the cultural difference could cause problems to travelers and
businessmen. The dissimilarity of languages is a reason that make them difficult to interact with the
locals. They have to use gestures, expressions, and other nonverbal communications to some extent,
which vary from culture to culture. In some cases, those can trigger the misunderstandings between
speakers and receivers. Additionally, the visitors have faced to ethnocentrism from the targeting
residents. When the serious misunderstandings have occurred, the locals tend to judge the actions of
tourists as inferior to one’s own. Unfortunately, the travelers and businessmen can become a victim of
the cultural prejudice. Furthermore, their nation could be stereotyped by the locals.

In conclusion, the diversity of cultures has pros and cons to deal with multi-cultures, travelers
and business people need to search more information about other cultures, and being willing to learn
more about different cultures to minimize the harm of stereotypes or generalizations.