Globalization as the Inexorable Integration of Markets, Capital, Nation-States, and Technologies in Ways That Allow Individuals, Groups, Corporations, and Countries to Reach Around the World Farther, Faster, Deeper, and Cheaper Than Ever Before.
Introduction
Nowadays, the world’s development requires that many things begin to globalize. Globalization as the inexorable integration of markets, capital, nation-states, and technologies in ways that allow individuals, groups, corporations, and countries to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. (Thomas, 2000)
The world today is characterized by a growing number of contacts which results in communication between people with different cultural background. In these circumstances, the communication in cross-domain, inter-ethnic and inter-cultural exchanges between the economic and social intercourse is growing day by day, which provides us many opportunities to contact and communicate with westerners. This is a good thing to us Chinese. However, different nations hold different cultures. For instance, “full moon” symbolizes jubilation and reunion in China, and “a bright moon in the sky” makes people feel quiet and at leisure. Cultures are quite different from one country to another.
The culture of a country includes lots of things such as religion, public behavior, total life style, political structure of the society, history of the country (but only as it reflects cultural mind-sets, or the manner in which its members think, feel, and act; not a detailed history), social class structure, food and eating behavior, leisure pursuits and interests and so many factors else. (Martin, 2001)
Under I will explain the impact of cultural differences in my interactions with others especially when dealing my classmates and friends from different cultural backgrounds.
1) How communicating with someone from another culture was different?
When I first came to Singapore, it was very difficult for me because I didn’t speak that good of English when I first got there, so as far as having a relationship with my classmates and roommates that was hard. But I’d like to communicate with foreigner, because I can practice my
Nowadays, the world’s development requires that many things begin to globalize. Globalization as the inexorable integration of markets, capital, nation-states, and technologies in ways that allow individuals, groups, corporations, and countries to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. (Thomas, 2000)
The world today is characterized by a growing number of contacts which results in communication between people with different cultural background. In these circumstances, the communication in cross-domain, inter-ethnic and inter-cultural exchanges between the economic and social intercourse is growing day by day, which provides us many opportunities to contact and communicate with westerners. This is a good thing to us Chinese. However, different nations hold different cultures. For instance, “full moon” symbolizes jubilation and reunion in China, and “a bright moon in the sky” makes people feel quiet and at leisure. Cultures are quite different from one country to another.
The culture of a country includes lots of things such as religion, public behavior, total life style, political structure of the society, history of the country (but only as it reflects cultural mind-sets, or the manner in which its members think, feel, and act; not a detailed history), social class structure, food and eating behavior, leisure pursuits and interests and so many factors else. (Martin, 2001)
Under I will explain the impact of cultural differences in my interactions with others especially when dealing my classmates and friends from different cultural backgrounds.
1) How communicating with someone from another culture was different?
When I first came to Singapore, it was very difficult for me because I didn’t speak that good of English when I first got there, so as far as having a relationship with my classmates and roommates that was hard. But I’d like to communicate with foreigner, because I can practice my
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