cross cultural communication

HOUSING Instructor Lê Thị Thanh Hoa • • • • • Group 9: Võ Thị Thu Hường Nguyễn Thị Định Nguyễn Thị Kan Đặng Thị Hà Lê Trọng Dương Outline Houses through the ages Types of modern houses Owning and renting Homelessness Comparison HOUSES THROUGH THE AGES 1.The Celtic houses (500 BC) Round house  Mud: woven stick  Straw: roof  No windows A fire … in the middle of the house  Keep warm 2.The Romans houses (AD 43) What was a rich Romans house like? Under floor heating Mosaic floors Causes of homelessness -The main ones: → Loss of accommodations provided by relatives or friends → Relationships breakdown, including domestic violence → Loss of tenancy → The mortgage or rent arrears The other causes: - Unemployment - Poverty - Lack of social support - Debts - Eviction - Immigration Dealing with homelessness - Most homeless families are provided with temporary accommodation in boarding houses by their local council - Some families and many single people find even more temporary shelter in hostels for the homeless - Besides, thousands of single people simply live on the streets- “sleep rough” However, solving problems of homelessness is not a political priority for British government - In many cases, the homeless are those with personal problems - And in some cases, they are the people who simply don’t want to “settle down” and who won’t class themselves as homeless The government announced that they planned to build million new homes by 2020 • Difference between housing in Britain and Vietnam The way to people divide their house • • • • • • Britain British people divide their house according to their attitude toward privacy For example: detached house semi-detached house town house flat… VN • Vietnamese people rarely divide their house according to that way • They just divide house into rooms, rooms…  British • The number of people who live in flats are less • Only 4% of the population live in flat  Vietnamese • However, people tend to live in flat in VN especially in the big city like HN, HCM  Why they are different? • Individualist … ( ) Britain • British have little deep-rooted attachment to their house - Their houses are just investment - They can sell their house and buy new house whenever the time and price is right VN • People try to preserve and protect their house where they live • People who inherit their ancestor’s house always respect that house • They never sell that house if there is no right reason Another difference Britain VN • Many houses can • We rarely see have the same hundreds of house design ( sometimes, that have the some hundreds of house designs might have the same purpose design for economy The decoration inside the house Britain • British people are very desire to have an “open fire” in their house => Traditional symbol of warmth in Britain VN • However, we just see “open fire” in some houses of the ethnic minorities in VN, “open fire” in VN is not common Britain • House often include general living rooms – Front room for formal visits – Back room for family members and close friends VN • House in VN usually include living room only Britain • In Britain, if people want to buy or sell house, they usually need estate agents to help them that thing VN • But in VN, people can buy or sell by themselves • Sometimes they also need “estate agents” to help them , but usually in big cities only