(the way we behave in a particular society)

American Attitudes and Good Manners:

Help you make friends, not enemies, in the U.S:

• Don't be "nosy".

• Don't smoke without permission: must have a cigarette should excuse themselves and go outside to smoke.

• Don't get to close.

• Don't touch.

• Don't make ethnic slurs: The U.S is a multi-ethnic, multi-racial culture, and there is the considerable social interaction among different groups. Don't say anything negative about any ethnic group.

Introductions and Titles:

→ When you introduce two people, what are some rules about whose name goes first?

Making introductions (presenting two strangers to each other) is one of the most common social duties.

• Different sexes: woman's name first.

• Appropriate responses to an introduction: "How do you do?", "It is nice to meet you.", "Hello".

• Shake hands (each using the right hand). To tradition, the woman, the older person, or the more important person is expected to extend a hand first. Today is not always followed, handshaking is not limited to introductions, in business or social situations, acquaintances and friends when they meet and when they conclude a conversation.

• At the end of a conversation with a new acquaintance, it's polite to say, "Good-bye. It was nice meeting you." Add some appropriate remark that wishes the person a good time or good luck, "Enjoy your visit to our city", "Good luck with your new job".

• People in the same general age group tend to get on a first – name. Coworker, classmates, neighbours, often call each other by first names.

• In addressing a stranger, it's is customary to use sir for a man and miss or ma'am for a woman. It's rude to call a man mister without the last name or a woman lady.

• Dr: medical doctors, dentists, people with academic doctoral degrees ( a PhD).

• Doctor, Professor, Officer, Captain, religious leader (Father or Rabbi,..): can be used alone.

• Not correct to call teacher Teacherin elementary and high schools. Mr., Ms., Miss., or Mrs., plus the last name. In American colleges and universities, some instructors and professors are quite informal, encourage students to call them by their first names.

Congratulations, Condolences, and Apologies:

→ Name some several occasions when it's appropriate to say "Congratulations".

It's polite to say "Congratulations!" (with a lot of enthusiasm): graduation, job promotion, the birth of a child, the purchase of a home. Sometimes, appropriate to give a gift.

Sad occasions:

-A coworker, classmate, or neighbour experienced a death in the family, die or death should be avoided. It best to say "I was so sorry to hear about your loss" (or "... about your father"). It's also customary to send a sympathy card, if you don't know the mourner's religion, select a card without religious symbols.

-"I'm sorry" display good manners in a great many difficult social situations.

• To express sympathy to someone who has had a bad experience

• To express regret for bothering someone or causing a problem

-"Excuses me", "Pardon me": to get out of the crowded elevator or stopping stranger to ask directions.

DiningEtiquette:

→ What information should you give when you make a reservation at a restaurant?

-Phone the restaurant and make a reservation to avoid waiting for a table.

-Prepare to pay the bill and reach for it when it arrives. If your companion insists on sharing the bill, don't get into an argument about it.

-Tip for the server (waiter or waitress) is not added to the bill. Leave a tip equal to about 15% of the bill. Inexpensive restaurants, leave a little more.

Manner between Men and Women:

→ How has women's liberation affected manners between the sexes?

-Formerly, men – the stronger and dominant sex, etiquette required them to adopt a protective attitude toward the so-called weaker sex.

-Women's Liberation Movement Þa great confusion regarding manner between men and women.

-At work, people are asked to treat other as coworkers not as prospective romantic partners.

ÞResults: change both sex's attitudes. Both sexes are more casual about traditional etiquette.

ClassroomEtiquette:

→ Name some things students can do and shouldn't do in an American classroom.

Can do:

Shouldn't do:

-do not stand up when their teacher enters the room.

-encourage to ask questions during class.

-let students enter class late or leave early when necessary.

-expected to be polite and considerate of their teacher and classmates.

-raise and land wait to be called on.

-If a professor is giving a lecture, it's rude to begin whispering to another classmate.

-When a test is being given, talking to a classmate is not only rude but risky.

-Students who are talking to each other during a test are cheating, the result may be a test grade of zero.