Nationality Stereotypes

A stereotype is a fixed set of ideas that is generally held about the characteristics of a particular type of person which are wrongly believed to be shared by all the people of that type. In my opinion it is a dangerous thing to judge about a people or a group of people by existing stereotypes but nevertheless a certain stereotype does exist. There are experimental ways of investigating stereotypes. One of the most obvious is to ask a group of people what trades characterize the British, the Russians, the Americans. Results of such studies of the whole agree well with what might have been expected. English are said to be prim. Weather is the most important topic in the land. In English this is an ever – interesting, even thrilling topic and you must be good at discussing the weather. You must never contradict anybody when discussing the weather. Should it hail and snow, should hurricanes up root the trees, should someone remark to you "Nice day, isn’t it?" – answer without hesitation "Isn’t it lovely?" On the continent people either tell you the truth or lie, in Britain they hardly ever lie but they don’t tell you the truth either. The British like people of every country tend to be attributed with certain characteristics which are supposedly typical. However you should be cautious about accepting such characterizations too easily. Societies change over time while their reputations lag behind. Many things which are often regarded as typically British are no longer representative of modern life. One example of this is the popular belief that Britain is a land of traditions. This is what most tourist brochures claim. The claim is based on what can be seen in public life. And at this level – the level of public life it is undoubtedly true. However in private everyday lives the British as individuals are probably less inclined to follow traditions than other people of most other countries. According to the stereotypes English are also thought to be reserved, conservative, shy of strangers, suspicious of change and slow to accept new ideas, responsible, honest and unemotional. But I think this stereotype pictures are far from true, especially in today’s world.

Nationality stereotypes are often described in anecdotes, humorous stories, private diaries. For example American westerns are dynamic and thrilly. They show us men strength in fights, gun fighting and horse riding skills, but to my mind it was various that made American character. You can easily spot Americans abroad by their toughness. It comes from their sense of individual freedom. Americans realize that individuals must rely on themselves, otherwise they risk to loose their freedom. So, self-reliance usually is the second trade and moral value supposed to be obligatory to a true American. The third national value accounts for their confident and unaffected manners. The fourth American value is competition. Sixty percent of the Americans believe in competition and so desire to win is healthy. In spite of the fact that society can’t consist only of winners the Americans are optimistic. They believe that every problem has a solution. The fifth national value is material wealth. Most Americans believe wealth is a reward for hard work and that it’s possible to have good standard of living if a person works hard. God helps those who help themselves – says the proverb. The sense of humor is often the most revealing aspect of a culture. Surely, humor has never been valued more highly in any other civilization than in this one.

The Russian are considered to be industries, tough, brave and progressive. These stereotypes are derived from books, films and other cultural media. As any nation the Russians have both positive and negative qualities. On the one hand, people who belong to this nationality are hard-working, willing to respect the opinion of other people. They regard other racial or ethnic groups as equal. They are fond of being with other people, enjoying social life, hospitable to foreigners. On the other hand sometimes they are inclined to cheat and unwilling to respect the views, ideas, opinions opposite to their own. This is my point of view on this problem.

I also would like to say stereotypes are a part of human life though they may present one sided exaggerated view of religion, racial ethnic groups of people as well as of classes of people. Stereotypes are certainly not reliable description of individual people but they still exist.

Nationality Stereotypes A stereotype is a fixed set of ideas that is generally held about the characteristics of a particular type of person which are wrongly believed to be shared by all the people of that type. In my opinion it is a dangerou

Великобритания! Край домиков с соломенными крышами, красные телефонные будки и Хью Грант. Или нет?

Не совсем так. Вот небольшая подборка. Это самые распространенные стереотипы об англичанах , часть из которых не соответствует действительности.

Правдивые стереотипы об англичанах

• Англичане любят чай. Да нет, они могут пить чай целыми днями! Многие англичане действительно любят выпить чашечку чая (или 20) в день. Они также предпочитают брать перерыв именно на чай, а не на кофе.
• Они любят очереди. Имеется ввиду ожидание в очереди. Это немного странно, но британцам нравится такое времяпрепровождение. В этом есть что-то необъяснимое.
• Они любят говорить о погоде. Если в беседе наступает неловкое молчание, на выручку приходит любимая тема – погода. Можно говорить о дожде, снеге или просто хмуром небе.
• У всех англичан бледная кожа. По некоторым причинам британцам суждено быть такими бледными, что если бы они не носили одежду, можно было бы видеть сквозь них. У них не было особого выбора, кроме как сделать это модой.
• У англичан проблемы с алкоголем. Большие проблемы. Я уже писал о том, . Это уже национальная проблема на грани катастрофы. Даже не знаю, что тут еще добавить. Почитайте.
• Сельская местность в Великобритании удивительно красива. В этом можно убедиться, глянув, к примеру, статью о .
• Англичане чертовски вежливы. В разговоре, особенно с малознакомым человеком, очень трудно добиться того, чтобы англичанин вам нагрубил. Существуют, конечно, и исключения, но в целом эта нация очень вежлива.
• Они часто извиняются. Наверно, для того, чтобы ненароком не обидеть или не сказать что-то лишнее.
• Англичане ужасные снобы, тайно вас осуждающие. Здесь без комментариев.
• Национальная не особо… изыскана. Думаю, каждый, кто посетил эту страну, не в восторге от повседневной пищи англичан.

