International Investigation Assignment: Describing Dining Practices in Another Country

Selecting a Country and City for Your International Investigation

For your International Investigation assignment, worth 20% of your final grade, you will complete the following:
To complete this assignment, describe dinner practices in another country. To ensure your International Investigation is complete, provide specific detailed related to the information requested below.

1.Country - Select any country you like, except the UK (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
a.What country did you select? Why?
b.What particular city or region of the country did you look at?

2.Sources – Where did you get the information in your investigation?
a.What relevant, reliable, and credible sources did you use for your investigation?
b.Use the table below as a guide to help you provide information about your resources.

What is the name of the resource’s author or organization?    What is the publication date of the resource?     What is the title of the resource?
        
What is the title of the book, magazine, or website the resource comes from?    What are the issue and volume numbers (magazine), and page numbers for the resource?    What is the URL and path for your (online) resource?
        
What is this resource about and why is it credible?

3. Provide specific details about these elements of dining etiquette as they relate to the country you are investigating.
a.Conversation
b.Cutlery
c.Dishware
d.Settings
e.Service
f.Occasions

4.Which three elements from your choice country’s dining practices would you be interested in adding to your fantasy dinner party plan final assignment? Provide the reason for your choice?

5.What three dining etiquette rules from your chosen country did you learn? Would you add these rules to your fantasy dinner party plan final assignment? Provide the reasons why or why not?