I am need to interview someone from South Africa.?

1. Identify the culture and/or country of origin for the interviewee. Include how you met the person.


2. How do people greet each other – (shake hands, bow, embrace, other)?


3. As a visitor to the country, would you exchange gifts at the first meeting? What gifts are considered appropriate? If flowers, what kind? (Some have special meanings.)


4. How are children educated? At what age do they begin school? Do boys and girls generally go to separate schools, or are they separated by sex in the same school? Do they usually wear uniforms?


5. What is the literacy rate for the country? The interviewee may not know the answer to this question, but you can find this information by looking at CountryWatch.com database available at Franklin University’s library Web site.


6. How is garbage collection dealt with?


7. What is the normal dress for men and women?


8. What foods, if any, are generally not eaten or possibly considered taboo?

I am need to interview someone from South Africa.?
1. there're 9 different cultures...excluding english and afrikaans.


2. we shake hands


3. visitor to which country? could you be a bit specific here please.


4. we usually go into preprimary (kindergarten) when we're 3 or 4. Then we start grd 1 when we're 7. Schools have uniforms and schools are boy and girl. You do get private schools that are only for girls and only for guys.


5. well, look at the website i guess


6. Sometimes garbage isn't collected, but there are certain days when it is.


7. whatever we feel. Usually jeans and a shirt for casual.


8. nothing that i can think of.


9. there are hand signs that we use that are definitley not considered nice...lol


10. we don't do that


11. play soccer, visit friends, hang out at the malls.


12. the 9-5 i guess (i'm only 17). some are. sundays.


13. we have things like youth day (june), freedom day (april), woman's day (august, i think). we just have a day off.


14. people get married where they like, unless of course they're traditional...then they do it in their communities, etc.


15. english, afrikaans, and 9 african languages are spoken.


16. christianity, islam, etc.


17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:So...


18. kwaito is pretty good. yes, we listen to stuff people listen to in america.


19. i was 4 when it ended


20. obviously people are gonna be scarred and a lot will hold grudges.
Reply:You may want to post this in the travel section under "South Africa." I think a lot of South Africans frequent that category!





I hope you get your answers!

buckles