Many English speakers to leave America and other countries to teach English abroad. We have learned above all Japanese students, but we have also taught a few students from Europe, Latin America, Africa and other Asian countries. American culture fascinates many of these students. These articles are two elements to inform the culture we in Japan handshake and the changing American family. Teachers of English in Japan and other countries, these items can be foundof interest to their students.

Handshaking

The American Handshake has several basic components. The first important element is that the handshake is fast. First, the hand is moved up, then down, and then returns to the starting position. The handshake is not engaged in pumping. It is also an exercise held in the hand. The handshake data back to the extension of your hand so the person that she knows that no weapon operation. The second is that a handshake should be firm, is not carvedCompetition to prove your strength.

Not all Americans have mastered these two concepts. Some Americans pump hands up and down. Others try to prove their strength. Most Americans, however, understand the two basic concepts. Many held abroad, making a negative impression with the Americans, when they shake hands. We teach our students that the handshake can be important for many Americans. The impression they make when shaking hands can influence their future relations.

The handshake --and varieties. Some people use the left hand to the other person while shaking his hand covering his right hand. Many people think this shows more sincerity. The handshake also has some residual gender issues. A long time ago, shaking hands, men, not women. Today, almost all men and women shaking hands.

Read more about the hand can be a little dry and lacking in clarity. If you are teaching abroad, you can try to talk and shaking hands to demonstrate. Then your students havePractice. For teaching ESL in America and other English speaking countries, this may also fundamental for many students. For students just arrived, but can such statements and cultural tips, help with practice.

The new American family

Not so long ago, many thought the typical American family as father, mother and two children in the suburbs. Every morning his father would go to work to keep the mother at home with their children. While manyFamilies were like the picture was more an ideal than a reality or cliché. We often look back through our rose-colored glasses, ignoring many Americans. Not all Americans were living such apparently happy suburban lives. Many women had to work. Many Americans could not afford to live in the suburbs. Not all male workers earn enough to support families. Not all Americans married. Some families were single mothers and grandparents were growing up the children in some families. Single people, gayBeen men, and the color, but they were mentioned only rarely.

America has changed since then. The vast majority of Americans realize that there are many types of families. The image is of a white family with a stay-at-home mother, a working father and two children, has faded. Americans now families with two gay parents, families with single mothers or single fathers, interracial families, and other types of families. You see, many people also live alone. Many Americans havegreater acceptance of other forms of life, and the Americans are with those other forms of life now open about their life patterns. This family diversity appear in movies, television shows, and books. Some people may still have problems accepting them all, but America has a long way since the days when there was the image coming from the S family.

If you teach English abroad, given the reaction of students and their interest in these issues are theirBackground and knowledge. These issues can not be the right ones for your students. If not, your challenge is to find the right one. Almost all English students around the world are interested in culture, which is used in English. English is more than one language, students want to learn the culture.

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