[katespepach]

Hi my name is Carla and if anyone receives this message that could possibly help me I would appreciate it I am trying to get some information for a communications class that I am in at college here are some of the questions I need answered if that is possible. 1) How is your culture different from the culture in the United States. ? 2) How is your educational system different from the United States? 3) What are the dating and marriage customs like in your country? 4) What kind of special holidays do you celebrate? 5) How does nonverbal communication differ in your country that from the United States? 6) How does communication verbally differ in your country than from the United States? 7) How does gender communication differ in your country than from my country? If anyone is able to answer these for me I would sincerely appreciate it.

[WertyNtont]

5) How does nonverbal communication differ in your country that from the United States?

Hello, friend. I suppose nonverbal communication or gesture language is just the same all over the world. For example, I think, hunger or thirst can be communicated to anyone in any part of the world without using one word.

[vNZsk39B]

I am not sure how you can expect a Thai person to answer questions like "how is you culture different from the USA?". You are presuming that they already know your culture very well and so are able to show the differences.

The easiest way is for you to take a look at websites about Thai culture and then form your own opinions about the differences.

Take a look at www.thailandlife.com which was written by a Thai teenager about his life in Thailand. If you still have any specific questions after reading that then please post them here.

[arrismVam]

Hi Carla, an awful lot of questions that take a lot of research. You'd be lucky if you can find a person to do all that work for you, to be blunt. I can offer you some help, though. When my wife and I joined the US Peace Corps in Thailand, we wrote newsletters about the culture shock. You can find them at http://www.ourbluemarble.us/peace_co...g/training.htm

also a site written by my wife for US social studies might be helpful:

http://thailand.ourbluemarble.us

she did a lot of research for it

a good book:

Touch the Dragon, A Thai Journal, Karen Connelly, Turnstone Press ,Winnipeg, 2001 (U.S. edition to be published December 2001 under the titel “Dream of a Thousand Lives)

And of course this forum or the chatroom might be helpful for individual questions,

Good luck or in Thai chok dee khrup

[Misiotoagodia]

a good book:

Touch the Dragon, A Thai Journal, Karen Connelly, Turnstone Press ,Winnipeg, 2001 (U.S. edition to be published December 2001 under the titel “Dream of a Thousand Lives)

I came across the book and I agree it is a book worth reading if one wants to get a glimpse of life in Thailand.

[loginereQQ]

HI

every larger city in USA has an Asian community.
go to an Asian market or store near you. becomes friends with the owner's
or go to authentic Thai resturants " you will find most are run by Laos"
you should be able to meet many thai's who live in USA ,some from just a few months to others who have lived here their whole lifes.

Or contact a thai university and send them a large questionair
then have students in your own university answer exact same questions
then compare answers for insight.

One thing my thai wife always says here in America people seem more fake.

American's are too polictical correct so afraid to hurt someones feelings.

We do not mention someone's weight or age or color for Thai's no big deal

[arrismVam]

American's are too polictical correct so afraid to hurt someones feelings.

So are Thais - they don't want to "break the face" of anyone
We do not mention someone's weight or age or color for Thai's no big deal I agree here. The principal of the school where we were training saw me sweat profusely in the Thai hot season sun. He padded my belly and said "you are too fat". And the nurse at the Chiangmai hospital who could not get the needle in for a blood draw said the same thing "you are too fat".

[TOD4wDTQ]

My American lecturer, who been living for eight years in Sweden, is still shocked about how insensitive Swedes are to racial issues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Thailand

Seems to be a good start for the Thai education system