Name : Endah Setiawati
Npm : 1910631060163
Class : 3A
Task : Post Intermedate Reading
A . Who do you think
the text was written for? Check (√)
the correct answer
1. 1. ( √ ) People who are coming to the United States
for the first time
2. 2. ( ×
) people who are going to a non-English speaking country
3. 3. ( × ) Americans who are living in a foreign
country
4. 4. ( √ ) Americans who are living in the United
States
B . Write the correct
name
1. 1. Lee Hyung Ju is from Korea. Her fiance’s name is
An Ho Jae
What is her name now? Ms. or Miss Lee
What is his name? Mr. An
What will her name be after she marries? Ms. Or Mrs Lee Hyung Ju
2. 2. Tomoko Kato is from Japan. Her fiance’s Hideo
Suzuki
What is her name now? Ms. or Miss Tomoko
What is his name? Mr. Hideo
What will her name be after she marries? Ms. or Mrs tomoko Kato
3. 3. Guadalupe Gomes is from Mexico. Her fiance’s is
Emilio Rodrigues
What is her name now? Ms. or Miss Gaduepale
What is his name? Mr. Emilio
What will her name be after she marries? Ms. or Mrs Gaduepale Gomez de
Rodriguez
C . Answer these
questions
1.
What do you call by their first name? Who calls
you by your first name? who do you call only by their last name? I usually call they first name suc
as Intan Putri Sitompul I call Intan, than Alexander Stewart I call as Alex,
than Irene Halley I call as Irene
2. How
would your name be different in the other countries mentioned in the reading? Every country has different culture,
one of them is the difference in the naming tradition, such as traditions that
exist in several countries namely in the Cambodians, Chinese, Hmong, and
Vietnamese. Don’t share the same surname between husband and wife. In Japan
when meidn gets married
their name will be referred to her first husband’s name. on the other hand,
Mexican naming customs differ as well, when a woman marries she keeps her
maiden name and add her husband’s name after the word de (of).
3. What
would you tell a foreign visitor about the naming traditions in your country? Some areas in Indonesia have a
characteristics to call people’s names such as in West Java and other areas.
Example : Muhammad become Moch, sometimes we call someone with a surname that
has to do with a physic. Example: Raden Puspa Oktaviani become kecil, because
she has a slim body.