• Все они живут в шикарных особняках. К сожалению, это не так. Очень многие тесняться в съемных однушках с другом из колледжа или с подругой детства.
• …Или же в деревне, в очень красивом домике с соломенной крышей. Увы. Всему виной голливудские фильмы и картинки гугла.
• усеяна красными телефонными будками, черными кэбами и мужчинами в котелках. Эти вещи, конечно, являются символами Британии, но не до такой степени. Что-то вроде медведей на улицах нашей родины.
• У всех англичан плохие зубы. Они сами не могут вспомнить, откуда берет свое начало этот стереотип, но зубы у них такие же, как у остальных наций.
• Все они очень умные. Это не так. Не все учились в Оксфорде или , и красивый британский акцент не делает их автоматически таковыми. В этом стереотипе англичане винят Шерлока Холмса.

Nationality Stereotypes

A stereotype is a fixed set of ideas that is generally held about the characteristics of a particular type of person which are wrongly believed to be shared by all the people of that type. In my opinion it is a dangerous thing to judge about a people or a group of people by existing stereotypes but nevertheless a certain stereotype does exist. There are experimental ways of investigating stereotypes. One of the most obvious is to ask a group of people what trades characterize the British, the Russians, the Americans. Results of such studies of the whole agree well with what might have been expected. English are said to be prim. Weather is the most important topic in the land. In English this is an ever – interesting, even thrilling topic and you must be good at discussing the weather. You must never contradict anybody when discussing the weather. Should it hail and snow, should hurricanes up root the trees, should someone remark to you "Nice day, isn’t it?" – answer without hesitation "Isn’t it lovely?" On the continent people either tell you the truth or lie, in Britain they hardly ever lie but they don’t tell you the truth either. The British like people of every country tend to be attributed with certain characteristics which are supposedly typical. However you should be cautious about accepting such characterizations too easily. Societies change over time while their reputations lag behind. Many things which are often regarded as typically British are no longer representative of modern life. One example of this is the popular belief that Britain is a land of traditions. This is what most tourist brochures claim. The claim is based on what can be seen in public life. And at this level – the level of public life it is undoubtedly true. However in private everyday lives the British as individuals are probably less inclined to follow traditions than other people of most other countries. According to the stereotypes English are also thought to be reserved, conservative, shy of strangers, suspicious of change and slow to accept new ideas, responsible, honest and unemotional. But I think this stereotype pictures are far from true, especially in today’s world.

Nationality stereotypes are often described in anecdotes, humorous stories, private diaries. For example American westerns are dynamic and thrilly. They show us men strength in fights, gun fighting and horse riding skills, but to my mind it was various that made American character. You can easily spot Americans abroad by their toughness. It comes from their sense of individual freedom. Americans realize that individuals must rely on themselves, otherwise they risk to loose their freedom. So, self-reliance usually is the second trade and moral value supposed to be obligatory to a true American. The third national value accounts for their confident and unaffected manners. The fourth American value is competition. Sixty percent of the Americans believe in competition and so desire to win is healthy. In spite of the fact that society can’t consist only of winners the Americans are optimistic. They believe that every problem has a solution. The fifth national value is material wealth. Most Americans believe wealth is a reward for hard work and that it’s possible to have good standard of living if a person works hard. God helps those who help themselves – says the proverb. The sense of humor is often the most revealing aspect of a culture. Surely, humor has never been valued more highly in any other civilization than in this one.

The Russian are considered to be industries, tough, brave and progressive. These stereotypes are derived from books, films and other cultural media. As any nation the Russians have both positive and negative qualities. On the one hand, people who belong to this nationality are hard-working, willing to respect the opinion of other people. They regard other racial or ethnic groups as equal. They are fond of being with other people, enjoying social life, hospitable to foreigners. On the other hand sometimes they are inclined to cheat and unwilling to respect the views, ideas, opinions opposite to their own. This is my point of view on this problem.

I also would like to say stereotypes are a part of human life though they may present one sided exaggerated view of religion, racial ethnic groups of people as well as of classes of people. Stereotypes are certainly not reliable description of individual people but they still exist.

