Belgium Culture – Intercultural communication Our lecture started with well-known demographic facts about Belgium - the population equals to 10‚511‚000‚ 15% of which are immigrants (1‚570‚000). In Belgium‚ Catholicism is the most widespread religion. There are also Moslems‚ Jews and Protestants. In general‚ people are open-minded about other religions and of course different nationalities. The cultural diversity is enriched by international and local immigration. In the last hundred years the
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The use of the swallows as the representation for life on earth is curious. The swallow is a small bird‚ tiny and insignificant in comparison to the world it inhabits. By application of analogy‚ I couldn’t help‚ but draw the conclusion that Melville intended for the reader to see life on earth as small and insignificant compared to the universe that it exists in. This introduces the reader to feelings of powerlessness‚ hopelessness and despair that can be ascri
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Different methods of communication 1.0 Introduction Communication can be considered as one of the most important parts of human life that has evolved during the history of our existence. Different methods of communication from smoke signal to sign languages to face to face communication have played an important part in our lives. Rapid development in the technology field caused evolution of electronic communication and we started to develop better and faster tools and methods to communicate with
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subconscious. Gestures‚ facial expressions‚ eye behavior‚ appearance‚ use of space‚ touch‚ voice and smell are all factors that provide nonverbal communication between two people. Physical gestures can be common hand cues to signify everything is A-okay‚ a shrug of the shoulders to show one isn’t sure‚ or crossed arms indicating irritation. Some gestures are part of a person’s personality trait. Some people chew their fingernails and others have nervous twitches. Though the latter gestures are normally
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Descartes whose works comprise of making the link between natural language as speech and also as emotion or gestures. This was especially important since he has initially introduce to us the ideology of European discourse that according to him is identified by verbal communication only and contrasts such to point out that Oroonoko communicates through words but most importantly through gestures which was used to set him apart from others (pg.106). Through this‚ discourse is seen as referring to the
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What Would Hamlet be without Insanity? The play Hamlet is without a doubt an odd story to read based on what society today has become accustomed to. A brother killing another brother‚ and then marrying his wife. It is not a typical story in the modern world today. There is a vast variety of different themes that can be traced throughout the play‚ however the most popular is madness and sanity. Madness and sanity shape the play into what it is‚ without madness and sanity the play would have no life
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Ishin-Denshin “What the mind thinks‚ the heart transmits.” Every culture‚ nations‚ subculture‚ group‚ and even family is different and has its own pattern of communication as well as specific gestures and customs. Some may resemble more to the other and certain may be unique as the Japanese culture. As Team C we have decided to study the Japanese culture as we find it exciting and the most unknown from our personal experience. Ishin-Denshin stands for “what the mind thinks‚ the heart transmits”
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Nonverbal communication is body language and plays a major role in relationship development because it is also the main channel we use to communicate our feelings and attitudes towards others. But because much of our nonverbal communication behavior is unconscious‚ most of us have limited awareness or understanding of it. The importance of nonverbals in communication cannot be overemphasized; they are crucial to getting the full message. Some writers have suggested that as much as 80% of communication
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vocabulary‚ short sentences‚ pitch and tone‚ and clear precise speech. Non-verbal communication: eye contact‚ facial expression‚ posture‚ gestures and body language. 3.1 People from different back grounds may interpret gestures and words differently‚ some words and gestures will have totally different meanings. Some people may use a lot of hand gestures and speak with a raised voice to get their point across‚ others may find this offensive and may feel threatened. eye contact can be polite
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expression for sadness is the same in every culture. Eye contact this is especial important type of body language because the way you look at some one can communicate many different meanings counting‚ interest‚ hostility‚ attraction‚ and affection. Gestures are used on a daily basis. We point‚
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