"Compare the ways in which cross-cultural identity is explored in Alice Pung’s Unpolished Gem and Mira Nair’s The Namesake" The struggle to find self identity within the upbringing of two different and contradictory cultural groups is the main theme for Alice Pung’s memoir Unpolished Gem and Mira Nair’s film The Namesake. The main characters for each‚ Alice Pung and Gogol Ganguli respectively grow up the children of immigrants from developing to western countries who are torn between respecting‚ participating
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some aspects of different cultures. That is why cross-cultural communication is an essential exercise to do; a person who come from a certain country does not necessarily get the same ideas about time‚ death‚ identity‚ as another one from a different country because each person has its own identity. The study of cross-cultural communication is central to both theoretical and applied linguistics. Cross Cultural communication holds various differences which can be categories in visible and invisible
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Contents Introduction about culture 3 Cultural Diversity 3 Cultural Communication 4 The Nature of Culture 5 Different Country Different Culture 5 Facts of Australia‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Egypt‚ Germany‚ Mexico 5 Society and Cultural Difference 8 Business Meeting Difference 11 Gift Giving Difference 12 Dining Difference 14 Dress Difference 15 Business Cards Difference 16 Conclusion 17 References 18 Introduction about Culture The word "culture"
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codes of conducts‚ procedures and laws. These behavioral principles are geared towards counselors for high efficiency and success rates in therapy sessions (Hill‚ 2004). They help maintain the integrity of the counselor which helps maintain the trust between the therapist and the patient. There are inconsistencies and discrepancies with these moral values or code of conducts (Jennings et al.‚ 2005) .Many professionals put precedence over rules and regulations‚ just as many Christians can be overly zealous
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Language Arts 11 Schenkelberg Friday November Second Positive Cross-Cultural Encounters When you decide to encounter another culture‚ you could be surprised to find out that they are not that much different than you are. You may even develop close bonds. The books “My Sojourn in the Lands of my Ancestors” and “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” show both positive and negative examples of cross-cultural encounters. To get to know another’s culture you must first accept
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Barriers to cross-cultural communication Introduction If you are to work effectively with people who are culturally different‚ you need to become aware of your own culture and how that impacts on others. As one textbook on professional communication puts it: ‘... we need to become more aware of the cultural basis of our own behaviours‚ perceptions‚ beliefs‚ and values. This enables us to see an interaction from a cultural perspective. It is not just the other person who is displaying culture-specific
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Cultural Differences “What are you? People say this to me as a pick up line in a bar or a question to prove their own assumptions about my race.” (Lee‚ 41).’ This quote shows how having different culture affected the way people lived as it is shown in the story “Hapa” as well as the poem “Legal Alien”. People with different cultural backgrounds have been judged based on their appearances. The authors from “Hapa” and “Legal Alien” both explained how they must tolerate other people by the way they
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A cross-cultural comparison on work value between US and China When I started to study about the cultural comparison between China and the United States I read different articles and theories by different authors; now I know what differences industrialization is making in societies. Chinese culture is different than American culture which is influenced by the domestic policy‚ for example the one child policy. On the values of young Chinese adults‚ the one child policy has not affected the
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University of Phoenix Material Cross-Cultural Communication Matrix Use the matrix to complete the country information. Write 3-4 sentences for each item. a. Access the Business Around the World information by using the url: http://www.mhhe.com/business/buscom/bcommonline/. b. Click on the map on the lower left corner of the page. Select three regions of the world to research by clicking on the map. Select one country from each of the three regions you selected to research
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culture in terms of how different rearing methods and cultural beliefs and practices affect the development of the child. Babies from different countries are born in different places with different facilities. Some are born in a hut some in a western birthing center with the help of medical equipment and technicians and some start their journey to home with parents and a sibling on a motorcycle. There are similarities and differences between the cultures all over the world. Babies have different
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