The Impact of Cultural Differences on English Learning and Teaching I. Introduction Nowadays‚ culture plays a very important role in the foreign language classroom. Because cultural differences may give rise to misunderstanding that exists in intercultural communication. So the teaching of culture in the English classroom has been becoming a heated topic and people pay more and more attention to the cultural studies and intercultural communication in recent years. Therefore‚ culture teaching
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Understanding Cross-Cultural Differences: Through the Lens of Societal Disparities between France and the United States Northeastern University October 25‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION Over the past several decades‚ the number of businesses expanding globally has increased tremendously. Improved technology and removal of trade barriers has made it significantly easier for firms to expand overseas and take advantage of unsaturated markets and growth opportunities. This increased expansion has led to
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1 Cultural differences in decision making in project teams ¨ Ralf Muller ˚ ¨ Umea School of Business‚ Malmo‚ Sweden‚ and 70 Konrad Spang and Sinan Ozcan Received 18 June 2008 Accepted 4 September 2008 Faculty for Project Management‚ University of Kassel‚ Kassel‚ Germany Abstract Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to report on research in cultural differences in decision-making styles in project teams composed of team members from different nationalities. Differences in decision
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寸 The Cultural Differences between Chinese and Western Food Cheng Hoi Man Upper Iowa University Term 4 2012 – 2013 COMM 221(DT) – Intercultural Communication Ms. Jamie Ku 9th June 2013 The Cultural Differences between Chinese and Western Food Abstract Food is one of the most enjoyable aspects of cultures to share. Every place has its own culinary delights to discover. Food culture can reflect the indication of human social development and improvement. In this paper‚ food ideas and
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PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Special Section SEX DIFFERENCES IN JEALOUSY IN EVOLUTIONARY AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: Tests From the Netherlands‚ Germany‚ and the United States Bram P. Buunk‚ ’ Alois Angleitner‚^ Viktor Oubaid‚ ’ ’ and David M. ’University ofGroningen‚ the Netherlands‚ ’University of Bielefeld‚ Germany‚ ^University of Heidelberg‚ Germany‚ and ’ ’University of Texas Abstract—As predicted by models derived from evohttionary psychology. men within the United States have been shown to
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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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Cultural differences are one of the biggest problems for people moving to a new country. Vietnamese people moving to Unites States are no exception. Vietnam and United States are on different continents. While the primary culture in Vietnam is Eastern culture‚ the United States is a typical representative of Western Culture. That is the reason why there is a significant difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. These differences in the way of life cause many misunderstandings to
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religions‚ languages‚ economic groups‚ and other cultural groups. In order to be a successful manager in today’s very diverse society a manager needs to be open and understanding of cultural differences‚ different ethnicities‚ and gender differences among employees. Diversity is the presence of people from a wide range of backgrounds all possessing different traits. Some possible contributors to diversity include but are not limited to differences in age‚ race‚ ethnic origin‚ culture‚ physical abilities
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the world‚ with Mansa Musa and his approximately 400 billion dollars in money? Mali is located in West Africa‚ just below the Sahara Desert‚ and was famous for its riches and cultural significance. During the Empire of Mali‚ Mali’s fortune and trade attracted travelers to it‚ making it a “site of cultural exchange”. Additionally‚ two artifacts were found signifying Mali’s prosperity and cultural association‚ and finally‚ Mali’s effect on other parts of the world. First of all‚ Mali had a large gold
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Culture and Discipline Different parts of parenting are known to differ both across and within cultural groups. Recent research has identified social class and childrearing experience as key sources of within-culture difference version in parenting. Harkness and Super developed the term ’parental ethnotheories’ to help explain cultural differences in parenting. Ethnotheories are common beliefs held by a cultural group about children’s development and behavior‚ and include expectations about the thinking-related
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