Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education College of Education and Behavioral Sciences School of Teacher Education Program of Educational Studies IE Minhui Lu May 2012 W USING THE LEARNERS-AS-ETHNOGRAPHERS APPROACH TO ENHANCE INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AMONG AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNING CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE UMI Number: 3523438 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely
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In the intercultural relationship‚ to avoid conflicts‚ misunderstandings‚ it is important to identify values‚ beliefs‚ norms the interlocutor use to adapt and facilitate the communication. In that case‚ Spanish and Brazilian culture are based on Latin culture but had considerably evolved on their sides‚ so prior details are very important to prepare a travel in Brazil or Denmark. According to Hofstede (1982)‚ the 4th dimensions of cultures can be used to describe the management styles of each national
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CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Human Communication What will you learn? When you have read and thought about this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. State reasons why the study of communication is essential. Define communication. Name the components of communication. Explain some principles of communication. Explain the ways in which intrapersonal‚ interpersonal‚ public‚ and mass communication differ from each other. 6. Define communication competence. 7. Name some of the tenets
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eBay etc.‚ similar is the case with movies. It doesn’t cost much to an e-book seller to produce a copy of the book ordered. Video streaming companies can stream the rarest of the movies which is liked by only few people. In such circumstances‚ if a movie or a book is a hit‚ it more because of conformity. We live in a society
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Role[edit] The role of interpersonal communication has been studied mainly as a mediator for mass media effects. Since Katz and Lazarsfeld (1955) introduced their ‘filter hypothesis’‚ maintaining that personal communication mediates the influence of mass communication on individual voters‚ many studies have repeated this logic when combining personal and mass communication in effect studies on election campaigns (Schmitt-Beck‚ 2003). Although some research exists that examines the activities of
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I chose the movie Gothika because It is a very good movie and It has one of my favorite actors in the movie. Gothika is about a Psychiatrist (Halle Berry) who works for a women’s penitentiary‚ and she had car accident after trying to avoid a girl on the road while it was rainy out. She gets out the car to go help save the girl‚ turns out to be a ghost and possesses the psychiatrist body. The next day Halle Berry wakes up to find herself in a hospital bed where she works‚ and she is also being treated
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Introduction : Geert Hofstede defines culture as the particular feature of the nations. Thus the nationality is likely to set up the basic values and believes of every one’s mind. A generally accepted definition is that offered by Kroeber and Kluckholm : "Culture consists of patterns‚ explicit and implicit of and for behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols‚ constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups‚ including their embodiment in artefacts; the essential core of culture
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way‚ the right to legal equality‚ equal opportunities‚ difference‚ non-discrimination‚ information and communication‚ honor‚ to dignity‚ to identity and pluralism‚ to personal and cultural identity‚ to the right to legal security‚ among many others. The term reverse discrimination
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Learning from the Disneyland Paris Experience. A Case study in International/Intercultural Communication This is the most wonderful project we have ever done. Michael Eisner‚ CEO‚ Walt Disney Company A horror made of cardboard‚ plastic‚ and appalling colors; a construction of hardened chewing gum and idiotic folklore taken straight out of comic books written for obese Americans. Jean Cau‚ French Critic American businesses make assumption about the transferability of culturally loaded business
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The Conflict Revealed COMM 200 Interpersonal Communication Prof. Darla Hill April 2‚ 2012 The Conflict Revealed Within interpersonal communication conflict can be defined simply as a fight or battle that can display truth and strength or highlight the most painful and unforgiving elements of emotions in everyday lives. The handling of interpersonal conflict if done properly can strengthen the relationship to which the conflict originated but if handled poorly it can cause great and irreparable
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