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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Recognizing cultural differences when you write or speak with someone from another culture‚ you encode your message using the assumptions of your own culture. Members of your audience decode the message relating to the assumptions of their culture. So your meaning may be misunderstood. The greater the difference between cultures‚ the greater the chance for misunderstanding. Cultural differences are listed in four categories: Contextual‚ Legal and Ethical‚ Social‚ and Nonverbal. Cultural context is
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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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Every man in this world defends his concepts of what is morally right or what is morally wrong‚ otherwise known as ethics. If ethics wasn’t studied or systematized‚ concepts that shape our every day life would be questioned with lack of knowledge‚ just as if any other scholarly subject wasn’t studied such as math or English. Albert Camus once stated‚ “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” According to Benedict’s “A Defense of Moral Relativism‚” every culture has to draw
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There was a world of difference between the two cultures ‚ Europeans and Native American. Europeans had established communities where they lived and worked. Native Americans had settlements but they moved around a lot they were nomadic . Europeans were usually Christians ‚ but Native Americans believed more in the existence and powers of many other spirits . They had strong‚ central leadership while the Natives tended to do things in harmony ‚ consensus . They also had a little regard for
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Generational Differences in Personality and Motivation: Do They Exist and what are the Implications for the Workplace? Melissa Wong (melissa.wong@shl.com.au) SHL‚ Level 17‚ 600 Bourke Street‚ Melbourne‚ VIC 3000 Australia Elliroma Gardiner (egardine@psy.uq.edu.au) School of Psychology‚ University of Queensland‚ McElwain Building‚ St Lucia‚ QLD 4072 Australia Whitney Lang (wpla@deakin.edu.au) School of Psychology‚ Deakin University‚ 1 Gheringhap Street‚ Geelong‚ VIC 3127 Australia
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resorts‚ 8 Walt Disney studios‚ 3 industries in consumer products namely retail‚ publishing and licensing‚ Disney Interactive and 8 media networks throughout the globe. 1. What is the Disney Difference and how will it affect the company’s corporate‚ competitive‚ and functional strategies? The Disney Difference is high-quality creative content‚ backed up by a clear strategy for maximizing that content’s value across platforms and markets. It is also Disney’s marketing strategy that has kept the brand
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Intro: traditional studies of individual differences have been treated separately but contemporary theories have integrated approaches to explain behaviour and recent research has developed a more sophisticated concept that both internal (people) and external (situations) are important. Intelligence Traditional models of cognitive ability Idea some people are better at processing information than others: the result of differences in opportunities to learn or due to genetics. Time into
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Anh Thu ID : VN1001661 Date of completion : 27/9/2014 Topic: "Write an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction
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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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