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    NEW STUDENTS IN THE CLASS In Denmark‚ you earn much more as a salesperson if you are named Kasper or Katrine than Amir or Fatima. Why? Because in Denmark‚ people favour the majority culture over the minority culture‚ a new Danish study concludes. Is DENMARK STILL a fairytale COUNTRY? By MATHILDE WEIRSØE Recently‚ a couple of young telephone salespersons from a major Danish newspaper revealed that their boss had asked them to introduce themselves as Kasper and Katrine‚ even though they are

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    There were many Native American and Mesoamerican culture groups like the Hopi‚Sioux‚Mayan and Cherokee but I am going to talk about the Inuit and Aztec culture groups. In addition‚ there are many major criterions to compare them‚ the one that I’m going to use is Religion. The questions that I am going to answer is “What god/gods did they worship?”‚ “How did they practice their religion” and I am also going to “explain their creation story”. The Inuit civilization was established in the year 1971

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    was not until 146 B.C.‚ Greece was conquered by Rome‚ but long before that‚ Roman absorbed many achievements of Greek civilization. After Greece was entered into the Roman Empire‚ the influence of Greek civilization on Roman was tronger ever. Greek culture laid the foundation for the Roman Empire. The Roman people wanted to be like the Greek people. In my personal opinion Architecture‚ is one of the most important contributions that Rome has had to the humanistic tradition. The works of Roman architecture

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    There were many significant characteristics of Ancient Egyptian and Nubian culture. Ancient Egypt was both a governmental and bureaucratic organization. It had a huge bureaucracy‚ along with rulers‚ in order to maintain control of the country’s region. Government and religion were the two most important things in Ancient Egypt. Nubia was both a trading and governmental organization‚ since much of their interests were in the prosperous trade along the Upper Nile‚ and they had strong leaders during

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    German culture is completely different than it was fifty years ago and is somewhat now similar to my everyday culture. In some aspects some might say that it could also be very different and similar. Germany and the U.S can be different in many ways. German culture is very unique and fascinating. As the U.S shares very many different types of traditions and holidays that some might not agree with or celebrate. For instance‚ in German bathrooms they have attendants to help you with your needs‚ and

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    Cultural Voices and Representations in EFL Materials Design‚ Pedagogy‚ and Research Phaisit Boriboon B.A. (English)‚ M.A. (TESOL) A thesis submitted in fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Linguistics and English Language School of Philosophy‚ Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh July 2008 Copyright 2008 by Phaisit Boriboon All rights reserved. To My Parents‚ ปอบุญมา แมคําปน บริบูรณ‚ in Heaven Abstract This study

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    Interpreting Awareness Log 3 Interpreters’ Role‚ Professionalism or Integrity? The discussion about what is and isn’t my role has cropped up regularly throughout my interpreting career‚ be it in the workplace‚ at conferences‚ during training or in discussions with Deaf people and/or other professionals. Since attending the PG Diploma‚ the issue of ‘role’ has become somewhat of an anomaly in my mind. Llewellyn-Jones and Lee (2008) propose ‘that the interpreter is there to enable two or more

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    1. The Early Algonquian cultures were all building their own societies amongst the tribes. They were trying to live a life and take care of their own things and own taught the children how to perform tasks‚ such as how to fix a hole in a rope‚ how to hunt‚ and how to live together as people‚ all speaking different dialect but interacting and sharing the same resources. There were political conflicts and issues that were negotiated and taken care of too. They believed everything they had was a gift

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    Language‚ Society and Culture Final Work Mónica Molina Salas Professor: Patricia Escalante Introduction The purpose of this paper is to take a look at the role of culture in second language teaching‚ its importance for students and how schools are incorporating culture in the classroom. The main theoretical constrains in which this paper is supported are the chapters 1 to 9 by Patrick Moran´s book: “Introduction to teaching Culture” and “The Cultural Experience”; the text” Culture in Second Language

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    The Culture that I will focus on is Spanish Culture. Spanish Culture has a lot of factors and history ranging from music all the way to food and holidays. Spanish Culture has a lot of stuff that is able to separate them from other cultures and countries around the world. The languages that are used mostly in Spanish culture are Spanish and Latin. The majority of Spanish countries talk in either one or both of these languages. The next biggest idea of Spanish culture is food. Most families for

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