have watched 3 videos related to intercultural communication problems that can happen in real-life. We also read about Barna’s Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication which is deeply related to the videos. The first video on the baseball player eating with a Japanese coach’s family had many examples of the “stumbling blocks.” First of all‚ there is the assumption of similarities from the beginning of the video‚ which is the first and the longest stumbling block mentioned in the article. The
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Be Careful‚ Misunderstanding by Different Cultures Have you ever visited another country and made many misunderstandings that you did not realize? Every country has its particular culture‚ and people can identify those cultures by different races‚ genders and nationalities. In addition‚ different races of people have their particular cultural backgrounds‚ and every different culture has its interesting parts. People benefit from learning other cultures; by doing that‚ they can improve their nations
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now‚ I have experienced many differences between American culture and Italian culture. When I first arrived‚ I was so excited and everything was so new that I did not immediately notice these differences. Everything was a blur! We had orientations and tours during the first week and each instructor mentioned specific aspects of Italian culture that we needed to be aware of. But‚ since I had only been here for two days‚ I had not witnessed these differences. In “Culture Shock and the Cross-Cultural
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Culture a Misunderstanding “Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.” This quote by Johann G. Hamann talks about language and how it can be misunderstood. What he means is if you don’t understand someone because you don’t speak that language how things are going to work out. Everything will just be you listening to someone but you can’t comprehend what the person is saying. Just like in the
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imagined how my life would be in America‚ and I was confident about my adaptability as I had spent four years living abroad in Singapore but anxious about the much more immense diversity in America at the same time. As more than three weeks have past since I first arrived in America‚ I gradually learn that the real experience is way different from what I have imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged
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The differences between two cultures There are so many countries in the world. As my grandmother taught me that each country has its own tradition and culture for example Japanese has kimono for its special festival‚ Kungfu is significant symbol of China or Pizza and Spaghetti are the characteristic food of Italia. Therefore when I came to America‚ I decided to search everything about this country. Then after 5 months in there‚ I found that Vietnam and The USA are very different from living style
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Module International Relations and Security comprise of several topics that centered on relation between two or more countries and security aspect within the relations. There are several approaches which define the disposition towards world affairs which can be analyzed in all historical periods such as idealism‚ realisms and interdependence. Idealism can be defined particularly in two ways which are broad and narrow in professional study. Idealism can be said as an optimistic doctrine which seeks
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Building Effective Customer Relations FRUMENCE A. HERMOSO Assistant Professor II Taguig City University What is a Customer? A customer (sometimes known as a client‚ buyer‚ or purchaser) is the recipient of a good‚ service‚ product‚ or idea‚ obtained from a seller‚ vendor‚ or supplier for a monetary or other valuable consideration. Categories of Customers An intermediate customer or trade customer - is a dealer that purchases goods for re-sale. An ultimate customer - is the consumer. An
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What is the difference between race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture? Race is biological categorized‚ which is eyes‚ hair‚ and skin. Ethnicity shares racially similar people of similar origin. Culture is the sharing of values‚ beliefs‚ and ideals of a group of people‚ regardless of their race. Race or racial group refers to the categorizing humans into groups‚ or populations on various heritable characteristics. The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations
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Intercultural differences in work environment “If you talk to a man in a language he understands‚ that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language‚ that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela Culture does not only consist of different languages or our background; it is almost everything that defines who we are. Our age‚ gender‚ religion‚ color‚ one’s peers or our personal values. What a lot of people forget‚ and what Mister Mandela wanted to draw attention to‚ is that it is
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