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A Vietnamese girl student takes her British boyfriend to her family. She wants to introduce him to her parents. Her parents invite him a Vietnamese meal. What will happen?
1.NGUYEN THI THEM
2.NGUYEN TRA GIANG
3.HOANG VIET HIEN
4.LE THI THU HA
VIETNAM - BRITAIN
I. Introduction
Table manner refers to conventional, social rules of eating that one should follow to be a polite person.
Each country have each table manner
Definition of table manner
Vietnamese table manner
a. Tools:
Chopsticks
Bowls
Spoons
The elderly people sit before the other
b. Habits
Hold chopsticks in right hand & spoons in the other hand while eating soup
Pour drinks for others
Invite others to eat before eating
Finish every food items on bowls
Rest chopsticks on the top of rice bowls after finishing eating

Table tools
PLATE
KNIFE
FORK
SPOON
NAPKIN
Habits
Not start eating before host does/instructs
Hold fork in left hand
Hold knife in right hand
Keep bowl away
Hold spoon in right hand
Eating soup
Put napkin on the lap
Not put elbow on table
When chewing food: close mouth
Swallow all food before:
+ Talk
+ Eat more
+ Have a drink
Not eat loudly
Try to eat all food on plate
Never pick food out of teeth by fingernail
Finish eating:
place fork & knife at 6 o’clock
Opening mouth while chewing
Picking food out of teeth with fingernail
Slurping food or eating loudly
Talking with food in mouth
a. The similarity
why similar?
To keep the politeness
To respect the hosts
Avoid
b. The differences
- Utensils (eating tools)
Why different? Each country  each particular food
Table setting
Why different? Each country each particular habit
-Interaction
Why different? Viet nam  a collectivist country
Britain  a individualist country
III. CONCLUSION
- Each country, even each area in the same country sets up private standards of table manner, influenced by many factors
One’s table manner reveals his educational level, social class and some point of his character
- Cultural learning is very necessary