HIGH AND LOW CONTEXT: HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS ENOUGH? Context is the information that surrounds an event; it is inextricably bound up with the meaning of that event. The elements that combine to produce a given meaning - events and context - are in different proportions depending on the culture. The cultures of the world can be compared on a scale from high to low context. A high context (HC) communication or message is one in which most of the information is already in the person
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On the Ageing Population The Issue With the development of the advanced society‚ increasingly numbers of nations are facing the ageing problem. The aging population‚ the fraction of the population aged 65 and over exceeds 8-10%‚ has been universally recognized as one of the worldwide social issues in 21 century. We are ageing—not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006‚ almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030‚ that total is projected to increase
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developped countries. That could be beneficial for some countries‚ in some fields‚ for some people. But we all should be aware that there are humans that cannot follow this step. In fact‚ this new process is involving a wider gap between developped countries and the least developped countries concerning life expectancy. Life expectancy is an average number of year given to a person at his birth depending on the country he was born in‚ and it is a factor defining the health of a country. Diseases‚
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Taiwan’s low birth rates in the past years. In recent years Taiwan’s birth rate has been among the lowest in the world. It is understood that people from different backgrounds may put different interpretations on the topic. When it comes to this hot topic‚ some people believe that the consistent low birth rates will produce an adverse impact on Taiwan’s economy while some advocate that the government is to blame for the issue and should take some effective measures to prevent the birth rate from declining
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Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages‚ Inc. (TESOL) Age‚ Rate and Eventual Attainment in Second Language Acquisition Author(s): Stephen D. Krashen‚ Michael A. Long and Robin C. Scarcella Reviewed work(s): Source: TESOL Quarterly‚ Vol. 13‚ No. 4 (Dec.‚ 1979)‚ pp. 573-582 Published by: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages‚ Inc. (TESOL) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3586451 . Accessed: 09/01/2013 08:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the
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The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.
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When a country has rapid growth such as Uganda it means that it’s a developing country. A country such as Germany is a developed country because it has a negative rate of natural increase. The rate of natural increase is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population. The rate of natural increase for Uganda is 3%. The doubling time for Uganda is 23 years. The doubling time for Germany is that ere is no doubling time. This is because Germany’s rate of natural increase is -0.2%.
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Human population control is the practice of artificially altering the rate of growth of a human population. Historically‚ human population control has been implemented by limiting the population’s birth rate‚ usually by government mandate‚ and has been undertaken as a response to factors including high or increasing levels of poverty‚ environmental concerns‚ religious reasons‚ and overpopulation. While population control can involve measures that improve people’s lives by giving them greater control
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Geography Essay- Ageing populations Question: Examine the implications of either an ageing or youthful population By definition‚ an ageing population is a population where the median age is rising; there is a decline in the amount of children (or minors-under 18)‚ and an increase in the number of elderly people. In other terms‚ it is a population where the number of elderly is increasing relative to the number of youth. Increased life expectancy combined with declining birth rates have caused many to
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worry about it. However‚ the population on the earth has hit 6.5 billion. Some people are very worried about the ability of the world to sustain these huge numbers. This essay will examine the problem of overpopulation and suggest some ways of solving the problem. The biggest and major problem is rapid increase in the number of people. If the world population continued to grow at the current rate‚ the earth would not be able to sustain its population and the number of people will decrease. Another
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