Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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| | Mounting western culture degrading India on the whole. Have you ever seen the pictures of Jatindranath Mukerjee or Chandrasekhar Azad or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose? Apart from being leading revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle‚ these three great personalities had something more in common. Almost in each picture you will find each of them clad in perfect Indian attire or dhoti-kurta. Do you find the same dress among Indians still? Unfortunately‚ it is becoming almost extinct more
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Cultural Shock * Cultural Context * High-Context Culture * Low-Context Culture * Individualism * Collectivism * Masculine * Feminine Why Study Culture? * Globalization * Rise in intercultural Shock * Avoid Culture ShockCultural Contexts * What is cultural Context? * The relative emphasis different cultures place on nonverbal communication * High-Context culture * Low-Context cultureCulture Values * What are culture values? * Four categories of cultural values:
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Culture of Chile The culture of Chile is one of a relatively homogeneous society where historically its geographical isolation and remoteness has played a key role. During colonial times‚ the Chilean culture was a mix of Spanish colonial elements and indigenous (essentially Mapuche) culture. After Independence‚ Chilean culture has been heavily anglicised throughout the 19th century with elements of German‚ French and Italian culture‚ erasing nearly all of the Spanish influence. American influence
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The Media Imperialism debate started in the early 1970s when developing countries began to criticise the control developed countries held over the media. The site for this conflict was UNESCO where the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) movement developed. Supported by the MacBride report‚ "Many Voices‚ One World"‚ countries such as India‚ Indonesia‚ and Egypt argued that the large media companies should have limited access to developing countries. This argument was one of the
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According to Holden (2002)‚ participative competency is an ability to be involved in and be a part of interaction – even in a nonnative language. Along the same line‚ Fantini (2000) includes the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately without changing the significance of the message as a cross-cultural competency. Koehn and Rosenau‘s (2002) transnational listening requires that native speakers understand non-native speakers‚ even when they do not use the language
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By Frederik Balfour Guanxi. It’s the first word any businessperson learns upon arriving in China. Loosely translated‚ guanxi means "connections" and‚ as any China veteran will tell you‚ it is the key to everything: securing a business license‚ landing a distribution deal‚ even finding that coveted colonial villa in Shanghai. Fortunes have been made and lost based on whether the seeker has good or bad guanxi‚ and in most cases a positive outcome has meant knowing the right government official‚ a relationship
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of people always use five fundamental taste elements when they’re cooking. For Vietnamese people‚ salt is used as the connection between the worlds of the living and the dead. Cooking and eating play an extremely important role in Vietnamese culture. The word ăn (eat) is included in a great number of proverbs and has a large range of semantic extensions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine#Cultural_importance Vietnamese cuisine is reflective of the Vietnamese lifestyle from the
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teaching‚ we are not only taught the Mother Tongue but also we are taught the culture of that nation. Cultural and language are closely related‚ inseparable. Language is a mean of culture transportation and culture contained in language. It has been said and written that language is the crystallization of national culture‚ through language and texts‚ culture values are handed down. In the future‚ thanks to language‚ culture will have chances to have development. The transformation and development of
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DBF 107 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I PUAN HASLINA BT HASSAN GROUP ASSIGNMENT NAME MATRIC NO 1. Faris Aina Nabila Ismail 142013108 2. Nurul Aisha Niaz Ali Abdullah 142012913 3. Nur Adriana Amran 142013284 4. Nur Azlina Isam 142012902 5. Hemalatha A/P Vasu 142012834 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Company Background CHAPTER 3 Annual Report CHAPTER 4 Assumptions CHAPTER 5 Conclusion
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