a cross cultural comparison in the tourist accommodation sector

... greater than 0.8, calculated on a toothby-tooth basis The project obtained approval by the Ethics Committee of the Universidade Oeste de Santa Catarina, Brazil Data were analysed using the Statistical ... was then determined using the Malaysia Standard Classification of Occupations (2008) For intra-examiner reliability, the intraclass correlation coefficient for DMFS was 0.99; for inter-examiner ... evaluated by comparing the mean scale scores across the categories of caries experience using Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests (as appropriate) The alpha value was set at P < 0.05 Correlational...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... methods and procedures It was undeniable that data analysis was the process of ordering and extracting meaning from the accumulated data In other words, the most essential function of data analysis ... Locutionary acts are simply the speech acts that have taken place Illocutionary acts are the real actions which are performed by the utterance, where saying equals doing, as in betting, welcoming and ... instructions and explanation in Vietnamese to avoid any misunderstanding and ambiguity Afterwards, all the papers of questionnaire were collected carefully to ensure the quantity of data 2.5 Data analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:20

... UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES - - HOÀNG THỊ MỴ ON THE ECONOMICALITY AND REDUNDANCY IN REQUESTING IN ENGLISH A A CROSS – CULTURAL STUDY ... 3.1 The popularity of economicality and redundancy in requesting 22 3.2 The link between the addresser’s/ addressee’s gender and relative age and the use of lexico modal makers seen as redundancy ... 18 2.3 Data collection instrument 19 2.4 Data collection procedures 20 2.5 Data analysis methods and procedures 20 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:20

... within the body, both internal and external SADNESS is associated with a pain in 37 the very sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails, as in (5i), and an injury to the heart, as in ( 5a- c), ... FEELINGS IS THE MATERIAL STATE OF A VITAL ORGAN (Charteris-Black, [34]) However, the pangs are felt in two main internal body organs: the intestines and the liver The conceptualization of SADNESS ... Experiencers may feel as if they were being attacked and tortured by a sharp pain in their intestines and in their livers, as indicated in (9) and (10) This gives rise to the conceptual metaphor SADNESS...

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2015, 08:16

... target language with and effort of making their utterances grammatically correct without awareness of cross- cultural differences Consequently, failure in applying what they have learnt to actual communication ... economical factors in making requests in the specific situations, under certain variables such as age, the addresser’s/ addressee’s gender and relative age in English and Vietnamese - To compare and ... comments and assumptions given in the thesis are based largely on the analysis of statistic data with due reference to publication The practical approaches are - Studying relevant publications...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:46

... opercular areas and travels via the motor cortex and pyramidal tract to the ventral brain stem The involuntary path is comprised of amygdala, thalamic, hypothalamic, and subthalamic areas, in addition ... regardless of a “yes”, the survey was discarded assuming the participant did not fully understand the question Statistical analysis The data was analyzed using both parametric and non parametric ... Mississauga (MISS), Canada representing an individualistic society, and the second sample from Aurangabad (AUR), India representing a collectivist society Markus HR, et al defined individualism as...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... preparing meals, doing laundry, climbing stairs, shopping, yard work, driving a car, visiting friends, washing dishes, vacuuming, making beds, and walking several blocks) was evaluated using the FIQ ... from (indicating no pain) to 10 (indicating pain as bad as you can imagine) Higher scores indicate greater pain severity Based on previous analyses, scores of to are considered mild, to are considered ... was classified as mild, 39 to < 59 was classified as moderate, and 59 to 100 was classified as severe [20] Statistical significance was evaluated at the 0.05 level The data were held and analyzed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... to learn the correct and culturally acceptable way to address people Therefore, raising cultural knowledge and awareness by integrating cultures in language learning and teaching is vital The ... skills and other is fostering cross- cultural knowledge From the finding above, it can be said that culture and language are fundamentally intertwined Attempting to learn a language without learning ... the students to participate in speaking class effectively However, in the thesis, the researcher wants to find out the attitudes, as well as the cross- culture awareness in teaching and learning...

