There are a lot of definitions of culture‚ we can name some: “That complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ morals‚ law‚ custom‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” (Edward Tyler -1871). It could say too that culture involves two main human activities‚ what people think and what people do. Also culture is a symbolic of communication and style of this communication‚ which is socially transmitted or socially learning‚ so‚ it became in a
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Poor Reading Culture among Nigerians The way of life of a nation is influenced by the percentage of its citizen who are literate. Cuba‚ for example‚ is adjacent to the US and has the highest rate of literacy in the world. This is among the reasons why Cuba has a vibrant economy despite decades of diplomatic conflicts with the strongest nation in the world (Henry‚ 2004). Tracy (2008) asserts that being a former British colony‚ Nigeria’s literacy culture ought to be as standardized as that
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What the difference between American education and Chinese education? Recently‚ there are more and more Chinese students who choose to study abroad to get a better education‚ especially in America‚ because of the unique method of American education. It attracts a lot of people from different countries. And I am one of them‚ thus I have found that there are three main differences between American education and Chinese education‚ such as teaching style‚ grading system and educational objectives
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university Course Code: Course title: Sec “Differences between cultures in non-verbal Communication” Submitted By: |Names |ID | | | | | |
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According to Hofstede‚ culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from others (Hofstede and Hofstede‚ 2005‚ 4). However‚ human beings are not programmed same way as the computers are‚ they have reflective ability and may deviate based on unforeseen event. More so‚ culture has strong impact on the way a person act on certain situation. Between 1994 and 2005 over half the U.S. work force was made up of minorities. Currently‚ one
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The indigenous people of the Arctic had a culture that was in many ways very different from that of the people of the Great Plains. Their living styles were also very different to the rest of Indigenous people of the Americas. The Arctic people where known as Inuits and Aleuts. They had to adapt to the harsh Arctic environment‚ and they obtained most of their food by hunting‚ trapping‚ and also fishing. Living in icy tundras‚ the Inuit people were unable to use agriculture for sustaining food. Therefore
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The culture means the religion‚ language‚ art‚ social hobbits and political culture for one group of people. Also people have different culture over the ages. The culture makes the members of the society knit community. At Peter the Great era; the culture was different and special. First the language was Slavic languages ((it is also called Slavonic language)). It is one of the languages of the Indo European. It is exactly the east Slavic language; it is written with the Cyrillic alphabet. Religion
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situation of Chinese enterprises to compare with Japanese companies in the aspect of management. The first kind of companies usually has only one leader and a small scale both in the number of employees and the range of business. In addition‚ they are not globalized enough. Although they may do business with foreigners‚ they use traditional Chinese way to solve problems. The similarity is they all like follow one agreement made by top manager‚ but the reasons can be different. In Chinese companies
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“It is probably better to stay at home rather than study abroad because of the difficulties a student encounters living and studying in a different culture. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?” Education is the basic requirement of life these days as it is the most important aspect as well as a necessity in moulding one’s career and lifestyle. In today’s competitive world it is almost impossible to survive if one wishes to acquire all the basic necessities and good
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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 between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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