Results of the Needs Analysis Carried out at Bristol University in Spring 2001

1. Have you ever found yourself in a situation in GB that was funny or embarrassing because you broke a British cultural convention?

2. If so, please describe the situation.

Ordering food in a restaurant is very difficult for me. I don't know the order for different food. When I join a home party I help myself with sweet cream (don't know the exact name) before I take the main meal. Someone came and talked to me politly: "If you left it after meal it would taste better." (F26 China)
English people are very kind on the surface but I cannot know what they really think. (M43 S-Korea)
Queued in one line all alone. Didn't know that there is just one line here, not for each customer desk. (M21 Japanese)
Due to the different culture in GB and China. Sometimes I have a very different or even contrary way to think and act. This makes people (including myself) feel strange. (F25 China)