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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SEMESTER Subject Code Subject Description BUS MATH BUSINESS MATH COM ARTS 2 COMMUNICATION ARTS II CUL ARTS CULINARY ARTS AND SCIENCES (LEC/LAB) ENV SCI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIL 2A PAGBASA AT PAGSULAT TUNGO SA PANANALIKSIK HIST 1 PHILIPPINE HISTORY AND CULTURE PE 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 PRNTSM II PRINCIPLES OF TOURISM II TOTAL UNITS SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER Subject Code Subject Description BAS FIN BASIC FINANCE FBSP FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE PROCEDURE (LEC/LAB) HKO HOUSEKEEPING OPERATIONS (LEC/LAB) MISHI
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4 Embankment Drive Road‚ Sector 10‚ Uttara Model Town‚ Dhaka 1230‚ Bangladesh Phone: 896 3523-7‚ 01714 014933‚ 892 3469-70‚ 891 8412‚ Fax: 892 2625‚ info@iubat.edu www.iubat.edu College of Business Administration (CBA) Summer 2013 Course outline FIN 302 – Corporate Finance (May 5 –August 21) Instructor and Contact Information Abdullah Al Yousuf Khan MSIT (London)‚ MBA (Dublin)‚ PGD (London) B.Com. (Hon.)‚ M.Com. Finance & Banking (DU) Email: aaykhan@iubat.edu Office: Room # 222
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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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I. Name of Disease Leprosy; different forms being Lepromatus‚ Tuberculoid‚ Multibacilliary‚ and Paucibacilliary II. Name of Bacteria Mycobacterium leprae III. Description of the Bacteria Mycobacterium leprae‚ the bacteria which causes leprosy‚ is a rod-like bacillus with parallel sides and rounded ends measuring 2-7 micro-millimeters in length and 0.3-0.4 micro-millimeters in width. It can only be seen under the electron microscope when stained. It is acid-fast and alcohol-fast‚ meaning not
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The Media Imperialism debate started in the early 1970s when developing countries began to criticise the control developed countries held over the media. The site for this conflict was UNESCO where the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) movement developed. Supported by the MacBride report‚ "Many Voices‚ One World"‚ countries such as India‚ Indonesia‚ and Egypt argued that the large media companies should have limited access to developing countries. This argument was one of the
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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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