By Park Changhee, Kim Hee Jung ("Sailormoon"), & Kim Hui
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Introduction
A lot of people these days go to other countries to work or to have a new
experience in their life. It would be hard to spend days in a new
country that has different culture, food, language, and living style from
our own. While living there a lot of things would be difficult to do. It
depends on the natives that we have around use. The kindness rate is different
in each country. The natives in some countries think that foreigners who
visit their country are very different from them. That is why they don't
treat them the right way or as kindly as they treat their own country people.
Since foreigner don't know the law and they don't know a lot about the
country who do bad things to them. For examples, sometimes charge more
money for goods and services than they should pay, treated them badly,
tell lies and so they won't be able to do things right, and so on. Not
all people think like this, of course but because of the few, a lot of
foreigners get hurt. Since they get very homesick, it would be more harder
to live somewhere that is very different from their oun country.
The natives should treat them as if they are their guest. Since it is their
country they are the owners. When somebody comes to their home as a visitor
they wouldn't treat them badly. They would probably treat them as comfortably
as they could. Everybody should do that to the people who come to their
country. Foreigners who visits our country are my visitors, and I should
treat them like that. So we wanted to know how well foreigners who have
visited different countries have been treated in our country (Korea) and
in different countries. In this paper we will compare it by doing surveys
to the people who have been abroad before, finding articles in the newspapers
about the complaints, and surf into the Internet. We are going to do some
research to find some good and bad experiences foreigners had during their
stay in the country. After that we are going to have a survey to the foreigners
and to the Korean who have visited a different country before.
Research
In The Korea Hearld we found out that a lot of people had a lot
of complains while they stayed in Korea. There were bad manners that we
shouldn't have shown them. I would like to give you some examples, A German
who was visiting Seoul was grabbing a cab but he was asked for double because
of his large baggage. He reported the case to a nearby policeman, who simple
ignored his complaint. A French national couldn't find his way to the Lotte
World amusement park from Chamsil subway station because there weren't
any English signs to guide him there. An American had problems in the subway
station because he didn't understand what the signs meant, for example,
"Changhang Line" and "Yongdong Line"; therefor he could figure out were
to go. A U. S. resident in Seoul drove a taxi home by himself after the
driver got out of his car, refusing to take him to his destination. The
American who reported himself to the police the next day said he ha lost
his temper after being rejected by over 20 taxis. A Canadian, who was going
to a friend's house, got in a taxi. The taxi driver drove around the block
three times to increase the fare. She didn't know until she got home. On
the way home it took less than half the time it took going to her friend's.
On the other hand there are also good things that the natives have done
for the foreigners who have visited their country. A Korean who didn't
know the foreigner would ran around with the foreigner to help him find
the place he was looking for. An American said that he misses Kim-chi
more than the short mini skirted girls. He wanted to eat kimchi
so much he went to LA. to find kimchi in Korean town. Going to LA.
is too far to go everyday. He wants to know the recipe for making kimchi
through e-mail. A thin black haired lady who visited a country on the west
side of the globe told use an experience she had during her traveling.
She was walking downtown window shopping to buy some gifts for her friends.
Suddenly some one came near her and grab her purse and started to run.
She shouted in her native language "Help! He took my purse!" while she
was running and pointing to the man. Another man who was walking behind
me started to run after the man who grabbed my purse. After a long chase
he caught him and returned my purse to me. I wanted to thank the man who
did a wonderful thing for me. But I couldn't because I didn't know how
to say thank you in his native words. So now she is very kind to the foreigners
who are in trouble. She paying back for the things she have received when
she was a foreigner.
Survey results
We went to places where a lot of foreigners were like Insa-dong, Schools, and so on to take surveys to 20 foreigners in Korea and 20 Koreans who has been aboard before for traveling or for business. We wanted to know how the natives treated the foreigners visiting their country”Ŗhow well they treated them and how comfortable they were stayed in the other country. We wanted to know what the big problems were and what was good about staying and doing their work in the different country. The surveys we took are attached to the back. We would like to tell you how it came out.
