Culture College Essays Samples For Students

Social work was introduced to me in high school. The inherent desire to serve the less fortunate in the population was coined, planted and nurtured by my parents. I always accompanied them to social welfare organizations like foster homes, and community based organizations, to grant basic needs to the less fortunate and the endangered. When social work was introduced to me, I really liked it especially the principles of, a social worker his /her roles made me get an inherent power that propelled me to consider studying the course at the deepest end. I want to credit my parents for encouraging me to study social work by supporting my education both morally and financially.

The basic purpose of social work profession, is to promote the advancement of the community by ensuring that social justice exist, and that the poorest of the poor gets their basic necessities, just like other members of the community, Noel Timms (1983:5-15), The social work profession like other professions is based upon a set of core values. They are important tools that every social worker must possess. A value is an object of desire; therefore core values are simply the conventions set aside by NASW to prescribe the actions of a social hand as he or she responds to issues in the process of human resource interaction.

In my human service interaction I have always incorporated the core values service; in my capacity as a graduate social work I have assisted many people in, need and always tried to address social problems. In the process of rendering service to the poor the vulnerable and at times, victims of a tragedy I have always volunteered a part of my professional skills without any significant financial interest. A case in point is the Haiti earthquake which rendered more than two million people homeless while thousands of others were left dead. Through the international federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, I requested to be deployed as a volunteer rescuer which they swiftly responded and airlifted me to Haiti where I rendered my service by ensuring that everybody got basic needs, including medical care. The vulnerable among them: Women, children, physically challenged and old men were given close attention .In situations where the United Nations humanitarian Aids were limited and the need was high was supplemented by our own savings.

I have always strongly believed in social justice ,as such am always troubled when the international media highlights the plight of the innocent people ,who go through social injustices like rape, lack of education, neglect , unfair trial and suffering. On many occasions, I have mobilized fellow social workers to support the civil society movements, which advocate for social justice and balance, in countries where there is no freedom. Also on volition I have visited several African countries amongst them, the war torn Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi to assist them pursue social change. Given that the centre of social change is always based on the issues of education, poverty unemployment, and prejudice I have always tried to sensitize the communities through, guiding and counselling,in schools, offering alternative practice and sponsoring cultural events ..

Every human being is entitled to dignity and respect. In the field we interact with many people from different walks of lives, but I have always maintained the principle of respecting worthiness of a person, as a social worker you must treat everybody equally, aware of diversity in culture and individual differences. Kendal, R and Linda, Woodhead( 2006:102-108). The society is structured in such a way that people are clustered based on wealth and social class in which one was born. Worthiness of a person is of prime importance because a human being is rational creatures. In (2008) when I visited Kenya I interacted freely with people who were extremely poor, illiterate, and somehow neglected, I even stayed with one of these families in their grass thatched house.

I have always struggled to maintain personal integrity, by being honest all the time, especially with the organizations which I have worked for and interacted with. As a professional social worker I have always been aware of the professional mission, values and ethical principles, thus behaved in a manner consistent with them.

Acquisition of expertise in your area of specialization, is very important, I have always yearned to improve my understanding of the scope of social work. I also contributed to the creation of new knowledge, by engaging in various research activities. I have been doing my personal research since I graduated, based on what other people have done, I have suggested revision of existing theories of social work ,to improve the image of course, so as to meet the needs of the modern society.

I have worked with the African communities. Kenya is one of the countries in Africa that I have toured and worked. It is occupied by forty two tribes. My experience with the majority of the tribes was nourishing, as I learned many things. Some of them still practice some cultural activities that are repugnant. The most severe social problems that affected women and young girls, was female genital mutilation, the Maasai women were going through, traumatizing experience, as a professional social worker, I had to use my diplomatic skills, and research tactics to gather necessary information, in aid of communal sensitization, to discard the outdated cultural practices , in a manner that would not raise eyebrows, together with the local nongovernmental organization, we came up with a development program ,to empower men and women to engage in more important and beneficial activities, other than female genital mutilation. Although I was working very far away from home, the community took my endeavors positively, because they realized that I was aimed at improving their way of life .women in this society appreciated so much, because before we set up our programs, they used to walk, for many kilometers in search of water.

Social welfare is the absolute betterment of the society. Social welfare cannot be evaluated because it entails the ends and objects of desire, Jeremiah, W (2006:78-83). The social welfare areas that interest me are those that deal with the vulnerable in the society, that is orphaned children, dumped children, and the elderly who cannot cater for their basic needs. They interest me because; they usually empower a portion of the community that could be neglected and wasted. The orphaned children, the dumped are picked up fed and given the parental love that have missed, by so doing they are then given a second chance in life, to improve on their status. This welfare also ensures that this category of people maintains their dignity in the community.

A social problem is an issue that must be perceived by a potion of the society, as undesirable. Almost everybody would agree that actions to do with murder, increased road carnage amounts to a social problem. (ibid: 56-65).some people cause a social problem without themselves knowing, while others regard it as a publicly undesired, but some other people may, consider it an undesirable social condition.

The social problem that concerns me, that should be addressed by MSW, is the increased rate of drug abuse amongst university students, the increased rate of drug and substance among students are evident through abnormal behavior among the university students, and increased rate of criminal activities involving students. MSW should move swiftly to save the image of the university.

My undergraduate academic life was quite interesting, the normal first year, confusion coupled with the hassle to meet the paper deadlines, made my whole academic life at the university very interesting, and enjoyable.

I was academically fit in all the social work courses, because of the inbuilt desire to study the course. Although I was good in social work core courses, my weaknesses were evident in university common courses that I never performed well.

My desire to study social work, has always been driven by my parents and my personal desire to study the course, to the deepest levels, so as to satisfy my intellectual curiosity.

