TITLE PAGE MULTILINGUALISM IN NIGERIA: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? PREFACE Multilingualism is an issue that has become a subject of discussion in a variety of language related disciplines. Some researchers discuss multilingualism as a sociolinguistic concept through which issues of language contact and the status of the mother tongue can be interrogated. Others see multilingualism as a political matter‚ that is‚ an issue which requires solutions to language problems from the policy makers who are
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All around the world people are organised in societies differentiated ethnically‚ nationally and culturally. In our mind under the interethnic relations are traditionally understood subjectively experienced relations between people of different nationalities‚ between ethnic communities‚ which are manifested in attitudes and orientations of interethnic contacts in various areas of cooperation‚ national stereotypes‚ attitudes and behavior‚ and the actions of people of specific ethnic communities. It
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investigator Hercule Poirot. In this world‚ nothing is at it seems and apparent coincidence belies a hidden truth‚ a world in which the geographical connections created by passenger railways allowed people of different nationalities and classes to rub elbows. Stereotypes of class and nationalities are both dominant social themes that persist throughout the novel. Social themes of crime‚ as well as good versus evil of the era also play an important role in the narrative. Americans‚ at least the two who freely
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Clueless About Stereotypes? This day and age people look at media differently‚ civilians give media producers and directors the right to generalize the population into categories. Not only do filmmakers and directors stereotype races by modifying their existence but also think it is perfectly acceptable. Why is it tolerable for people of different races to be looked down upon because of the ways media portrays them? Every movie makes its way to the top by some how standing out amongst the rest
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diversity @ TCS What does it mean to have 250‚000 employees of 113 different nationalities in 42 countries? Dr Ritu Anand‚ vice president and deputy global head of HR at TCS‚ shares some insights It’s a veritable United Nations of workers‚ an organisation that gives true meaning to ‘globalisation’. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)‚ with 183 offices across 42 countries‚ 250‚000 employees representing 113 different nationalities‚ is “the only Indian-headquartered multinational company with this kind of
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structural positions because of combined form of discourses‚ such as gender‚ nationality‚ class‚ and development discourse. Gender discourse creates the subject being passive‚ subordinated‚ and weak. When these images of the subject are influenced by other discourses‚ the gender oppression is further linked to other forms of the exclusion l. In the Mexican maquiladora case‚ their gender oppression is linked to exclusion of nationality‚ the Mexican women. In the Sangtin collective‚ their gender oppression
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nation. Each author brought a new perspective and thought process to the western experience which either contradicted Turner or supported his theories. The frontier ideas that interested me include topics such as trading frontier‚ farming frontier‚ nationality and government‚ and the neglecting of women. Frontiers shaped the west and how settlers approached it. Each different frontier had a different affect on people and the ways they lived life. The trading frontier created and established a good
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & LEADERSHIP CASE STUDY: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTINATIONAL PERSONNEL SELECTION SYSTEM ABOUT THE COMPANY: ComInTec AG & Co. is a worldwide leading industrial company that has administration‚ plants‚ and sales offices in various regions across the globe‚ mainly Central‚ Eastern and Western Europe‚ Asia-Pacific region (APAC)‚ North America‚ Central and South America. In 2006 they had 23‚000 employees worldwide and gross revenue of 5.8 billion Euros in sales. They had recovered
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Listening Journal 2 Title: Piano Concerto in G major‚ K. 453‚ I — 1784 C.E. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Information: Lived from 1756-1791 C.E. German nationality Genre: Symphony Performing Forces: Solo piano with orchestra (pairs of woodwinds‚ horns‚ and strings) Timbre: Form: First-movement concerto form‚ with orchestral and solo expositions‚ then development‚ recapitulation‚ and coda Comments: I was impressed by the various piano sections‚ which display incredible moments of
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Coss Cultural Communication: Perspective of Royal Dutch Shell Shell has over 100 different nationalities in its employee population. In a global organization like Shell‚ people need to constantly work with people from other nationalities as part of expatriate assignments. We had a candid interaction with company’s global learning head Manojit Sen. We are elucidating few interesting points from the discussion. Global organisations like Royal Dutch Shell face the constant challenge of cross cultural
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