Name : Theresia Tharob

NIM : 2017 36 056

Questions to Answer:
Please answer the following in paragraph form. This is good English practice so consider
word choice, grammar and punctuation.
1. What is culture-general knowledge and what is culture-specific knowledge?
2. Use your own words to describe what cross-cultural competence is.
3. Brainstorm: What are a few aspects of your own culture that you are aware of?
4. In your own words describe a low context culture.
5. In your own words describe a high context culture.

Answer:

Based on the video I have watched, here is my answer.

1. Culture-general knowledge is an approach of deep understanding on one context of

culture with detail knowledge of that culture. While culture-specific knowledge is an
approach which organize culture-specific data in ways that facilitate cross-cultural
comparison and generalizability of knowledge.

2. Cross-Cultural competence is a competence to adapt with the norms of other different

cultures and being able to interact with people from those cultures by the attitudes,
skills and a set of culture-general knowledge.

3. The aspects of my own culture that I aware of are; language, norms, and value.
 Language: Kei language.
 Norms: Larvul Ngabal’s Law.

Larvul Ngabal Law is a customary law that lives and develops in the Kei Islands
community, in the southeast of the Maluku Islands. As the basic principles underlying the
Kei customs, this customary law consists of three main principles: Nevnev, Hanilit, and
Hawear Balwirin. Larvul Ngabal's law which consists of criminal law, family law, and
property law is a combination of two different legal orders from two moietas in Kei
society, namely Ursiu (union nine) and Lorlim (union of five).

The whole legal order Larvul Ngabal is summarized in seven tips:

1. Entd entauk na atvunad , our heads rest on the nape of our necks.
2. Lelad ain fo mahiling , our neck should be stretched.
3. Ul nit envil atumud , dead skin wraps our body.
4. Lar nakmot na ivud , blood wells in our stomachs.
5. For the mahiling account , the room threshold should be made clear.
6. Moryain fo kelmutun , the petrol booth should be purified.
7. Hira ni fo i ni, it did fo it did , belong to people let theirs, ours be ours.
 Values:

In the interaction of daily life in the Kei community, there are three adhesive values,
namely:

 The philosophy of ain ni ain which is interpreted as a form of brotherhood this is

the strongest value that is still held until today.
 Philosophy for foing kut fauw fow banglu. The value of this fo kut fo is to collect
several coconut gangs and then tie them together, with the aim of getting the
results of burning that produce light to illuminate life, while fauw fo banglu means
the ability to create "bullets" to be able to fortify themselves in the face of attacks
 Philosophy wuut ain mehe ni ngifun, manut ain mehe ni tilur, which means that all
Kei people come from one descendant.

4. Low context culture is less closely intertwined, so individuals who communicate will
have fewer relational cues when interpreting messages. Therefore, more explicit
information needs to be included in the message so it is not misinterpreted. Typically
low context culture is the opposite; Direct verbal communication is needed to
properly understand the message being said and to do so depends heavily on explicit
verbal skills.
5. High context cultures often originate from less direct verbal and nonverbal
communication, take advantage of small communication movements and read these
less direct messages with more meaning. High context cultures will usually be
relational, collectivist, intuitive, and contemplative. They place a high value on
interpersonal relationships and group members are very close communities.