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"International" Culture
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| Luck | Date: Sunday, 05.09.2010, 14:42 | Message # 1 |
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| When you meet with new people, travel abroad, it is quite important to know what people of this or that country like, whether you can discuss this or that topic with them or not. Nowadays it's useful to learn things not only about people who live in the same country as you do, but about the whole world. How do you think, can the knowledge of such things help you? Or should we travel just like "foreigners" (dictating only our own rules, for example)?
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| lovefootball) | Date: Monday, 06.09.2010, 09:25 | Message # 2 |
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| Well, I think it depends on the country.When you visit Europe, you can be more or less confident and relaxed, I mean people there won't get you wrong. But you should know more specific details when you go to the East.
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| Former-Teacher | Date: Monday, 06.09.2010, 09:30 | Message # 3 |
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| Absolutely so... However, I sometimes think that culture is becoming so globalised and universally shared, that you can be yourself in any other country... As a tourist ... But if you plan to live in such a different culture and build relations, you should learn more about the host culture and assimilate.
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| lovefootball) | Date: Monday, 06.09.2010, 19:39 | Message # 4 |
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| Agree. And not just learn but accept it.
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| Asya | Date: Tuesday, 07.09.2010, 09:17 | Message # 5 |
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| I tend to agree with Luck. It's always good to be aware of people's customs ant traditions, habits and simply the way of life. Being students of the Institute of Foreign Languages, we should know such things better than anyone else.
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| MissJane | Date: Tuesday, 07.09.2010, 14:19 | Message # 6 |
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| It has been stated long ago that a person who visits some foreign country is more warmly and hospitably accepted if this person speaks the language of this country even a little bit. This is just a psycological hint. So even if such minor things can help you be in a foregn country like at home, then it is no doubt useful to study the culture of different countries. To be cross-culturally competent is actually the goal of any specialist. 
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| Ayayulia | Date: Thursday, 16.09.2010, 19:29 | Message # 7 |
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| Sometimes your must observe rules of another country. The United Arab Emirates demanded from women not to wear uncovered clothes and have right to do it because it is a matter of their religion. We should respect it!
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| Teacher | Date: Thursday, 14.04.2011, 10:58 | Message # 8 |
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| I think it could be rather difficult to built and maintain relationships with a person in some other country. Esp. if the the culture of this country differs much from ours.
In Vino Veritas...
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| MissJane | Date: Wednesday, 08.06.2011, 22:53 | Message # 9 |
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| Seagull, do you have any personal experience that convinced you it's difficult to maintain relationships with a person from some other country? I'd say at times it's quite hard for us to stay in touch with our playmates who moved to another city though they are Russians, not Arabs or Japanese. I'm sure one can communicate with a foreigner quite successfully providing there is a mutual intention to be friends. The culture in itself is nothing; the thing that matters is our prejudice. We are brought up so as not to mix up with strangers, we are told to be wide awake with people we don't know. So we cherish our hostility to unfamiliar people. That is why a foreign country is often taken as "a stranger of whom we must be afraid". Get rid of the stereotypical thinking and you'll feel much more at ease.
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| Rina | Date: Thursday, 09.06.2011, 17:40 | Message # 10 |
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| Quote (MissJane) It has been stated long ago that a person who visits some foreign country is more warmly and hospitably accepted if this person speaks the language of this country even a little bit.
Absolutely agree. Before visiting a foreign country, you do not need to speak the language of this country, just learn some necessary words such as "Hello", "Good morning/evening/afternoon" and "Thank you". And you'll notice how hospitable people will become! Even if you know nothing except fot these words)))
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| Samsik | Date: Monday, 28.05.2012, 11:45 | Message # 11 |
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| In today's era of economic globalization and restructuring, the language of culture is increasingly heard in debates about issues as diverse as nationalism, human rights, immigration, trade, the environment, media, literacy, and education. In the new millennium, increasing our capacity to live with and understand the heterogeneity and flux that characterize global flows of people, culture, and capital is of paramount importance.
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