cross cultural awareness in interviewing

... English teaching is indeed culture teaching and the teaching of culture should become an integral part of foreign language instruction Beyond outlining present English teaching guidelines, culture-based ... about Englishspeaking cultures 2.3 The culture teaching This section will deal with the teachers’ methods of introducing cultural knowledge into the classroom to raise cross- cultural awareness for ... activities in the next semester In my opinion, British-American cultural knowledge is an important part in English learning British-American cultural knowledge help me make progress in learning English...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33

... Teachers opinions of the difficulties in delivering cross cultural elements in speaking classes 23 3.3.1.3 Teachers opinions of the necessity of including cultural information in the ... situation in HaUI 1.2 Aims of the study The study is aimed at: finding out the effective activities in raising students cultural awareness finding out the difficulties in incorporating cultural ... questionnaires and tests to find out the truth about the effective activities for raising HaUI students cross- cultural awareness and difficulties in including cultural issues in speaking lessons 3.1 Situation...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 14:28

... Students Cross- Cultural Awareness is a Minor Programme Master thesis It is just aimed at examining the cultural content presented in the textbook and suggesting certain kinds of activities for raising ... activities for developing Grade 10 students cross- cultural awareness in Vietnam As teaching culture is not the main purpose of teaching English in Vietnamese high schools, even when cross- cultural issues ... according to the following procedures: 25 - List the title of sixteen units in the textbook to investigate main themes presented in it - Read passages of Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... from informants, but also contains the considerations in addressing to find out the underlying factors that determine the choice of linguistic forms that have been used and some dimensions in cross- cultural ... of them is cultural differences among countries It causes cultural shock, even cultural conflicts relating to specific speech acts such as addressing, thanking, greeting, complaining and so on ... are used according to whether the speaker wants to address someone politely or more informally, e.g In German Sie-du, in French Vous-tu, in Spanish Usted-tu and in Mandarin in Chinese nín-ni (you)...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:31

... Springer-Verlag/Wien Printed in Germany SpringerWienNewYork is part of Springer Science + Business Media springer.at Copy editing: Mag Julia Edtbrustner Typesetting: Jung Crossmedia Publishing ... inflation factor XIII Introduction: Researching strategic adaptation in a cross- cultural context The main reason for conducting business is creating and maintaining value (cf Conner 1991; Sirmon et ... mission, developing scenarios, formulating strategy and tactics, executing and evaluating – culture intrudes” (p 13) Introduction: Researching strategic adaptation in a cross- cultural context...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 14:20

... of miles apart in many ways More than finding great new insights about cross- cultural issues, I find it more about personal reflection on how I could have done things better Hind site is always ... Masculinity/Fem ininity Medium Femininity – To deal with a difficult or controversial request, indirect forms of influence are preferred by Asian managers to avoid losing face and damaging relationships ... understanding, may I suggest the following resources? • Fred Schneiter, Getting Along with the Chinese for Fun and Profit (Regal Printing, Hong Kong, 2000 • Yuan Wang et al, An Insider’s Guide to Business...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... result in the use of leading or restrictive lines of inquiry Facilitator Role as Co-investigator - Facilitators' professional role can be expanded to include thematic research activities, including ... and testing process for item content developed in a single source country Initial PRO content design is less timeconsuming since attempts to revalidate in different cultures does not involve ... general impact of illness and treatment across cultures - Comparable domain estimates across cultural settings Measures are high relevance in the cultural settings where item content was developed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... language in intercultural encounters applies entirely to the teaching situation Therefore, developing crosscultural awareness in EFL classroom is an indispensable thing in teaching and learning foreign ... knowledge and awareness by integrating cultures in language learning and teaching is vital The students will be interested in and have motivation in English learning process Understanding cross- cultural ... of cross- cultural characteristics in English teaching, Goals and objectives for treatment cross- cultural characteristics in English teaching Some considerations in raising students` cross- cultural...

