According to Holden (2002)‚ participative competency is an ability to be involved in and be a part of interaction – even in a nonnative language. Along the same line‚ Fantini (2000) includes the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately without changing the significance of the message as a cross-cultural competency. Koehn and Rosenau‘s (2002) transnational listening requires that native speakers understand non-native speakers‚ even when they do not use the language
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By Frederik Balfour Guanxi. It’s the first word any businessperson learns upon arriving in China. Loosely translated‚ guanxi means "connections" and‚ as any China veteran will tell you‚ it is the key to everything: securing a business license‚ landing a distribution deal‚ even finding that coveted colonial villa in Shanghai. Fortunes have been made and lost based on whether the seeker has good or bad guanxi‚ and in most cases a positive outcome has meant knowing the right government official‚ a relationship
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about how progress can be made in science. When has progress been made using scientific methods. Etc (Physics exam‚ not prepared now‚ prepared in 6 months because you know more things) Have better understanding of the human condition(beings)‚ culture‚ language‚ norms‚ morality. Justification of knowledge VS what you can do for knowledge. (as progress). Have a firm understanding of what you mean by progress. In 6000 BC when metals were first discovered‚ they were merely used for weapons‚
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of people always use five fundamental taste elements when they’re cooking. For Vietnamese people‚ salt is used as the connection between the worlds of the living and the dead. Cooking and eating play an extremely important role in Vietnamese culture. The word ăn (eat) is included in a great number of proverbs and has a large range of semantic extensions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine#Cultural_importance Vietnamese cuisine is reflective of the Vietnamese lifestyle from the
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Australian School of Business School of Economics ECON 5103 Business Economics * * * Course Outline Semester 2‚ 2011 Table of Contents 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1 1.1 Lecturers-in-charge: 1 1.2 Pitstop 1 2 COURSE DETAILS 1 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 1 2.2 Units of Credit 1 2.3 Summary of Course 2 2.4 Aims and Relationship to Other Courses 2 2.5 Student Learning Outcomes 2 3 LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2 3.1 Approach to Learning and Teaching in the
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SAMPLE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT ON SETTING (30%) Outline of Essay Title - The Importance of Settings in Ha Jin’s “Saboteur” Introduction - Ha Jin brings out the historical setting‚ consisting of political‚ social and cultural‚ geographical and physical elements as all are important in this story and how they influence the story line (thesis statement) Analysis - political‚ social and cultural elements as well as geographical and physical elements in the essay are discussed
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Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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| | Mounting western culture degrading India on the whole. Have you ever seen the pictures of Jatindranath Mukerjee or Chandrasekhar Azad or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose? Apart from being leading revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle‚ these three great personalities had something more in common. Almost in each picture you will find each of them clad in perfect Indian attire or dhoti-kurta. Do you find the same dress among Indians still? Unfortunately‚ it is becoming almost extinct more
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Cultural Shock * Cultural Context * High-Context Culture * Low-Context Culture * Individualism * Collectivism * Masculine * Feminine Why Study Culture? * Globalization * Rise in intercultural Shock * Avoid Culture ShockCultural Contexts * What is cultural Context? * The relative emphasis different cultures place on nonverbal communication * High-Context culture * Low-Context cultureCulture Values * What are culture values? * Four categories of cultural values:
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Chapter 5 Rubenstein Language A. Language is system of communication through speech‚ a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning. 1. Language is a part of culture 2. Geographers ask “where” different languages are used and “why” different languages have distinct distributions B. Literary tradition is a written language (many spoken languages have no written languages) C. KEY ISSUE 1: Where are different languages distributed
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