Name- Raunaq Jain Class- ENG W131 2868 Lane Rogers 11/30/2011 SA4- New Realization My interview with Pauline Archembault a ENG- W131 (Multilingual Version) teacher at Indiana University helped me bridge a gap between Kwasi Mensha’s “International Students in the U.S.: Trends‚ Cultural Adjustments‚ and Solutions for a Better Experience” and Michael Smithee’s “US Classroom Culture”. The article with a real person helped me get answers to questions that were unanswered in the two essays. My issue
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Cultural differences to take into account for a French businessman in Russia Analysis of some aspects of intercultural differences Their effects on business communication The purpose of this essay is to show that intercultural differences between French and Russian businessmen exist and discuss if they are a threat for effective business communication. The structure follows the different steps of a real business situation: a French businessman meeting his potential Russian partners for a
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are adapting and learning different cultures. In essence‚ many are becoming intercultural. Cultural Unconscious Until people are exposed to different cultures‚ they are culturally unconscious. On a day to day basis‚ most people spend their lives interacting with others they are familiar with. Most people do not know how people in other cultures react to certain things such as conflict‚ completing tasks‚ communication style‚ and decision making. Through the process of enculturation‚ people can
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Comm 265 From Albuquerque to Las Cruces In the past year‚ the cultural experience that has had the most effect on my life is moving from Albuquerque to Las Cruces. Most people would not consider this a major cultural change. I didn’t think so at first either. However‚ when I moved to Las Cruces I noticed that Las Cruces was a small city‚ built around a family community. The small size of the city was hard to get used to and I noticed that most of the business are family owned and run which
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Written Assignment Intercultural Sensitization Seminar During this seminar‚ I had learned the culture of different countries‚ which have some similarities and also differences. When we discuss about it deeper‚ it surprised me more because I didn’t know about it before‚ especially about the German culture. For instance‚ the German always shake hand firmly‚ compared to others‚ especially Asian people. The reason is that it shows their personality‚ how strong and serious they are and also how much
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Defensive communication happens in all different types of relationships. This is when a person tries to guard themselves from others. There are many different types of defensive communication that can be used. Some examples of defensive communication are avoidance‚ psychological withdrawal‚ distancing‚ reaction formation‚ sarcasm‚ outdoing others‚ overly critical communication and formula communication. When conflict occurs in a relationship it is often intermingled with a large amount of defensive
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The main character in the movie Juno is a 16 year old girl named Juno. She is witty‚ sarcastic and has a great sense of humor. Surrounded by the falling leaves of autumn‚ we find Juno drinking “like ten tons of Sunny D” as she decides to take three pregnancy tests to confirm her worst fear. She is pregnant. After a fateful and funny encounter with a pro-life schoolmate outside an abortion clinic‚ ("Fingernails? The baby already has fingernails?")‚ Juno decides to go through with the pregnancy
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Twilight: Interpersonal Communication Movie Review Through the story of the characters and their interpersonal communication movies have become a household commodity and often times emerge as a mainstream “pop culture.” Twilight is the recent adaptation from novel to film based off the book by Stephanie Meyer released in 2005 by the same title. The film tells a story about the forbidden love between two individuals through the telling of a seventeen year-old girl. Through this forbidden
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Intercultural Communication Affecting International Commerce and Foreign Policy: France Opposes Turkey Entering the European Union Communication within one cultural group sharing traditions and national or regional identity is often effortless. The social and cultural meanings between the same cultures in regard to communication are understood the way they are intended. When discourse happens within members of the same social groups; they will communicate‚ talk‚ discuss in similar places that
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Intercultural communication bridges the gap between global performance and national interests Marlon Modeste Caribbean Nazarene College Presented in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for: HR330 Intercultural relations Lecturer: Dabrielle Nurse Date: 16/02/12 Abstract In this paper it is demonstrated that intercultural communication - (ICC) - is the vehicle which bridges the gap between global performance and national interests. In looking at its genesis and at its future it
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