CROSS CULTURE UNDERSTANDING

BY GROUP 2
 DEFINITION

Cross Cultural Understanding is the learning a foreign language (not

arranging or choosing words). How to communicate with the owner
of the mother tongue, because of the different expressions, we
Cross Cultural cannot translate one by one or lexically, because it is very closely
Understanding related to customs and culture as well as situations and conditions.
Understanding Cross Culture is to understand the relationship
between different countries. This means that Cross Cultural
Understanding is a way to understand cultural differences in various
countries so that there are no misunderstandings.
 - 1. Cross cultural training has many benefits to be gained by both
participants and businesses. For participants in cross cultural training,
the main benefits are that it helps: People Learn About Themselves,
Encourage Confidence, Break Down Barriers, Build Trust, Motivate, Open
Horizons, Develop Interpersonal Skills, Career Development.
- 2. The benefits of learning CCU for FKIP students include :
- Cross-cultural understanding plays an important role in communicating
with people from different countries. Language and culture cannot be
Advantages For separated. Therefore, when students learn a language, at the same time
Learning CCU they must learn the culture of the country and society from which the
language originates, to avoid miscommunication and misunderstanding.
- From year to year, foreign cultures bring a lot of influence in Indonesia.
This has more or less effect on the communication skills of FKIP
students, especially students of the English Education Study Program.
Living in a very global world with a culture that diverse, then language
learners need to develop their language skills but also their cultural skills
in order to interact with other people from various cultural
backgrounds. This is called intercultural communication or cross cultural
understanding. Therefore, knowledge related to the science of
intercultural communication should be better.
 CONCEPT OF CULTURE

In culture there are concepts of identity and ethnicity which are

the result of social construction. With this social construction,
certain labels or identities are created, which symbolize the origin,
culture and characteristics of certain groups. The importance of
this identity for an ethnic and ethnic group, because it becomes a
continuity of the past and the future. Therefore, almost all cultural
identities, in relation to the identity of kinship, racial, or ethnic
ties, are built in contexts facing each other.
 Example CCU
Indonesian Cultural Differences With
Foreign Culture An example is the
difference between eastern and
western cultures . I will take the
example of the cultural differences
between Indonesia and the United
States :
Lifestyle - Indonesian people
would be more comfortable if
kept close to relatives, especially
families. - Unlike the Americans,
they tend to be individualistic.
Indonesian Cultural Differences With
Japanese :
A sign of respect by bowing is only done
in Japan, not in Indonesia. In Japanese
culture, bowing is called Ojigi as a sign of
respect. People in Japan when doing
Ojigi, the things they do are: when saying
sorry, thank you, and other ceremonial or
official events.
In Indonesia there is also a culture, but
the appearance is different from the
Javanese, usually they will bend their
body with their right hand down & their
left hand bent behind the waist.
Movement by way of bending the body is
usually done as a sign of permission when
passing by an older person.