has become a part of our nature to interact with others from different backgrounds‚ considering how diverse today’s society is. The way we behave and the attitudes we form towards those of different cultures is called intercultural competence. With respect to Assessing Intercultural Competence‚ it also relates to those that interact with different cultures‚ regardless of the location itself (Deardorff‚ 2011). I’d like to consider myself fairly well at being interculturally competent. I am confident
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Intercultural Experience Abstract I collaborated with the Reclamation Project to tutor young Burmese children in Fort Wayne‚ Indiana‚ to complete my cultural immersion project. Throughout this paper‚ I will explain where my tutoring took place and my reasoning for selecting this activity. I also will describe in detail my outlook on the Burmese population in Fort Wayne before this activity and how it changed following the completion of this activity. Finally‚ I will illustrate how this activity
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abroad: An Intercultural communication experience Florencia Gonzalez Intercultural Communication Instructor: Prof. Cees Hamelink Spring Semester 2011 Zeppelin University Introduction We are 6‚952‚296‚627 million of people in the world and 243 countries in which the citizens have different cultures. Since centuries ago‚ when the men started to travel‚ the humanity begun to understand a little bit more about other cultures‚ now a days with the mass media and living in the communication era‚ we know
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DEFINE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. DEMONSTRATE‚ WITH EXAMPLES‚ THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANSWER As the world gets smaller and smaller due to technological advancement‚ people from places that are geographically far apart are increasingly getting into contact with one another at a frequency that was never experienced before. So intimate has been the contact that an event in one society may have a global impact. The world has people of different races‚ ethnic
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Intercultural Communication in Phoenix Management Services Vanessa Rodriguez BUS600 Management Communications with Technology Tools May17‚ 2013 Dr. Frank Czarny Intercultural Communication in Phoenix Management Services Introduction Intercultural communication is known as the base for international business. This paper will analyze intercultural communication focusing on Phoenix Management Services which is an organization with multicultural people
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Intercultural Communication is Important For An Effective Communicator Qianya Zhuo Principle & Practice of Human Communication 02/19/2011 In order to be an effective communicator‚ it is important that people should have a solid understanding of intercultural communication. "The term ’intercultural communication ’ is often used to refer to the wide range of communication issues that inevitably arise within an organization composed of individuals from a variety of religious‚
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Abstract：This paper studies the vital role that facial expression plays in intercultural communication‚ which emphasizes the impor- tance of nonverbal communication‚ focusing on the use of facial ex- pression. This paper first provides a definition of nonverbal communi- cation and then makes a comparison between verbal and nonverbal communication. Then it presents the readers a clearer idea about cul- tural variations of facial expression in nonverbal communication so people can
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Summary of Intercultural Communicaion: A Critical Introduction (2011) As to give a brief summary of Intercultural Communicaion: A Critical Introduction (2011)‚ the author of this book strongly wishes to convey the importance of intercultural communication in nowadays‚ which could be explained as globalized world‚ which has brought our lives into numerous encounters to different cultures (pp.1). He comes up with many case studies‚ which could be more easily understandable of such terms which
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Nowadays intercultural communication has become an important topic due to economic globalization‚ the development of transport technology and the increased need for immigrant labour. The book ‘Intercultural Skills for International Business and International Relations’ by author Paul Verluyten introduces the reader to the different theories of intercultural communication. Furthermore‚ the author exemplifies each theory with business related situations or personal stories. This essay will first discuss
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topic of the second half hour. Slide #2 Speaker’s notes For your quick reference‚ the internal audit department has a charter derived from the Institute of Internal Auditor’s International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. The International Standards govern all audit professionals while our charter has been tailored specifically to address the uniqueness of SERI. Some mention may also be made of the Code of Ethics and IIA’s practice guide
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