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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THANKS ......................................................................................... i
TABLE OF CONTENS.....................................................................ii
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study.....................................................1
1.2 The Statement of the Problem.............................................2
1.3 The Objectives of the Study................................................2
1.4 The Scope of the Study.......................................................3
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Conclusion.........................................................................11
3.2 Suggestion.........................................................................11
REFERENCESS..............................................................................12
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
implemented in human’s daily life all around the world. Cross Cultural
process being faced. Success in learning this material is very important for
In this material there are some commonly habits or ethics that have
Indonesian habits or ethics when they meet unknown or new people at the
manners, habits in public places (to stand in line, spiting, pass wind and to
pass urine), habits in the bedroom, toilet and bathroom (private and public
Referring to the background of the study the problems of this study can be
formulated as follows:
1. How do Indonesian habits when they meet unknown people or new people at
2. How do Indonesian habits when they want to visit their friends’ houses?
5. What are Indonesian habits when they’re in public places (to stand in line,
9. How do Indonesian habits in the toilets and bathrooms (private toilets and
public bathrooms)?
From the statement above the aims of the study Cross Cultural
Understanding are:
1. To find out the habits of the inhabitants of Indonesia when they meet
European habits.
5. To find out Indonesian habits when they are in public places, such as, to
6. To find out how the citizens appreciate time in their daily life.
environment.
9. To find out Indonesian habits when they are in the toilet and bathroom
In accordance with the problem of the study, the scope of the study is
DISCUSSION
2.1 Indonesian habits or ethics when they meet unknown or new people
There are some unique habits that are commonly found in Indonesia,
1. The citizens of Indonesia are mostly friendly and they always pretend to
know, as they’ve known each other to every new people that they’ve
greeting others in most situations, every people say “hello” or “hi”. It’s
almost similar with most of European habits, but Indonesian people will
not say “nice to meet you” or “how do you do” after greeting new people
they meet.
3. In more formal and informal situations they usually shake hands at the
first time they meet, and most of them will put it on their chest to show
some respects. But these habits are unusual in some other countries in the
and a nickname is usually used among friends and also it’s a sign of
than in some other counties. Place of birth, address and occupation are
5. Sometimes they will offer their new friend something, such as cigarettes,
6. In the other side, they’re easy to know and also easy to forget the name
European when they visit their friends’ houses. It’s completely difference
with Britain’s, American and also Australian. They always make a call and
sometimes bring a gift to the host. When somebody visits one house
without permission they could refuse to accept the guest. In Indonesia, it’s
possible to visit our friend’s house without a call and permission from the
very beginning. And they also don’t know the right moment to visit their
friend’s house. Even they don’t have any idea about what kind of gifts that
they have to give to the host. In this case our people can be classified as
citizens who have impolite habits than other countries who pay good
Even most of the inhabitants are sophisticated when they’ve to eat with
knife and fork. Just only certain people or a professional, and in certain
when having table manners, but the table manners are mostly adopted from
1. They’re all having their seats together. It’s the opposite of American or
Britain’s table manners habits that they’ve to let the ladies first to have
their seats.
2. In more formal situation they start eating after everyone has been served
3. For informal situation, sometimes they’ve their left elbow on the table
while they’re eating by using their right hand (without fork, spoon and
knife), and also they pick food out of their teeth with fingernails after
eating.
5. When they’ve finished eating they will let the fork and the spoon
together, the fork with the tines curved.
2.4 Indonesian toilet and bathroom habits (private and public toilets
and bathrooms)
toilets, and even in public places there’re hardly any dry toilets. It doesn’t
like in public toilets, they don’t need to stand in line whenever they’re
going to use their private toilets. It’s usually completed with bath-tub and a
pale to water the porcelain throne, and the room is also completed with a
large of mirror because most of the citizens in Indonesia generally pay a lot
they’re on the porcelain throne. It distinguishes their habits with some other
bath-tub and the other facilities to keep that place are still clean and public
line, most of people generally use this place every day in a certain time and
we should have to manage our time as short as possible we can. Make sure
that you don’t leave something of any kind after using the toilet. It’s
possible to have short conversation when they meet their business relation
in the toilet and also make sure the tap is off to restrict the water and take
the porcelain throne to the very begin position or restore it after using the
toilet.
There are some people who read a book, magazine or news paper
before getting a sleep. Most of them do uncover their bed. It’s caused
Indonesia has tropical season, and they only use gloves during a sleep. The
children around five years old and younger still have a sleep together with
their parents. Boys and girls around 12 to 15 and older have different
bedroom.
when they attend social invitations; they always bring a mount of money as
their prize to the host. Sometimes, it’s possible if they want to attend the
party early and help the host to prepare the menus without confirmation at
first. Most of them have bad habits when they have to attend a party such
as, they could not be on time, and also it’s acceptable however we attend
sometimes do holding hands to each other, but men always considered this
as strange habit. In the other side, men will do holding hands or hugging
when they meet their old friends. Holding hands between a boy and a girl -
Are possible and it’s also indicate that they have a special relationship each
other.
ethics than some other countries. Our students are always not be on time to
join class. When they are waiting for their lecture, they sometimes make a
group to discuss something. They always feel sleepy when the lecture
explains about his or her subject in front of the class. Even they are really
happy when the lecture could not attend the class and they don’t realize that
2.10 Indonesian habits in public places (to stand in line, spiting, pass
waiting in a certain time, especially in public places such as, in the toilet, in
the gate, in the bus station, on the road and in some other public places. In
disturb the line. In this case, we could say that “Indonesian really hate the
line”.
Indonesia are our people will spit and blow their noise up, pass wind and to
pass their urine anywhere and anytime they could. They don’t care about
the other people who are disgusted by their habits and also they’ve never
3.1 Conclusion
aimed to let the students and the learners get advantages from learning this
some other countries in the world. They are also hoped able to adopt good
habits from other countries that could be implemented in our daily life to
Related to the purposes of this study, there are some points could
be suggested as follows:
REFERENCESS
http://koranbaru.com/7-kebiasaan-orang-amerika-yang-patut-dicontoh/
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/toilet/
http://bumituntungan.blogspot.com/2010/
http://bintang-timur.blogdetik.com/2010/02/18orang-indonesia-itu-hebat/
http://darmantomuat.wordpress.com/2010/belajar-mengambil-pelajaran/
http://luar-negeri.kompasiana.com/2011/malu-aku-jadi-orang-indonesia/
http://nonragil.multiply.com/journal/item/140/
http://www.waspbook.co.cc/2010/berlebaran-dan etika-bertamu-yang-baik/
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