Finally‚ I interviewed a teacher who implements the language arts curriculum in 3rd grade (see Appendix C). I learned that Flower uses the Wonders reading curriculum for language arts instruction. Flower explained in the interview that she uses Wonders as a guide and pulls in supplement materials to meet all the standards for 3rd grade. When talking about the strengths and weaknesses of this program Flower stated‚ “there are games that go along with our curriculum online‚ that’s a positive to our
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IC Experience Reflection Paper Intercultural Communication can be seen being used by people around the world. There are many different forms that fall into the category of Intercultural Communication. Such an example would be how religion affects a person’s behavior and speech. I decided to expand my education of Intercultural Communication by observing ethnicity and race. All of my life I have grown around various ethnicities and races‚ but I have not gone in-depth on their behaviors or
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“ We need no language to laugh‚” said once Janaki Sooriyarachchi a Sri Lankan author. I come from a Lebanese family. Although I lived my entire life in Beirut‚ I visited many countries in my life. And every time I travel I get this amazing desire of learning about the new culture in the country I am visiting. Back to my high school‚ most of my friends were Lebanese. We shared the same food‚ the same “ways of living” and of course the same languages. I say languages with an “s”‚ because
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How does culture impact negotiation internationally? In every international negotiation‚ the chance of succeeding increases with the understanding of the culture. When negotiating an agreement the main point is to come to a conclusion‚ as near as possible what the different parties want (Fisher and Ury‚ 1983). We can define international negotiation as: “…the process of a consideration of an international dispute or situation by peaceful means‚ other than judicial or arbitral processes‚ with
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Paper SOC 315: Cultural Diversity Intercultural Communication In today’s world‚ more companies are selection to go global to conduct business. Regardless of the company one is a part of he or she is likely to interact with people who from numerous national‚ religious‚ and ethnic backgrounds. Communicating across language and cultural barriers can be a challenge to ones skills. It has become more common in ones own country to encounter people
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Actual Intercultural Events It was my very first time in Malaysia and a failed intercultural communication occurred when I joined my college here. By someone in the International office at my college where I was informed that I will be required to get my medical check-up done together with other three students who were waiting in the student lounge for the person who was going to take all of us to the clinic. Whilst waiting with the other three students‚ one of the male students looked at me with
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Being a competent intercultural communicator is being able to utilize the six dialectic of intercultural communication during communication practices. Dialectic refers to a method of logic based on the principle of idea generating its opposite‚ leading to a reconciliation of the opposites (Martin and Nakayama 77). These dialectics include cultural-individual‚ personal-contextual‚ differences-similarities‚ static-dynamic‚ history/past-present/future‚ and privilege disadvantage dialectics. Using these
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Theme 1) Insiders and Outsiders: Although strategies for reducing intergroup tensions do exist‚ it is unlikely that misunderstandings and hostility can ever be entirely eliminated: agree or disagree. Name: Student #: Seminar Section: Professor: Class: Course Code: Due: Submitted: It is through extensive research in international relationships with the ever-present theme of insiders and outsiders that this essay has been cultivated. While strategies to reduce intergroup tensions exist;
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of intercultural negotiation‚ and the reasons hereof. Equally so‚ it is to explain the differences between two closely linked concepts‚ namely international negotiations and intercultural negotiations. An account of Bülow and Kumar’s (2011) objections about the relevance of national culture is presented‚ and finally‚ the concepts of conflicting findings‚ imprecision in terminology and essentialism are discussed in further
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Intercultural Conflict and Organizations During our lifetime‚ we are bound to become part of an organization. With America becoming more and more diverse‚ it has led to a rise in intercultural organizations. Anytime you have individuals of different ethnic backgrounds‚ there is a chance for some type of communication conflict. When people from different areas of the world engage in conflict‚ they often have different expectations of how the conflict should be dealt with. Conflict is a clash of
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