Cool, thanks Billk

Please Help, Reseach Project
 

I'm not shore if this is the right form to post this in and if it is not the right form I apologize, I wasn't shore where this would fit.

As I was going to say, I have this projected for Hospitality but I have been I able to find many of the answer to the questions. So I was wandering if someone or some people would help me out? Please?

Anyway if you would help, here are the question: (If it bold I think I have the answer.)
Don't blame me for the somewhat weird questions, blame the teachers.
1 a) What is a stranded greeting in Thailand?
b) What are the dating and marriage customs in Thailand?
c) If say I was visiting a family at their home what would one expect?
d) What are a range of occupations there?
e) Diet - staple foods?
f) Recreation/Leisure?
g) Gestures - that are different to ours?
h) Is there a particular dress sense?

2) What do people expect when they visit Australia? ( would be have to have an answer to this one)

3) (If you have been)Why do people come to Australia?

4) (as above)What are they looking for as far as service is concerned?

5) (as above)What should we, as providers of service in the hospitality industry be aware of, when dealing with people from Thailand?

Thanks, a real lot. I mean really thank you but once I have all the info I lead I'd plug in my usb and take the info to my computer in my room, where I have a 'proper' word program and fix it there and if I really need I have one of my siblings help my with spelling or reading my work over for me. Thanks again though. http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/imag...es/thankya.gif

Hi Zaidee

Thanks for sharing that with us. It puts things into perspective.

A lot of students post here to get their projects done with minimum effort and some of the regulars get fed up with their laziness and lack of real interest in Thailand. Please accept my apologies on behalf of everyone for having made wrong assumptions about your situation. Having done that, what questions can we help you with?

Zaidee-have just sent you a private message with my contribution-took me so long that you and billk have filled 2 pages-anyway, hope it is of use.

Thanks for the verbal abuse but I am still searching the net and if you looked I need questions 2 - 5 to be answered by "people" so I thought that someones thoughts might be good.

Thanks, I found this form through his site, it's just taking me a while to read and I only really, 'at this moment' want to read what is useful for my school work, like the one about his marriage.

"Research" comprises two parts...re and search. That means search for information, then search again...and again...and again...
It does not mean ask people a string of questions that could be answered with a little searching...then sit and wait for the information to come to you.

Also check this out

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/dosanddonts.html

It's the best short guide around to Thai customs.

I am not doing research, but I would like to know what a "stranded greeting" is. Is it something you say to people who missed the last bus? Hehe..

Hey billk, can I ask? Are most houses in Thailand like it is decribed by gor?

"In my soi there are 20 houses. I know all of my neighbours. Everyone is very kind.

I live in a terraced house. It is medium sized and has 2 floors, 2 bedrooms and 2 toilets. We don't have a dining room, but we eat our meals in the living room. There are 4 people in my family , my mum, my dad, my brother and me. My house doesn't have a garden but we have some plants in pots. We also have some small fish. My mum like the plants very much, she usually water and looks after them when she's at home."

Also I was wander about a dress sense there? if you where in japan you would see a range of fashion on the streets, from traditional, casual to very different shall we say. Is it similar in Thailand?

In the places I've stayed (mostly in the South) houses are generally single storey. In the south you also see some houses on stilts a bit like they have in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

You will certainly see quite a range of fashion in the cities - Bangkok in particular. People will mostly be a little more casually dressed than in Japan, because its sooo hot. I guess you'd say the dominant dress sense is casual but modest. You won't see as many outrageous outfits as you will see in Japan. Most of the time people (both men and women) prefer to wear long pants and short sleeved shirts. I guess if their jobs demand suits, they dress accordingly.

The main gesture that is different to Australia is the "wai". When Thais are greeting each other on more formal occasions they make a gesture like the Christian prayer hands gesture, usually with thumbs touching between the eyebrows. Younger people will generally wai first and older people will respond.

Thai people visiting Australia will probably expect to shake hands rather than to wai. They are also very understanding about people not being aware of their customs.

If you are an academic researcher, you really need to shore up your English language grammatical skills. To communicate effectively, you need to have a firm grasp of the English language.

This post probably seems a bit harsh, but if you are a native English speaker from Australia, you deserve the scolding.

On the other hand, if you are not a native English-speaker, see the other posts about the duties and responsibilities of a researcher.

Getting back to your original list of questions:

2. My guess is that Thai people are typical of visitors to Australia - wildlife and spectacular landscapes are highest on their agendas. They might not expect Australia to be as highly urbanized as it is. (Wait and see if any Thais respond to this Q. I could be wrong).

3. I expect a big proportion of Thai people coming to Australia are here for work or study, rather than specifically for sightseeing.

4. I expect the number one thing Thais are looking for is friendly and polite service. Thailand is a very friendly country and, in Thailand, Australians have a good reputation for their friendliness.

5. Thai people are generally very easy going. They don't like confrontations so they won't be too quick to complain. Perhaps that means service providers need to be proactive in ensuring that Thai customers are getting all the services they want.

Thanks, sorry for my spelling and if my posting hear may have annoyed people. A reason that I didn't say for posting hear other then that questions 2 - 5 need a person voice so to say. My brother has cap our internet because telstra changed the date from the end of the month to the 22nd and didn't tell us and so it running real slow. Maybe for that reason I should use a book but I haven't any on Thailand and it easier for me to copy and past dot points and word on the comp that to look back and forth with a book.
Also I chose to do this work on Thailand because it's a place I don't know about.

If someone has been to Australia it would be great if they could answer questions 2 - 5, I think I can (and should) find the answers question one a - h. Although question g might be helpful as it's gestures that are, I'm asuming since my teacher didn't real use "good English" and tell me what the dot point questions meant, the same but different in meaning?

"h. Gestures - that are different to ours" doesn't explain a whole lot to me.

Take photographs koala bears and kangaroos.
Take photographs of koala bear and kangaroos.
Allow us to hug the koala bears and take photographs of kangaroos.
We like to take photographs of koala bears and kangaroos.
I'm shore he meant "standard". http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/imag...es/biggrin.png

cooli

Yeah, watch those possums too. In NZ they are our equivalent of the cane toad.

Thanks for your consurnes about my "bad" English but maybe if you had brain damage from being in a comer and nay dieing and then not leaning to read and wright till grade five, which means I would have been 11, you would have trouble too. Maybe in the furture you should take leaning difficulties into thought before verberly abusing someone!