Ngày tải lên: 28/02/2015, 11:54

... person In such situations like S1 (interviewing someone), S2 (persuading someone), S3 (confiding in someone), S6 (presenting to your boss), S9 (making it up with someone) and S10 (getting acquainted ... taken by Anglophone informants in many situations Most of them think it is the best choice for interviewing (S1), criticizing (S4), discussing (S5), getting acquainted (S10) and in case the two communicators ... table shapes in the office setting only Four kinds of seating positions including corner, cooperative, competitive-defensive and independent are identified in this study As the findings will be...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:22

... have in learning English verb tenses and aspects 1.1.2 Cross Cultural Awareness and its influence on language learning Cross Cultural Awareness (CCA) or Intercultural Awareness in language learning ... study including Cross- Cultural Awareness in second language acquisition; Tenses and aspects in English and in Vietnamese; The influence of cross cultural awareness in the process of learning verb ... finding out the problems students faced in the process of learning English verb tenses and aspects in the light of the cross- cultural category: Accuracy and inaccuracy The findings presented in...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:36

... integration of cultural elements into speaking lessons as mean to raise students‟ cross- cultural understanding It is also necessary to investigate into cross- cultural integration into teaching other ... communication in the society of the target language The importance of gaining communicative competence and maintaining intercultural interaction has fostered the necessity of integrating cultural ... roles of cross- culture in language speaking class? 2- What are the problems facing by the students in integrating cross- cultural issues in conversational activities? 3- How can the teachers integrate...

Ngày tải lên: 15/07/2015, 12:53

... and learners in order to avoid cultural shocks or cross- cultural conflicts involving the addressing forms in greetings in global communication Scope of the Study Addressing forms in communication ... role in addressing in English meanwhile in Vietnam, age is the thing playing a more important role in addressing In addition, in English, they greet in all parts of a day by use: “Good morning”, ... forms of address in English greetings 2.3 Addressing Forms in Greetings in Vietnamese and English 2.3.1 Addressing Forms 2.3.1.1 In Vietnamese In Vietnam, addressing forms is the meaningless words...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:40

... questions, which contain three main parts: The first one is to find some general information about informants which are used to explain some unexpected findings during the process of writing The second ... acts as following ways: * To say something is to something * In saying something, we something * By saying something we something And it is clear that in terms of speech acts, illocutionary force ... theorists on kind of speech act such as: making request, asking for permission, giving apology but not many of them focus on speech act of compliment This is also the interesting topic attracting the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41

... The meaning of a word reflects the reality being associated with a certain sound form There are two main types of meanings in words: lexical meaning and grammatical meaning Lexical meaning is ... important to determine word meaning in a given context 1.3.2 The Meaning of Idioms In this part, we only mention general ideas about the meaning of idioms From studying and analyzing of linguistics, ... a habit of noticing idioms in everyday situations, including reading and listening Teachers lead a discussion about figurative language including metaphors, similes, and idioms in order to show...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41

... to cross- cultural translation in rare conditions The development of measures that can be used in multinational studies is essential, particularly in rare disorders in children, since it is international ... Pre-testing To ensure equivalence in linguistic, cultural and clinical context, cognitive debriefing was conducted in each of the countries following the methods described by Jobe[6] The clinical ... misunderstandings Changes were made after consensus was met regarding an issue and were incorporated in the ensuing debriefings This process provided continued surveillance of the linguistic /cultural/ medical...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Child-OIDP index (n = 342) Eating Eating Speaking Cleaning mouth Sleeping Smiling Emotional status Studying Social contact Speaking Cleaning Mouth Sleeping Smiling Emotional status Studying Social ... Speaking clearly Cleaning your mouth (e.g rinsing your mouth, brushing your teeth) Sleeping Maintaining your emotional state (mood) without becoming irritated or stressed Smiling, laughing and ... Relaxing (including sleeping) Maintaining your usual emotional state without being irritable Smiling, laughing and showing your teeth without embarrassment Carrying out your schoolwork (e.g going to...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... to detect changes in clinical status, in this case measuring changes in QoL linked to osteoporotic fracture occurrence in osteoporosis Groups of patients were defined according to the occurrence ... measure QoL in postmenopausal osteoporotic women Being available in several validated language versions, it is ready to be used in a variety of settings, including international clinical trials ... critically for important intellectual content KS was involved in the drafting of the document RP was involved in the drafting of the document and revising it critically for important intellectual content...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... operationalisation, pre-testing and field testing) resulting in an item bank for CAT A major focus of the EORTC strategy is guaranteeing cross- cultural applicability of the CAT from the very beginning The very ... outcome assessment including CAT administration has been given increasing attention within the EORTC Quality of Life group and software for CAT administration is being developed in parallel with ... towards single items Recommendations for patient interviews in the EORTC QLG guidelines for developing questionnaire modules were followed [25] Comments on the following issues were not included in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20