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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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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Hinduism Hinduism impacted Indian culture in a dramatic way with all the different holidays‚ These holidays brought more attention to things like full moons‚ new starts‚ long lasting lights‚ along with lunar months and eclipses. The different universals that this religion affects this culture is food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. One example of food‚ shelter‚ and clothing is in holidays‚ certain fabrics will be worn to represent someone/something. Without this religion‚ more people wouldn’t respect the
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To What Extent is Culture a Driver of or a Constraint to Globalization? Cavusgil‚ Knight and Riesenberger define globalization of markets as the ongoing economic integration and growing interdependency of countries worldwide (2008‚ 4). From an economic point of view‚ globalization is reduction in‚ or removal of‚ foreign trade barriers in order to facilitate the flows of goods across borders (Leidner 2010‚ 1). Cultural globalization takes a more anthropological point of view‚ and refers to “a phenomenon
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THANG LONG UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Cultural Similarities and Differences between Eastern and Western INSTRUCTOR: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Do Student name : Vu Thi Huyen Trang Student code : A21888 Ha Noi‚ 2015 Table of Contents 1.Introduction……………………………………………………………………….01 2.Definition……..…………………………………………………………………..01 3.The Similarities…………………………………………………………………..02 3.1. Religion…………………………………………………….. 3.2. Zodiac………………………………………………………. 3.3. Communication……………………………………………
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United States | Germany | The United States and Germany together can be described as low context cultures. Communication is used to exchange information‚ ideas‚ and opinions. Both countries prefer limiting communication and relationships to smaller groups of selected individuals‚ and sharing only information that is pertinent. Messages in both cultures tend to be more verbal and direct rather than nonverbal and indirect. | The United States was created in debt. Immigrants flock to the US
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------------------------------------------------- Culture of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the | Culture of India | | History | People | Languages | Mythology and folklore[show] | Cuisine | Festivals | Religion | Art[show] | Literature[show] | Music and performing arts[show] | Media[show] | Sport | Monuments[show] | Symbols[show] | * Culture portal * India portal | * v * t * e | The culture of India refers to the way of life
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1. Introduction Indian civilization began in 2500 BC‚ starting from the Indus Valley developed‚ so take the country called India. In additional‚ India’s historic and geographic complex and changing environment‚ rich in a variety of terrain‚ climate changing‚ high population density‚ India is a federal state and composed from 22 provinces‚ the highest population density at the Ganges and Asia tactlessness River Yamuna the intersection of two major holy rivers in Uttar Pradesh. Besides‚ their
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Malaysia is a one of the multi cultural country. Cultures have been meeting and mixing in Malaysia since the very beginning of its history. More than fifteen hundred years ago a Malay kingdom in Bujang Valley welcomed traders from China and India. Malaysia’s cultural mosaic is marked by many different cultures‚ but several in particular have had especially lasting influence on the country. Chief among these is the ancient Malay culture‚ and the cultures of Malaysia’s two most prominent trading partners
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Toyota Culture: through the eyes of an associate Growing up in America and working for Toyota‚ a Japanese company has really shown me the differences in culture and the importance of how we communicate. I work for The Raymond Corporation which is owned by Toyota and is a world leading manufacturer of electric lift trucks among other things. In this essay I am going to explain several concepts involving different types of cultural communications and how these concepts affect me and my everyday
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