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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Cultural communication"”.
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Minding the Politeness Gap in Cross-cultural Communication
Misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication often arise from subtle differences in interpretation, but it is unclear whether these differences arise from the literal meanings assigned to words or from more general pragmatic factors such as norms around politeness and brevity. In this paper, …
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The language of business interviewing:a study in cross-cultural communication
The study examines the concept of cultural determinism in relation to the business interview, analysing differences in language use between English, French and West German native speakers. The approach is multi- and inter-disciplinary combining linguistic and business research methodologies. An …
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J-Horror : A discourse in cross-cultural communication and cinematic hybridity
… in his 2002 counterpart. With the cross-cultural transition, certain aspects of the premise and characters were changed. I posit these differences are more than artistic reinterpretation, and are culturally significant. However, while certain facets of fear are culturally specific, the …
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Cross cultural communication between scientists and lawyers in judicial policy-making
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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From Chaos to Order: Balancing Cross-Cultural Communication in the Pre-Colonial and Colonial Southeast
… Master’s Thesis examines the ways in which the culturally distinct groups who inhabited the pre-colonial and colonial Southeast approached cross-cultural communication. The extensive and violent entradas led by Spaniards into the Southeastern interior in the 1500s represent a watershed moment in …
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Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication and Cognitive Health Through Chinese Papercutting: A Comparative Study of Welsh and Chinese Adults
… papercutting art with cognitive health and cross-cultural communication within the Welsh context. It introduces the "Chinese Papercutting Cross-Cultural Cognitive Enhancement Model" as a pioneering intervention, an original contribution to the field, developed to address both theoretical gaps and …
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Socio-Cultural Communication System--a Communication Mechanism For Multi-Media Information Access System for Non-Literate and Linguistically Diverse Users
… or linguistically diverse users. The Socio-cultural communication system (SoCCS) is a communication mechanism for building an information access system that helps both literate and non-literate users to access information in various media formats. SoCCS is designed using client server …
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Cross cultural communication in selected adult ESL classrooms in Vancouver : a study of the cross-cultural situations ESL students and teachers rate as most difficult
This study is an examination of what cross-cultural situations students and teachers find most difficult in adult English as a second language (ESL) classrooms in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cross-cultural situations include any encounter (verbal or non-verbal) with a person from a different …
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An analysis of communication between health-care workers and Xhosa-speaking patients in a Cape Town hospital, from the perspective of language cognition and inter-cultural communication
… by doctors and patients. It also examines communication difficulties pertaining to a lack of complete fluency in the respective second languages. Culture-bound assumptions about illness and communication of important information are also studied. The thesis contends that vital information …
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The competency model of movie producers for cross-cultural co-production projects
… of movie crews who demand a comprehensive set of communication skills to solve the hundreds of problems during daily productions. The recent rise of international co-production movies has created more and more workspaces with multicultural teams. This calls for additional cross-cultural …
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Developing A Contextual Cross-Cultural Evangelism and Church Growth Strategy for the International Bible Church, Hampton, Georgia
… intends to design a contextual strategy of cross-cultural evangelism and church growth. Chapter 1 provides the ministry context of the International Bible Church. It includes the purpose, goals, rationale, definitions, limitations, and research methodology. Chapter 2 presents the biblical and …
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Developing an Electronic Tool for Cross-Cultural Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CCSCW)
… is a lack of tools available to support cross-cultural communication and collaboration. Current research is comprised of assessments of the need for better cross-cultural communication tools and discussions of simple guidelines for developing such a tool. Existing programs such as chat or …
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Multilingualism and sociocultural factors prevalent in rural language classrooms
… study aimed to identify multilingual and sociocultural factors prevalent in rural English language classrooms. The New Literacies Studies theory was the theoretical underpinnings of this study and an interpretative phenomenological paradigm was also used. Qualitative research methodology …
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Mother Tongue Interference in English Language Pronunciation of the Chinese Immigrant in the United States
… lingua franca, it serves a key role in cross-cultural communication. Chinese immigrants in the US will certainly encounter many difficulties in acquiring L2 proficiency. Some of these challenges are tied to 1) Chinese immigrants’ history in the US and the variety of Chinese dialects; 2) …
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Teaching toward understanding: Feminist rhetorical theories and pedagogies in the college composition classroom
… of discourse, promoting more successful cross-cultural communication both in the classroom and in the larger civic realm.</p>
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The stories are burning inside of us: exploring daily violence, peacebuilding, and intercultural humility and resilience in interracial family communication
… including marginalization as well as cross-cultural communication and socio-historical differences. It is challenging and sometimes impossible to have empathetic intersectional conversations about race and gender in the same breath within an interracial family in which family members hold …
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Examination of Canadian parents' awareness of early intervention supports for their child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder : a co-cultural perspective
Using co-cultural theory, this study compares how a sample of parents in Canada perceive what early intervention supports are available for their child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants consisted of parents of children diagnosed with ASD whom were six years old or younger. …
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Tensions in (Agri)Culture: The Negotiation of Environmental Dialectics at an Urban Farmers Market'
… of an urban farmers market. Using theories of cultural communication as both theoretical grounding and methodology, the author was able to identify and interpret the functions of tensions previously presented by scholars in the field of communication. The principal set of tensions used for data …
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Intercultural Communication: Pre-Departure Orientation for Study Abroad Students
… for their study abroad experience. The Intercultural Communication: Pre-Departure Orientation for Study Abroad Students is a project designed to start the process of intercultural communication skills building prior to a student’s departure. After exploring the literature about cross-cultural …
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