develop their own unique cultures to live by. There are many differences and similarities between my home country’s culture and the American culture that I live in now. Both countries have very different factors which make up their culture; starting from their food and values. The cultures are also similar in the way that they enjoy similar forms of entertainment like music. In Mexico‚ my home country‚ their culture can be expressed by many factors like the food they eat. The same can be said about
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Interview with Someone Different This paper is a result of an interview with someone who is different from the interviewer in race‚ age‚ culture and ethnic background. This paper will discuss the background of the individual as a child and will also discuss crucial issues on how the individual feels with regard to herself‚ society‚ her family and to the interviewer. The individual being interviewed is my friend‚ Shelley. Shelley is a dynamic‚ Jewish woman who was born and raised in the Washington
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Haskins Traditions September 19‚ 2014 Have you ever thought those boring family activities you do throughout the year were created by your parents to drive you crazy? Well I thought so until I did some research on it. In my family we have many family traditions‚ as you may call them. My favorite tradition is going and finding a Christmas tree every year. Everyone has family traditions‚ some may be simple like relaxing for 15 minutes after work‚ or as big as a family party every summer
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STUDY OF CULTURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND GERMANY FROM MALAYSIAN STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE BY: ROZAILINA OTHMAN (EIT-201103884) Introduction When study about culture‚ some factors such as geographical location‚ history‚ environment and religion cannot be opted out. The purpose of this paper is to study culture differences between two countries; Malaysia and Germany. Geographically-wise one country is located in Asia and another is in Europe. Both countries have their own unique culture and tradition
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Different Perspectives Influenced by Different Cultures of Parents When considering the great number of 7.5 billion people in the world‚ it is not surprising that there are numerous kinds of cultures as well. Unique and traditional cultures exist in each country and even in each individual. Cultural identity refers to how strongly one feels about their belonging to an ethnic group‚ religion‚ or social group. In addition‚ they’re usually involved in groups that their parents are in‚ or they recommend
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Differences in Chinese and American Cultures Heidi Heslin Thomas Edison State College Introduction The differences in Chinese culture and American culture are many. Language and dialects‚ the importance of family‚ a hierarchy‚ and traditions are pillars in Chinese culture. American culture is more |Key Concepts in Understanding Chinese Culture | |
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How different was our society a century ago? There are a significant amount of changes in laws and culture today. There was the 18th amendment‚ which banned alcohol‚ there was also no gay marriage allowed. One big thing about U.S society in the 1920s was that Christianity was the main religion and there were many things in the bible that were questionable and people didn’t agree with. Today there are many more religions and cultures accepted in the United States. Although society has improved there
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In the case that Professor Zhao gave us we can see clearly that Mr. Moto met with a lot of serious problems in an intercultural negotiation. And all these problems had a bad influence on the international connect. The case also has left us two questions. The first is that whether the different between high context culture and low context culture is that important and whether the difference will destroy the negotiation if one can’t handle it properly. The second question is that whether the only solution
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open-minded as the members of these groups. The close contact between people from different cultures or different ethnic groups has always a different outcome‚ depending on how open minded the two or more people are. Most people think that “white” people are the most averse and the most closed-minded‚ and the ones that do not always want to mix with other cultures. This is not always true‚ as I have personal experience where different ethnic groups were quite skeptic about having white people in
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Communication Between Different Cultures Some people say why is important for us to study intercultural communication? Another question which sometimes arises what is intercultural communication‚ which I sometimes ask myself. Intercultural communication is a very important subject. It teaches us how to manage differences. Culture is a very important thing in a person’s life. It is the identity of a person. It answers the question who am I. It is a set of principles and values which a person
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