Foreign Travelers
Questions 1-4
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| 1. 1 times 65%
2. 2 times 5% 3. 3 times 15% 4. 4 times 0% 5. 5 or more times 15% |
1. Traveling 20%
2. Job 55% 3. Study 5% 4. Visiting family or friends 5% 5. other 15% |
1. very kind 30%
2. kind 50% 3. so so 15% 4. bad 5% 5. terrible 0% |
1. excellent 20%
2. good 55% 3. so so 25% 4. bad % 5. terrible 0% |
Questions 5-8
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2. No 5% Reason: 1. loving Korea 2. financial reason 3. Korean culture 4. other |
1.Language barrier
60%
2. The lack of information center 0% 3. Inaccurate map 15% 4. Expensive goods 10% 5. Unkind people 5% |
1. very well 25%
2. a little bit 55% 3. not at all 20% |
1. excellent 25%
2. very good 50% 3. so so 15% 4. not so good 0% 5. terrible 5% |
Question 9
Similar things and different things between your country and Korea
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”Ł Drinking ”Ł Living Style ”Ł Consumer-oriented ”Ł Kind People ”Ł Wanting to live well |
”Ś Food
”Ś Language ”Ś Level of culture ”Ś Customs and manners ”Ś Wealth ”Ś More safer at night in Korea |
Korean Travelers
Questions 1-4
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| 1. 1 times 80%
2. 2 times 10% 3. 3 times 0% 4. 4 times 10% 5. 5 or more times 0% |
1. Traveling 70%
2. Job 0% 3. Study 10% 4. Visiting family or friends 15% 5. other 5% |
1. very kind 20%
2. kind 60% 3. so so 15% 4. unkind 5% 5. terrible 0% |
1. excellent 10%
2. good 30% 3. so so 50% 4. bad 10% 5. terrible 0% |
Questions 5-8
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| 1. Yes 60%
2. No 40% Reason: Language Barrier |
1.money problem 40%
2. lack of information center 20% 3. In accurate map 0% 4.unkind people 10% 5. other 5% |
1. not much 25%
2. a little bit 55% 3. Yes 20% |
1.Yes 50%
2. No 50% |
Question 9
Similar things and different things between Korea and other countries
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| ”Ł Warm heart (Kindness)
”Ł Noise”¤Pollution ”Ł Fashion ”Ł Hobbies ”Ł Food |
”Ś Open thinking (the
way of thinking)
”Ś Traffic ”Ś Respect to other people ”ŚWealth ”ŚCulture |
Discussion about Our Paper
After doing a survey and finding research about life in a foreign country
we learned a lot of things. A lot was different from the Korean's life
and other countries. Of course, it might be because of the different culture
and lifestyle. We would like to tell you some things we have found out.
First, we would like to tell you about the different things we have found
out. The reason people are going abroad to a different countries are Korean's
mostly go for studying or for traveling to have a new experience, and foreigners
go to make money. The time of visiting other countries are different
too. Korean's go for about only one or two times, other foreigners go for
about four to five times. A lot of have came to Korea a few time since
their first visit. Korean's first impression to the foreigners are very
cold. Before you get to know the person they are not so kind to you. But
after you get to know them they can be the kindest person you know. Foreigners
first impression to Korean's are always about the same, they are always
kind. There are custom differences. If we compare it with Korea. Only 50%
is different from the United States and Europe. You might have thought
that there would be nothing in common since they are on the other side
of the globe, but there more things in common than you might have thought
of. Like the hobbies people have, drinking style, the kind of jobs, wanting
to live well, and so on.. On the other hand, in Africa and other countries
close to the equator there isn't much in common. You could probably say
nothing. Of course the Asian countries have about 80-90% in common. The
things they like to enjoy are different. Korean's like to sing and hear
other people sing songs, but other countries on the west side like to dance
instead of singing. Now I would like to tell you about the common
things we have found out. The pollution is all over the world. Since factories
are all over and they have to give out smoke to make things humans need.
The air pollution is everywhere. Also you can see a lot of trash on the
streets, instead of garbage cans. People are selfish when there are a lot
of people. They are rude in crowds and most people don't know how to say
"I am sorry" or 'excuse me" when you bump into a person. The hobbies are
mostly the same. That means people all over the world are enjoying the
same sports. Except for the traditional sports.
The difference of the culture and lifestyle the language and food it makes
people different from each other. We should try to understand the difference
between each other. Since we haven't been to their country we don't know
their customs and lifestyle we should not treat them badly or criticise
their culture and tradition. We will have to know how to understand them
for who they are. Having an open mind is a good start. On the other hand,
you can see people caring for the other if or not they are their native.
Being kind and caring