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This document describes the Iceberg Concept of Culture, which states that most of a culture exists below the surface. The surface culture includes tangible aspects like food, dress, music, and arts. Deep culture involves unspoken rules and behaviors like courtesy, nonverbal communication, and emotional expressions. Unconscious rules are the deepest and most fundamental aspects of a culture, which include concepts of time, leadership, childrearing, and social interaction. According to this model, the deeper levels of culture have higher emotional significance.

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The Iceberg Concept of Culture Like an iceberg, the majority of culture is below the surface. food dress music Surface Culture visual arts drama crafts Above sea level dance literature language Emotional load: relatively low celebrations games Deep Culture courtesy contextual conversational patterns concept of time Unspoken Rules Partially below sea level personal space rules of conduct facial expressions Emotional load: very high nonverbal communication body language touching eye contact patterns of handling emotions notions of modesty concept of beauty courtship practices relationships to animals notions of leadership Unconscious Rules tempo of work concepts of food ideals of childrearing Completely below sea level theory of disease social interaction rate nature of friendships Emotional load: intense tone of voice attitudes toward elders concept of cleanliness notions of adolescence patterns of group decision-making definition of insanity preference for competition or cooperation tolerance of physical pain concept of self concept of past and future definition of obscenity attitudes toward dependents problem-solving roles in relation to age, sex, class, occupation, kinship, and so forth Indiana Department of Education Office of English Language Learning & Migrant Education www.doe.in.gov/englishlanguagelearning

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  • 1. The Iceberg Concept of Culture Like an iceberg, the majority of culture is below the surface. food dress music Surface Culture visual arts drama crafts Above sea level dance literature language Emotional load: relatively low celebrations games Deep Culture courtesy contextual conversational patterns concept of time Unspoken Rules Partially below sea level personal space rules of conduct facial expressions Emotional load: very high nonverbal communication body language touching eye contact patterns of handling emotions notions of modesty concept of beauty courtship practices relationships to animals notions of leadership Unconscious Rules tempo of work concepts of food ideals of childrearing Completely below sea level theory of disease social interaction rate nature of friendships Emotional load: intense tone of voice attitudes toward elders concept of cleanliness notions of adolescence patterns of group decision-making definition of insanity preference for competition or cooperation tolerance of physical pain concept of self concept of past and future definition of obscenity attitudes toward dependents problem-solving roles in relation to age, sex, class, occupation, kinship, and so forth Indiana Department of Education Office of English Language Learning & Migrant Education www.doe.in.gov/englishlanguagelearning