... locals and the culture Understanding and speaking the language can Cross- CulturalSkills for Deployed Air Force Personnel: Defining Cross- Cultural Performance demonstrate respect for, interest in, and ... the cross- culturalskills its airmen need through training and education RAND was asked to provide a definition of cross- cultural performance as the foundation for the design of the Air Force’s cross- cultural ... high standards for research quality and objectivity Cross- CulturalSkills for Deployed Air Force Personnel Defining Cross- Cultural Performance Chaitra M Hardison, Carra S Sims, Farhana Ali, Andres...
... to carry out a cross- cultural adaptation of the ChildOIDP index and to assess its reliability and validity for application among Brazilian children between the ages of eleven and fourteen Methods ... design and ethical considerations The methodology emphasises the cross- cultural adaptation of the Child-OIDP and its psychometric testing for test-retest reliability, internal consistency and construct ... pediatric dentists, and one specialist in Health Policy and Administration Collectively, this team compiled a single version of ChildOIDP This version was assessed for understanding and to adjust the...
... consent and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee Baseline and annual X-rays were provided and assessed by a centralised procedure (Pr C Roux, Cochin Hospital, France) The prevalent and ... its first version had 168 questions and the Osteoporosis Functional Disability questionnaire (OFDQ) [4] focused mainly on pain and handicap rather than QoL and was not generated using patient ... (M0) and then every six months using the SF-36 and QUALIOST® The 12 countries of the SOTI trial were Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland...
... conceptualized and designed the study, acquired, analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript YZ and ZH conceptualized and designed the study, acquired the data, and revised the ... chronic health conditions on parent HRQOL and family functioning across countries In the process of cross- cultural adaptation, the recruitment of translators and specialists in the multidisciplinary ... conceptualized and designed the study, acquired, analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript YH conceptualized and designed the study, supervised the data analysis and revised...
... prevalence and caries experience (dmft) in 5-year-olds in 2004 [4] were 70% and 3.7, and in 6-year-olds in 1988 [5] were 84% and 4.4, respectively At age years, restorative treatment needs was 69 % and ... the final-translation was fully comprehensible and to verify the cross- cultural equivalence of the source and final version In addition, the face and content validity of the scale were examined ... as increasing demand for treatment and long waiting lists [3] In Turkey, most studies have focused on the risk factors for early childhood caries and its behavioral, clinical and microbiological...
... knowledge andskills in this area, and capacity to influence policy, than they were two and a half years ago Mode scores illustrate clearly that that respondents now have more definite attitudes ... to show changes in knowledge, skillsandattitudes (KSA) as a result of CARD Project 030/06 VIE Results from a baseline and end-of-project survey are compared, and the end-ofproject results include ... industrial feeds, and purchased foreign brand feeds because they perceived it was of better quality than domestic brand feeds The breakdown of the scores is shown in Figure Attitudes to a further...
... culture and the cultural differences is also the source of culture shock in every aspect of cross- cultural communication It is the reason why those days, the study of communication and cross- cultural ... language teaching and intensive cross- cultural studies have been conducted so far would avoid the language learners andcrosscultural communicators from the culture shock and communication breakdown ... translation but due to cultural barriers Understanding the differences of cultures, communication and cross- cultural communication enables participants to discover their own culture and to avoid misinterpretations...
... memorizing and repeating to discovering, integrating, and presenting; from listening and reacting to communicating and taking responsibility; from knowledge of facts, terms, and content to understanding ... real-world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross- curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups or individuals to combine the investigating the topic and presenting ... for engaging culturally diverse learners (Railsback, 2002) but also are exposed to a wide range of skillsand competencies such as collaboration, project planning, decision making, and time management...
... chapter seven Cross- Cultural Communication and Negotiation McGraw-Hill/Irwin Cross- Cultural Communication and Negotiation Six Chapter Objectives: DEFINE communication; ... say few words and allow understatements, pauses, and silence to convey meaning 7-10 Verbal Communication Styles • Contextual and Personal Styles – Contextual style focuses on speaker and relationship ... • • • • Improve feedback systems Language training Cultural training Flexibility and cooperation 7-26 Negotiating Styles 7-27 Managing CrossCultural Negotiations • Negotiation: Process of bargaining...
... to create cultural synergies, intercultural cooperation and even the conditions for cultural learning (Loth, 2006) Moreover skills development of all employees, the balancing of public and privacy ... Marketing across the cultural differences -Image Continuous evaluation and Adaptation -Shared values Explanatory Model of relation between CDM and Competitive Advantage According to Gardenswartz and ... existence of cultural diversity in the workplace and to identify the various internal and external dimensions Leadership is one of the leading determinants of the management of cultural diversity and...
