Do you consider the movie Outsourced to be a useful film to teach intercultural communication and to prepare for a stay in India?
Do you consider the movie Outsourced to be a useful film to teach intercultural communication and to prepare for a stay in India?
In my opinion are films in general a great medium to provide information for students, because they make learning interesting. Further it is easier to understand the given content in the film, because the spoken information is supported by visual content so the viewer is learning through looking and listening, which corresponds to the easiest way of gaining knowledge.
From this point of view, I consider the movie Outsourced as a useful source to teach intercultural communication, because it provides insight in the Indian culture in an entertaining way and captured my interest during the whole film. It became really clear how big the differences between Indian and American culture really is. In my opinion can this fact only be shown so explicitly in a film compared to other mediums eg. written texts, because the viewer can see the feelings and gestures of the Indian people and this may tell you more than thousand words. In addition, I could really empathize with Todd in all the situations where the culture clash turned up and he made mistakes. An advantage of the fact, that he made these mistakes is that you can learn from them. So watching the movie would definitely help you to prepare yourself for a stay in India.