Ngày tải lên: 28/02/2015, 11:54

... shock” may take place upon crossing national boundaries In foreign language teaching, a cross- cultural approach seeks the ways to understand the Other in the other side of the border by learning ... Cultural awareness and cross- cultural awareness a) Cultural awareness Cultural awareness is a term we have used to describe sensitivity to the impact of culturally-induced behaviour on language ... importance the culture in English language learning As a matter of fact, the learning of English not only includes language (grammar and vocabulary) and language skills (listening, speaking, writing and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33

... data; average 1999-2003 LT assets/total assets vs LT liabilities/total liabilities; annual data; average 1999- 2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average ... 2004 annual growth rate; average Jan 1999-Jun 2004 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 cash and securities holdings to total assets; annual ... “cost-of-funds” approach as a starting point.18 That is, bank rates are assumed to be set according to their marginal costs, which are approximated by market rates comparable (in maturity) to the bank interest...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... German IFG participants were recruited using standard methods, namely, from patient/consumer databases of individuals willing to take part in market research These databases are maintained by market ... methods are used to validate conceptual meaning using phenomenological data (an inductive approach) and quantitative validation activities focus on measurement and operational activities associated ... both US and German males (who did not report using make-up) indicated that they washed the face with soap and water more often than female participants Another potential area of cultural difference...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... with weaker financial, administrative and legal capacities are likely to have less of these It can be argued that inadequate institutional capacity, as well as lack of knowledge and awareness about ... Southeast Asia particularly in the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam and Singapore The rationales for selecting these countries are explained in the methodology section Using the framework of analysis, ... courses are built either on pristine or un-spoilt lands, hilly plains and mountainous areas for breathtaking landscapes and challenging games During the construction and landscaping stage, the earth-moving...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 08:33

... as well as in the management and maintenance of existing golf courses by using a crossnational comparative study involving golf courses in the four countries in Southeast Asia – a subject that ... Comparative Evaluation and Analyses of Environmental Frameworks Referencing re-arranged and grammatical organization has been improved The comparative arrangement enhanced the evaluation and critical ... of fragmentation, incoherence and inadequacies in domestic law and governance And that governance and capacities are affected by a dearth of manpower capabilities, less environmental information,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 08:33

... conceptualizations of hedging and gives hedging strategies, based on speech act and politeness theories Chapter (Data analysis and findings) analyses collected data to find out major crosscultural similarities ... constantly attended to in interaction with others Once face is damaged or threatened, there seems to be a risk of communication breakdown Therefore, maintaining or partially satisfying each other’s face ... acts are known as “face threatening acts” (FTAs) by, for instance, representing a threat to or damaging the H’s positive face (insulting the addressee or expressing disapproval of what the H...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:44

... of address they used in each questions In addition, as believed to be influential in the analysis of the data, the informants’ status parameters including gender, age, occupation, marital status, ... vocabulary The ways in which the words can be meaningfully combined is defined by the language’s syntax and grammar The actual meaning of words and combinations of words is defined by the language’s ... Vietnamese and 50 British and American people Regarding the gender, out of the 100 informants, 55 were females and 45 were males All Vietnamese informants are my acquaintances and my family’s acquaintances...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:40

... rich with data that reveal the cultural orientation of language learners (In many languages, compliment responses require the language user to walk a delicate line between appearing too boastful ... with the limitation of a graduation thesis, sometimes some factors can be omitted such as: age, marital statue, area of living They are only taken into account when used to explain some information ... V The Vietnamese HA Highly advisable A Advisable Y/N Yes or No IA Inadvisable CR Compliment response VoE Vietnamese students of English vi PART A: INTRODUCTION Rationale Nowadays the increasing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41

... as a big As fierce as a lion As fierce as a tiger As slippery as an eel As slow as a tortoise As slow as a snail As stink as a polecat As thick as ants As wet as a drowned rat Like water off a ... Pedagogical Suggestions for Teaching English Idioms Teaching and learning a language are teaching and learning a culture Language and culture can not be separated Teaching the idioms can be a ... following words: A dark horse Smell to a rat Leading a dog’s life To work like a dog A bull in a China shop A book worm Piggy bank Chicken Raining cats and dogs As blind as a bat An early bird A...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41

... equality and liberty There for, they has a general trend towards ensuring equal rights within marriage for women and legally recognizing the marriages of interracial, interfaith, and even a same-gender ... themselves In the family, the role of a husband and a wife are equal Women not kept their family name but used their husband's family name formally They not pay much attention in fate marriage; they can ... have led to changes in the demographics of marriage, with the age of first marriage increasing, fewer people marrying, and many couples choosing to cohabit rather than marry C) CROSS – CULTURAL...

Ngày tải lên: 28/05/2014, 17:31