Топик Культура и национальные стереотипы описывает такие понятия, как нация, национальная культура и этнические или национальные стереотипы. Например, понятие “нация” описывается как исторически сложившаяся устойчивая общность людей, возникшая на базе общности языка, религии, территории проживания, традиций и образа жизни, проявляющегося в общности культуры. Безусловно, национальный характер существует и, в зависимости от принадлежности человека к той или иной нации, многие черты характера схожи, и эти особенности могут быть объяснены как национальный характер. В топике сравниваются национальные черты характеров немцев, израильтян, россиян, англичан, народов Азии и Африки, южан и северян.

A nation is a group of people who share common history and usually a language and usually, but not always, live in the same area. Culture can be described as our everyday life: how we communicate, what makes us happy and sad. It also includes our language, religion, traditions, behavior, way of life – in other words, what we do each day. People that belong to various nations may differ and they always differ from one another.

For example, the Germans are regarded as scientifically-minded and industrious, they’re always considered solid, intelligent and mathematical. And, for instance, Israeli are believed to be mercenary, industrious, shrewd, loyal to family, religious.

There is a big amount of examples we can list about national character of different people. Proving the difference of the national stereotypes I want to compare Russian and English nations. There are a lot of features that vary.

The Russians are industrious, tough, brave, progressive and suspicious. They are always considered to be nationalistic, over – patriotic (because of this reason they’re good soldiers), we are willing to respect opinion of other people.

Speaking about Englishmen I may note that they’re reserved, tradition-loving, courteous, honest, extremely nationalistic and etc. To my mind, they have a specific sense of humor. They say that they can’t understand our jokes and anecdotes not only because of the different meanings of the words, but because of their humor is more delicate.

Looking at these features of the Russians and the Englishmen it is not hard to mark out the differences. The Englishmen are reserved, but the Russians are open-hearted and communicative. The Englishmen are tradition-loving and the Russians, to my mind, don’t keep their traditions in such a degree.

There is a great majority of factors that influence the nations stereotype and its people’s character. People that live in the southern countries have less problems than those who live in the North and because of this they’re more cheerful and artistic.

The history also has a great influence on the national character. The peoples in Asia are revengeful because their forefathers often were at war with others. In Africa many countries were colonies of the Great Britain, Holland, Spain and so on and they (Africans) were the slaves and because of this they’re still hard-working and industrious.

The National Character exists. It is not a myth, it’s a reality. But the National Character doesn’t describe the character of every person, it describes the character of people of nation in general. Every person has its own character, but according to the person’s belonging to some nation many traits of character are similar and these features may be explained as the national character.

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It’s difficult to speak about a nation as a whole, as in every nation there are both good and bad, honest and dishonest people. Speaking about the national character of the English , one can note the following features:

• conservatism;
• pride;
• love of their home and pets.

The English are very conservative . They have many customs and traditions. They distrust unusual things and like stability.

Their love of home is a symbol of personal independence. However, English people have a real passion for adventure . In the heart of every proud Englishman, there is always a beckoning call of the sea, a romantic craving for distant shores.

The English are considered a very curious nation. For example, in foreign countries, they like to try new cuisine. However, they will not cook new dishes at home, as they are very conservative.

The English are a bit sluggish but strong-spirited. They can easily bear cold and hunger, overcome pain and fear.

English people are extremely friendly and helpful. If you ask an Englishman how to get to the nearest library, he will be glad to show you the way using different “visual techniques”, repeating the same thing several times.

English people are hard working. They work extremely hard, but always find time for rest. Money is the idol of the English. Their first concern is to work hard to earn more.

In addition, the English have a great sense of humor. It is the ability to laugh at oneself. Humor is highly praised in Britain.

Английский национальный характер — тема на английском

Трудно говорить о нации в целом, так как в каждой стране есть хорошие и плохие, честные и нечестные люди. Говоря о национальном характере англичан, можно отметить следующие черты:

• консерватизм,
• гордость,
• любовь к своему дому и домашним животным.

Англичане очень консервативны. У них много обычаев и традиций. Они не доверяют необычным вещам и любят стабильность.

Их любовь к дому является символом личной независимости. Однако у англичан есть и настоящая страсть к приключениям. В сердце каждого гордого англичанина - манящий призыв к морю, романтическая тяга к далеким берегам.

Англичане считаются очень любопытной нацией. Например, в зарубежных странах им нравится пробовать новую кухню. Однако они не будут готовить новые блюда дома, так как они очень консервативны.

Англичане тяжелы на подъем, но сильны духом. Они могут легко переносить холод и голод, преодолевать боль и страх.

Британцы очень дружелюбны и всегда рады помочь. Если вы спросите у англичанина, как добраться до ближайшей библиотеки, он будет рад показать вам путь, используя разные «визуальные методы», повторяя одно и то же по несколько раз.

Англичане трудолюбивы. Они много работают, но всегда находят время для отдыха. Деньги – главное для англичан. Они упорно трудятся, чтобы заработать больше.

Кроме того, у англичан отличное чувство юмора. Это способность смеяться над собой. Юмор высоко ценится в Великобритании.