higher inland regions are more temperate • The Jamaican animal life‚ typical of the Caribbean‚ includes a highly diversified wildlife with many endemic species found nowhere else on earth. Land mammals are made up almost entirely of Bats. The only non-bat native mammal extant in Jamaica is the Jamaican Hutia‚ Also known as the coney. • The official language of Jamaica is English. Jamaicans primarily speak an English-African Creole language known as Jamaican Patois‚ which has become known widely through
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the punctuations and spellings etc. linguistic competence asks : what words do I use? How do I put them in phrases and sentences? Theorist Noam Chomsky ’s theory believes that children were born with the innate ability to acquire language. In the Jamaican
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types of mass media that affects the educational system in Jamaica. The birth of mass media has put a new look on education and has affected the Jamaican educational landscape. Four of these ways are educationally‚ socially‚ emotionally‚ and physically. First I will take the educational aspect. Mass media has a full impact on the education of Jamaican students. There are those on television that seeks to help toddlers and young children alike. Programmes such as Dora the Explorer‚ Go Diego Go
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Statement of the Issue/ Introduction Dancehall music is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970. Initially dancehall was a sparser version of reggae than roots style which dominated the 1970’s. Dancehall owes its moniker to the Jamaican dancehalls in which popular Jamaicans recordings were played by local sound systems. These began in the late 1940’s among people from the inner city of Kingston such as Trench town and Denham Town. Social and political changes in the late
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Others say that it is a corruption of the word streggae‚ which is Kingston street slang for prostitute (The Origins of Ska …‚n.d.). On the other hand‚ Bob Marley claimed that the word was Spanish in origin‚ meaning "the king’s music." Veteran Jamaican studio musicians offer the simplest‚ and probably the most logical‚ explanation. "It’s a description of the beat itself‚" says Hux Brown‚ lead guitarist on Paul Simon’s 1972 reggae-flavored hit‚ "Mother and Child Reunion". "It’s just a fun‚ joke
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about that identity. Your personal values may‚ in fact‚ constitute a barrier to cross-cultural communication. Consider this list of common attitudes that may affect your ability to communicate. Two of the key elements from the list – prejudice and ethnocentrism – are discussed below. Prejudice Prejudice arises from the ‘pre-judging’ of someone’s characteristics simply because they have been categorised as belonging to a particular group. It is usually associated with negative attitudes to that group
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which is more conservative.We can only see cultures between states‚ regions and time zones.Ethnocentrism is believing in the superiority of one’s ethnic group. Even though it sounds like ethnocentrism is bad‚ ethnocentrism has positive and negative qualities. For a minority group in oppressive conditions‚ ethnocentrism enables the group to create and sustain an identity
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is narrow with discontinuous coastal plain. The climate consists of a tropical‚ hot‚ and humid weather pattern. The country experiences hurricanes mostly between July and November. It is situated between the main sea-lanes of the Panama Canal‚ the Jamaican Channel and Cayman Trench. The country’s natural resources consist of bauxite‚ gypsum‚ and limestone. Jamaica has been experiencing environmental issues with high rates of deforestation‚ and coastal water pollution. Industrial waste‚ oil spills‚
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protest‚ combined elements of Jamaican folk music‚ Afro-Caribbean music and American R&B‚ reggae music primarily originated from the progressive developments of rock steady and ska. Bob Marley‚ a popular reggae musician‚ said that the term reggae came from the Spanish term for “the king’s music”. Today‚ reggae music continues to be a significant influence on many other genres such as black music‚ soul music and chill out music. Reggae has its roots in Jamaican musical styles such as mento‚ ska
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culture in four aspects: “Cultural Universals‚ Culture Clash‚ Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism”. (A Global Analysis of Culture‚ Alex Thio) Because I am interested in cultural diversity‚ then I choose the article to finish my essay. After reading the whole article‚ the main idea of the article is the effects of different culture on human beings. The writer analyses it in four points: “Cultural Universals‚ Culture Clash‚ Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism”. (A Global Analysis of Culture‚ Alex
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