Naming Traditions

•Different naming traditions used by people around the world : In 4, 5, 6, and 7 paragraphs 
•Different naming traditions in the United States : In 5 paragraph 3. 
•Reason why some people names are hard to remember : In 4, 5, 7 paragraphs 
•What happens to a woman’s name when she gets married : In 2 and 6 paragraphs

A. Who do you think the text was written for? check (✔️) the correct answer. 
1. People who are coming to the United States for the first time 
2. People who are going to a non-English speaking country (✔️) 
3. Americans who are living in a foreign country (✔️) 
4. Americans who are living in the United States 

B. Write the correct name. 
1. Lee Hyun Ju is from Korea. Her fiancé’s name is An Ho Jae. 
-What is her name now? Miss Lee Hyun Ju
-What is his name? Mr. An Ho Jae 
-What will her name be after she marries? Mrs. Lee Hyun Ju 

 2. Tomoko Kato is from Japan. Her fiancé’s name is Hideo Suzuki. 
-What is her name now? Miss Tomoko Kato
-What is his name? Mr. Hideo Suzuki 
-What will her name be after she marries? Mrs. Hideo Kato 

 3. Guadalupe Gomez is from Mexico. Her fiancé’s name is Emilio Rodriguez. 
-What is her name now? Miss Guadalupe Gomez 
-What is his name? Mr. Emilio Rodriguez
-What will her name be after she marries? Mrs. Guadalupe Gomez de Rodriguez

C. Answer the questions. 
1. - Who do you call by their first name?
Answer: Friends, both close friends or new acquaintances. People who are younger and older than me either (Usually followed by a polite designation in front of their names. Such as ‘Ibu/Bapak’ or in English form as Miss/Ms/Mrs/Mr). Because in Indonesia, people are quite free to call the names as they want without any written rules regarding it. 

 -Who calls you by your first name? 
Answer: My teacher and people who just met me. Because my close friends and someone who knows me enough will not call me by my first name. Unless called completely with my last name, in short, my full name. 

 -Who do you call only by their last name?
Answer: Some of my friends who asked me to call them by their last name. Or someone who wants me to call him/herself like that. 

2. How would your name be different in the other countries mentioned in the reading? 
Answers:
- In Korea, my name would be adding by my family’s name (surname) before the given name from my parents. And, when I marry someday to a Korean guy who has the name Yoon Dowoon, my name would not change, it stays as my name before. There is no adding by my husband’s name. For Information surname from Korea, there are Kim, Lee, Park, Yoon, Kang, and many others. Korea has 3 names either. Because Korean follow a convention in which they use one of the syllables (or rather names) to signify the generational level, and the other syllable is given as a ‘true’ name. I could not take a form of my Korean names, because I am an Indonesian, and foreigners are not required to adopt a Korean name upon naturalization. 

 - In Japan, not too different from Korean names one. The majority of Japanese people have one surname and one given name with no other names, except for the Japanese imperial family. It means the order is surname + given name. Thus, a person with the surname Koizumi and given name Haru is referred to as Koizumi Haru. In order name in English, it would be ‘Haru Koizumi’. When Miss Haru Koizumi married to Mr. Aoi Takeda. So then, the woman’s name would be called Mrs. Aoi Koizumi. In Japanese, not too different from Korean names one. The majority of Japanese people have one surname and one given name with no other names, except for the Japanese imperial family. It means the order is surname + given name. Thus, a person with the surname Koizumi and given name Haru is referred to as Koizumi Haru. In order name in English, it would be ‘Haru Koizumi’. When Miss Haru Koizumi married to Mr. Aoi Takeda. So then, the woman’s name would be called Mrs. Aoi Koizumi. 

 - In Mexico, my name would still keep the maiden name after marrying, but there is adding my husband’s name after the word de (of). If I married a Mexican guy who has the name Juan Carlos, therefore my name would be Widya Anatasyah de Carlos. Then, if I have a child, her/his name order is as follows given name + father’s family name + mother’s family name. For example, if I have a baby girl, the name would be Leticia Carlos Anatasyah. 

 - In the United States, my name would have a surname in the last name. The surname is carrying my father’s last name. It is quite common in Indonesia where parents followed the western name style. They would put the father’s name in the last name of their children. For example, my father’s last name is Firmansyah. Therefore, my name would be Widya Firmansyah. The order is given name + surname. Then someday, if I get married, the last of my name would be putting by name of my husband’s surname, not my father’s surnames anymore. For example, I married Dave Alistair, then I would be called by my husband’s surname, that is Mrs. Alistair. 

 3. What would you tell a foreign visitor about the naming traditions in your country? 
Answer: In Indonesia, parents can choose the given surname to their children or not. For example, Javanese and Sundanese people draw a huge number of the population both have and do not have surnames. Generally, Batak and Chinese Indonesia that almost 99% have surnames. Batak surnames in Indonesia are called as ‘Marga’ or ‘Boru’. While note that the majority in Chinese Indonesian have 2 names, the Chinese and the Indonesian names, or probably western names, also the religious names. One of both names could carry surnames or probably none of them. In different cases, if in Minangkabau, they have clans from their mother’s side, not from the father’s side like almost all of the Indonesian tribes had. Because they are only a matrilineal tribe in Indonesia. Same as before, Minangkabau people have and do not have surnames, it depends on their parents. To sum it all up, we do not have strict naming conventions like the other countries. Nevertheless, some of parents in Indonesia usually put their name as the last name of their children.



Name: Widya Anatasyah
Class: 3E
Subject: Post Intermediate Reading

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