... international publishers and are modern and up-to-date Furthermore, the four skills are scheduled and taught in separated periods or classes in order to help students have deep understanding and good practice ... their own learning and share information and perspectives on the task and help others during learning process Besides, learners have to learn interpersonal skillsand teamwork skills in order to ... drafting, and revising procedures that require specialized skills For example, some skills are related to generate ideas, organize them coherently, revise and edit text for clearer meaning and appropriate...
... and cultures; developing students’ positive feelings andattitudes towards those countries, peoples and cultures and, by doing so, fostering students’ love and respect of their own language and ... those countries and enhance their awareness of other culture 13 - Textbooks promoting cultural awareness and competence that explicitly raise cultural awareness and cultivate cross- cultural competence ... to: - Conduct a cross- cultural analysis of the textbook - Suggest supplementary activities for Grade 10 students’ cross- cultural awareness RESEARCH QUESTIONS The concept of cross- cultural analysis”...
... awareness of one’s own cultural worldview; attitude towards cultural differences; knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews and crosscultural skills Developing cultural competence ... work effectively in cross- cultural situations” On the other hand, cultural competence is the ability to understand behavior from the standpoint of the members of a culture and to behave in a ... thinking, belief systems, and world views of people from various cultural backgrounds and thus enhances empathy and mutual understanding Investigating issues concerning crosscultural communication...
... II: A cross- cultural study of giving and responding to compliments in English and Vietnamese equivalents Chapter III: Some suggestion for gving and responding to compliments in English and Vietnamese ... study - This research focuses on the cross - cultural study to find out the similarities and differences between the English and Vietnamese in the ways they give and respond to compliments Determined ... 1.2 Cultural communication 1.2.1 Notion of culture 1.2.1.1 Cross- cultural communication 1.3 Positive – negative politeness Chapter II: A cross- cultural...
... metaphor and simile are used in English and Vietnamese idioms and to make some comparisons between English idioms and Vietnamese ones In order to obtain these aims, data and sources are collected and ... the learners and readers to improve their knowledge of English and Vietnamese idioms, especially comparative idioms and help them understand the cultural characteristic of English and Vietnamese ... the world and English is one of the international languages, it is urgent and common that there are more people who use and speak English fluently However, it is not easy to be a good and skillful...
... beauty standards and fashionable criteria can change over time and culture, “beauty” has undoubtedly a positive bias compared to “ugliness” everywhere and at any time “To say that beauty and ugliness ... students and judge them as smarter Attractive adults get paid more for their work and have better success in dating and mating And juries are less likely to find attractive people guilty and recommend ... mass-media and the star/fame modern cultural system (and its association with sexy) This view and preoccupations with the explanatory level is endorsed by those Female participants and students...
... tacit, and systemic and involves dissimilar cultural contexts (p 204) Table 1: Cross- cultural Implications – Asian (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan) and the West Cross- culture ... figure it out Table 2: Cross- cultural Implications – India and the West Western Non-Western Christianity concerned with absolute moral values, differences between good and evil, and redemption of ... learned about cross- cultural issues was trial and error, and error, and error The writer hopes that sharing some of my experiences will help you avoid some of the same problems and make you more...
... Vietnamese and American Specially, the assignment will compare and contrast the two conception in order to find the misunderstanding andcultural conflicts Thus, people from the two cultural can ... beliefs, attitudesand values Cultural refers to the informal and often hidden patterns of human interactions, expressions and viewpoints that people in one culture share The hidden nature of cultural ... is influenced by cultural values, attitudes, and behavior; the influence of cultural on people’s reactions and respond to each other Communication between people of different cultural backgrounds...
... cultures, thus helping eliminate ethnic stereotypes and misunderstandings Problems arise as language learners are not competent and fail to understand the cultural- social aspects of communication Take ... including speech act theory, politeness strategies, pragmatics and cross- cultural pragmatics, and categories of inviting forms in English and Vietnamese Chapter 3: Methodology, this chapter focuses ... speech acts (4) pragmatics and cross- cultural pragmatics, (5) categories of inviting in English and Vietnamese The first part deals with literature on politeness strategies and their relations with...
... apologies and the use of the structures and strategies of apologies in terms of politeness, speech acts andcrosscultural perspective This is necessary in order to find out the similarities and differences ... friends and friends, professor and students, boss and employee, parents and children There are situations in this part and they are equivalent to strategies Strategy includes situation and 4; ... harmony between the speaker and the hearer." Both definitions of Brown and Levison and Leech are convenient and acceptable, because each one describes this process and captured this phenomenon...