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Comprehensionquestions
1.Isitstilloftenthecasethat“everyone‟squicktoblamethealien”inthecontemporaryworld?
Thisisstillpowerfulintoday‘ssocialandpoliticalrhetoric.Forinstance,itisnotuncommonin
today‘ssocietytohearpeoplesaythatmost,ifnotall,ofthesocialandeconomicproblemsarecausedbyminoritiesandimmigrants.
2.What‟sthedifferencebetweentoday‟sinterculturalcontactandthatofanytimeinthepast?
Today‘sinterculturalencountersarefarmorenumerousandofgreaterimportancethaninanytimeinhistory.
3.Whathavemadeinterculturalcontactaverycommonphenomenoninourlifetoday?
Newtechnology,intheformoftransportationandcommunicationsystems,hasacceleratedinterculturalcontact;
innovativecommunicationsystemshaveencouragedandfacilitatedculturalinteraction;
globalizationoftheeconomyhasbroughtpeopletogether;
changesinimmigrationpatternshavealsocontributedtointerculturalencounter.
4.Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“cultureiseverythingandeverywhere”?
Culturesuppliesuswiththeanswerstoquestionsaboutwhattheworldlookslikeandhowweliveandcommunicatewithinthatworld.Cultureteachesushowtobehaveinourlifefromtheinstantofbirth.Itisomnipresent.
5.Whatarethemajorelementsthatdirectlyinfluenceourperceptionandcommunication?
Thethreemajorsocio-culturalelementsthatdirectlyinfluenceperceptionandcommunicationareculturalvalues,worldview(religion),andsocialorganizations(familyandstate).
6.Whatdoesone‟sfamilyteachhimorherwhileheorshegrowsupinit?
Thefamilyteachesthechildwhattheworldlookslikeandhisorherplaceinthatworld.
7.Whyisitimpossibletoseparateouruseoflanguagefromourculture?
Becauselanguageisnotonlyaformofpreservingculturebutalsoameansofsharingculture.
Languageisanorganized,generallyagreed-upon,learnedsymbolsystemthatisusedtorepresent
theexperienceswithinaculturalcommunity.
8.Whatarethenonverbalbehaviorsthatpeoplecanattachmeaningto?
Peoplecanattachmeaningtononverbalbehaviorssuchasgestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontactandgaze,touch,etc.
9.Howcanafree,culturallydiversesocietyexist?
Afree,culturallydiversesocietycanexistonlyifdiversityispermittedtoflourishwithoutprejudiceanddiscrimination,bothofwhichharmallmembersofthesociety.
ReadingII
TheChallengeofGlobalization
1.Whydoestheauthorsaythatourunderstandingoftheworldhaschanged?
Manythings,suchaspoliticalchangesandtechnologicaladvances,havechangedtheworld
veryrapidly.Inthepastmosthumanbeingswereborn,lived,anddiedwithinalimitedgeographical
area,neverencounteringpeopleofotherculturalbackgrounds.Suchanexistence,however,no
longerprevailsintheworld.Thus,allpeoplearefacedwiththechallengeofunderstandingthis
changedandstillfastchangingworldinwhichwelive.
2.Whata“globalvillage”islike?
Asourworldshrinksanditsinhabitantsbecomeinterdependent,peoplefromremotecultures
increasinglycomeintocontactonadailybasis.Ina―globalvillage‖,membersofonceisolated
groupsofpeoplehavetocommunicatewithmembersofotherculturalgroups.Thosepeoplemay
livethousandsofmilesawayorrightnextdoortoeachother.
3.Whatisconsideredasthemajordrivingforceofthepost-1945globalization?
Technology,particularlytelecommunicationsandcomputersareconsideredtobethemajordrivingforce.
4.Whatdoestheauthormeanbysayingthat“the„global‟maybemorelocalthanthe„local‟”?
Theincreasingglobalmobilityofpeopleandtheimpactofnewelectronicmediaonhuman
communicationsmaketheworldseemsmaller.Wemaycommunicatemorewithpeopleofother
countriesthanwithourneighbors,andwemaybemoreinformedoftheinternationaleventsthanof
thelocalevents.Inthissense,“the‘global’maybemorelocalthanthe‘local’”
5.Whyisitimportantforbusinesspeopletoknowdiverseculturesintheworld?
Effectivecommunicationmaybethemostimportantcompetitiveadvantagethatfirmshaveto
meetdiversecustomerneedsonaglobalbasis.Succeedingintheglobalmarkettodayrequiresthe
abilitytocommunicatesensitivelywithpeoplefromothercultures,asensitivitythatisbasedonan
understandingofcross-culturaldifferences.
6.Whataretheseriousproblemsthatcountriesthroughouttheworldareconfrontedwith?
Countriesthroughouttheworldareconfrontedwithseriousproblemssuchasvolatile
internationaleconomy,shrinkingresources,mountingenvironmentalcontamination,andepidemics
thatknownoboundaries.
7.Whatimplicationscanwedrawfromt
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