MLO 3: Secondary Culture
Outcomes
3.1 Students describe concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture.
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
3.1 Students describe concepts of culture and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with the second culture.
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections among the ways of thinking and perspectives, behavioral practices and cultural products of a second culture.
Classes taken
Latino Americans and their Culture
Multiculturalism
Reflective Narrative
3.1
I took Latino Culture while studying abroad in Chuo University. I found it interesting to take a class that related to the background that I grew up with. This class fulfills the MLO 2 requirement, Secondary Culture as I found that the Latino American culture has similarities with Japanese culture. In this class, we compared how Latino Americans had grown up in the United States in the past and how they are growing up today and comparing the differences or similarities. I compared that to Japanese growing up and realized the differences between them. One key difference is how Japanese view other minorities within their own culture. I understand that there is a difference of being full Japanese and being mixed. In the US, it is more common to find acceptance of minorities than it is for Japan.
3.2
The Global Migration Labor Issues class was a great introduction for me of how globally there are migration issues and how it has affected certain countries. This was again a course taught in English in Chuo but aimed for Japanese who stood up to the challenge of taking a subject course taught in English. In this class, we looked at theories of migration and typical changes in society that migration brings. One way this was done was looking back at our own family’s migration history. This built contrasts with the Japanese as many generations had a similar story of being from Japan and staying in Japan. The only different for some if their family moved region at some point. I was able to share my experience of my family’s migration history from moving from Mexico to the United States. In this way, I was able to compare Japanese and American culture.
Latino Americans and their Culture
Multiculturalism
Reflective Narrative
3.1
I took Latino Culture while studying abroad in Chuo University. I found it interesting to take a class that related to the background that I grew up with. This class fulfills the MLO 2 requirement, Secondary Culture as I found that the Latino American culture has similarities with Japanese culture. In this class, we compared how Latino Americans had grown up in the United States in the past and how they are growing up today and comparing the differences or similarities. I compared that to Japanese growing up and realized the differences between them. One key difference is how Japanese view other minorities within their own culture. I understand that there is a difference of being full Japanese and being mixed. In the US, it is more common to find acceptance of minorities than it is for Japan.
3.2
The Global Migration Labor Issues class was a great introduction for me of how globally there are migration issues and how it has affected certain countries. This was again a course taught in English in Chuo but aimed for Japanese who stood up to the challenge of taking a subject course taught in English. In this class, we looked at theories of migration and typical changes in society that migration brings. One way this was done was looking back at our own family’s migration history. This built contrasts with the Japanese as many generations had a similar story of being from Japan and staying in Japan. The only different for some if their family moved region at some point. I was able to share my experience of my family’s migration history from moving from Mexico to the United States. In this way, I was able to compare Japanese and American culture.