Can English be dethroned? Roland J.-L. Breton‚ geolinguist and emeritus professor at the University of Paris VIII. Major languages other than English are spoken by over half the people on the planet. What can be done to give them more clout in international bodies? Back in 1919‚ U.S. President Woodrow Wilson managed to have the Treaty of Versailles‚ which ended the First World War between Germany and the Allies‚ written in English as well as French. Since then‚ English has taken root in diplomacy
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just one of six indicators of solidarity or integration between generations in a family. In a study examining the relationship between acculturation and family solidarity in Hispanic-American families‚ Julian Montoro-Rodriguez and Karl Kosloski (1998) find that for two dimensions of attitudinal familism (familial obligation and support from relatives)‚ acculturation is positively related to familism. This means‚ contrary to assimilationist perspectives on family ties‚ that as Hispanic Americans become
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the Greek culture in the following dimensions (Word limit: Short Answer): Individualism/collectivism Power distance Please use examples from the movie to support your arguments. 2) Previous studies have found that there are 4 major acculturation strategies that immigrants use in cultural adaptation. They are: Assimilation: abandon one’s own cultural habits and values in order to accept the new host culture totally. Separation: maintaining own cultural values and avoid contact with
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INTEGRATION AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES Before starting to analyse the relationship between integration and healthcare services‚ it’s important to have a focus on what integration really is and how to measure it. Following the European Union‚ in order to define and understand the quality and the development of integration it is possible to focus on a list of criteria. Between these criteria‚ some of the most important are education‚ social inclusion (in the meaning of social participation and connection
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Leadership & Organizational Behavior Chapter 14 Summary Organizational Culture Organizational culture consists of the values and assumptions shared within an organization. It defines what is important and unimportant in the company and‚ consequently‚ directs everyone in the organization toward the “right way” of doing things. Elements of Organizational Culture In the context of organizational culture‚ values are discussed as shared values‚ which are values that people within the organization
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Culture and European Lifestyles An Essay in Consumer Behaviour Introduction 3 Cultural and acculturation 3 Enculturation and acculturation 4 Cultural change processes 6 Generation Y 6 Generation X 7 Baby Boomers 7 New Reality 8 Lifestyles and European Culture 9 What are social classes 10 Lifestyle profiles of social classes 10 Conclusion 12 Introduction In order to explain the importance of the aspect of lifestyle behaviour we need to see how purchasing behaviour is affected
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The role grants play in the Human Services field is critical in the funding stream. The program which the human services agency is trying to accomplish is dealt by requesting financial needs from government or local agencies. When an agency is trying to create a program to help the needs of the community‚ usually there are not any or enough monies to support the program through. “A grant is a sum of money given to an agency
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MGMT 102 Sample questions (1-10) 1. Briefly describe any one of the communication models discussed in the textbook and/or lecture Lasswell’s (1948) model describes communication as a one-way transmission of messages. The model shows the ‘who’ as the ‘source’‚ the ‘what’ as the message‚ the ‘how’ as the channel‚ the ‘whom’ as the destination and the ‘effect’ as the outcome. 2. Describe three of the of the tests you can use to enable ethical decision-making Are we rationalising: Identify
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CURSE: HAVING DIVERSE ETHNIC IDENTITY Multicultural people can be defined as a people who have more than one culture in other words who grew up with more than one cultural identity. A person who grew up with more than one culture is having a mixed ethnic identity. Amin Maloouf‚ who has mixed ethnic identity‚ is a Lebanese author‚ who born in Beirut. His father was from Melikte Greek Catholic community and on the other hand his mother was from Turkey. Also Maalouf (1998) mentions that he has lived
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participating in related class discussions and activities‚ you should be able to: (1) Pay more attention to your own and others’ family and gender socialization issues; (2) Recognize systems-level societal factors that influence newcomers’ acculturation process; (3) Be more mindful about cultural and ethnic identity factors when communicating with culturally and ethnically different others; (4) Be sensitive to identity issues and learn to listen more deeply to unfamiliar others; (5) Understand
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