1.0 Introduction The presence and use of borrowed words and discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) have been widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population
Premium Singapore
Culture: Intercultural Communication ………………………….….……….5 1.1 Language as a marker of cultural identity …………………………………………….………….5 1.2 Cross-cultural communicative competence ………………………………………………………7 1.3 Cultural and intercultural communication ………………………………………………...…….12 Chapter 2 Influence of Native Language and Culture on Intercultural communication ……………18 2.1 Levels of communication …………...………………………………………………………..…19 2.2 Cultural Values‚ Customs and Linguistic Expressions …………………………………………27 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………
Free Culture
| The importance for the Tourism and Hospitality industry to understand cultural differences. | THE 101 CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES IN TURISM AND HOSPITALITY THE 101 CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES IN TURISM AND HOSPITALITY Student Number: Unit Title: Cross Cultural issues in Tourism and Hospitality Unit Number: THE101 Due Date: Lecturer: Student Number: Unit Title: Cross Cultural issues in Tourism and Hospitality Unit Number: THE101 Due Date: Lecturer: In hospitality industry
Premium
Coss Cultural Communication: Perspective of Royal Dutch Shell Shell has over 100 different nationalities in its employee population. In a global organization like Shell‚ people need to constantly work with people from other nationalities as part of expatriate assignments. We had a candid interaction with company’s global learning head Manojit Sen. We are elucidating few interesting points from the discussion. Global organisations like Royal Dutch Shell face the constant challenge of cross cultural
Premium Cross-cultural communication Culture Royal Dutch Shell
tourism‚ transportation industry and accommodation industry. They are the three pillars of tourism industry. The tourism industry is very important for Singapore. It is one of Singapore’s economics pillar industry and contributors to the Singaporean economy. Tourism will help the Singapore government earn 10.8 billion Singapore dollars‚ the Singapore Tourism Board (2014) has shown that the tourism industry accounts for 4% of GDP and provide 160 thousand jobs opportunity. The developing of tourism brings
Premium Tourism Singapore Tax
Lush. Greenery. Justice. Freedom. Singapore‚ to me‚ means a lot more. What may seem to be a normal piece of rock to one‚ might seem like gold to another. We have to see Singapore as gold‚ treasure‚ and value it. The world is filled with uniqueness and differences. Singapore‚ being a little red dot‚ is filled with her own uniqueness. Although life in Singapore is hectic‚ it is filled with the pleasure of people and the contentment of solitude. Life in Singapore is balanced with both good and bad things
Premium Singapore
CROSS CULTURAL CONFLICT IN “THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER” OF BHARATI MUKHERJEE Rajaram Solaimalai Associate Professor in English‚ Thiagarajar College of Engineering‚ Madurai625 015 Tamil Nadu‚ India email: sreng@tce.tce website: www.tce.edu ____________________________________________________________ ____________ ABSTRACT: Bharati Mukherjee‚ an Indian born American novelist‚ is a familiar voice in the Indian Diaspora. Her fiction truly reflects the temperament and mood of the present American
Premium Bharati Mukherjee India Culture of India
was caused by UMNO’s policies. The spotlight of this statement is the correspondance of the seperation of Singapore from Malaysia‚ due to the policies carried out by the United Malay National Organisation. During this post-war period‚ although Singapore was already a part of Malaysia‚ their relationship was uncertain due to the political tension and differences in ideology between Singapore and the Malayan states at that time. It has been reviewed that Source A and B talks about the policies of UMNO
Free Malaysia Singapore
Do cultural barriers affect management practices of cross-national businesses in China? Over the decades academics and practitioners have been intrigued by the idea of cultural barriers challenging the management practices of cross-national businesses. The globalization of the world economy‚ on one hand‚ has created tremendous opportunities for global collaboration among different countries; on the other hand‚ it has also created a unique set of problems and issues relating to the effective management
Premium Culture
THE FOUNDING OF MODERN SINGAPORE In late 1818‚ Lord Hastings – the British Governor General of India – appointed Lieutenant General Sir Stamford Raffles to establish a trading station at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. The British were extending their dominion over India and their trade with China was expanding. They saw the need for a port of call to “refit‚ revitalize and protect their merchant fleet” as well as to prevent any advances made by the Dutch in the East Indies. After surveying
Premium Singapore Malaysia