REFERENCES

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Noel, Timms (1983), Social work values, Routledge, Publisher.

2.. Jeremiah, W (2006) Governmental Action for social welfare, PublisherREAD BOOKS.

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Kendal, R and Linda, Woodhead (2006) God and human Dignity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.

Introduction

"This is a story of an upper class Indian family (Ashima and Ashoke ) who moves as relatively new immigrants into Cambridge, Massachusetts with an aspiration for better and perhaps encouraging opportunities, and the focus mainly on their only son, Gogol. The whole family though struggles to have themselves conformed to the way of life of the average American. The major theme of focus on the story portrayed as a struggle for identity goes about Gogol life. Born to immigrants in Boston, Gogol is brought-up in the suburbs of Boston though with a name he hates- Gogol. To this young man, what frustrates most is that it is neither Indian nor even an American name. He moves to Yale for college from Boston and graduates to be an architect and later to live in New York City where he encounters a rich and attractive non-Indian girl. He feels the wailing difference in their family backgrounds and ultimately breaks up when his father passes on. He later meets a lady his mother later recommends, though equally American just like Gogol, she turns out as a very interesting one. They get married but she is not like him. Her needs lead to conflict in their lives.

Gogol struggles with the identity crisis can be seen in the book in several episodes and encounters, first Gogol’s internal struggle to negotiate between the private and public spheres is a central theme of the novel. It is the major reason why Gogol legally changes his name to Nikhil. Gogol, however, realizes that changing his name alone does not mean complete transformation of identity. He in fact questions his dad on why he was given the unique name. The foundation on which the story is laid is the unusual naming of the protagonist, Gogol; an accidental naming thrust on his parents by the need to feign some identity. When his father comes up with the name Gogol in the hospital, it emerges to him as a blow from a crisis from his own past -- a past he does not share with the son and The Namesake until Gogol, who has come of age abandon the name, is a senior in college. The story told by the father seems to increase the young boy's confusion. She writes: "Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father's profile. Though there are only inches between them, for an instant his father is a stranger, a man who has kept a secret, has survived a tragedy, a man whose past he does not fully know. A man who is vulnerable, who has suffered in an inconceivable way. When the young Gogol forcefully enquires why he was not told the story before, we encounter the following dialogue:

"It happened so long ago. I did not want to upset you."
"It does not matter. You should have told me."
"Perhaps, his father concedes, glancing briefly in Gogol's direction. He removes the keys from the ignition. "Come, you must be hungry. The car is getting cold."
However, Gogol doesn't move. He sits there, still struggling to absorb the information, feeling awkward, oddly ashamed, at fault. "I'm sorry, Baba."

The scene comes to a conclusion: “And suddenly the sound of his pet name, uttered by his father as he has been accustomed to hearing it all his life, means something completely new, bound up with a catastrophe he has unwittingly embodied for years. "Is that what you think of when you think of me?" Gogol asks him. "Not at all," his father says eventually, one hand going to his ribs, a habitual gesture that has baffled Gogol until now. "You remind me of everything that followed."

Gogol also tries to overcome this identity crisis in other instances, although little is told about his adolescence, we only visit him on his fourteenth birthday and on a brief foray we join him into a party among his college associates who are students at MIT where for the first time a lady kisses him. I think Gogol felt “trapped” in South Asian culture and it is for that reason that he dated Maxine; because her family was different from his own. Why would Gogol eventually marry Moushumi? Since Gogol always had an interest in white women, how could he suddenly change and marry a Bengali woman? I fail to make any sense of this sudden turn. More of these identity crises is portrayed when Gogol’s mother Ashima forcefully asks him to marry Moushumi yet she (Moushumi) didn’t love Gogol and in fact had an affair with another white man. I also think there is a struggle that every young South Asian must deal with. Should every young South Asian person go after his or her heart feelings and upset their parents and community? I just imagine though, that there are some South Asian families that are open to new ideas in connection to relationships?

However, after the death of Gogol’s father, he changes his personality to please his mother. He also tries to show how dynamic the young man was and how he would get to greater heights to please especially because of the sympathy he had for his mother after the death of the father. Gogol first loses his public name, (bhalonam), and later his private pet name, (daknam) how does he endeavor to remake his identity, after choosing to change his name? This brings the dynamism and confusion in the young man who is in a constant struggle to become a “modern” American. In his endeavor to engage in relationships with white ladies, Gogol's encounter with romance is quite different from what the parents had as an experience and their expectations for him. What draws him to his numerous lovers, especially to Maxine, Ruth and eventually Moushumi are different from what influenced the marriage in the case of his parents. What draws these ladies to him is perhaps his new and interesting way of life. All these struggles in the life of Gogol is to ensure that he conforms to the new way of life he sees in American people and to shade off what he perceives of the Indian culture, he lacks identity and personality to defend his own cultural belief systems and the way of life and therefore prone to manipulation by the dominant cultures.

References

Haroun, R. Conflict of cultures: Lessons from Bosinia. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 1998.
Jhumpa, L. The namesake. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004.
Ruth, O. Conflict of Cultures. New York: M. Cavendish, 1990.

Abstract – This paper talks about the study of modernism concept in contrast to the mid century style and its progress till date
Modernism has not only changed the definition of a lot of things around us but also has a different meaning with time. Whether it is the dressing sense of the young generation or the look of an apartment block they all seem to reflect a drastic change in design and statement however one important thing is that its looks as if the old-is-new trend when we’re talking about Mod in today’s sense.
The world has Continue reading...

Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION:
Ethics is defined as the set of characteristics, patterns of doings and right or wrong conducts possessed by a human being. Ethics can easily be influenced by human behaviours and attitudes and can have an impact on the surroundings, and the places where the person belongs. It can be a workplace, home, school, institutes or any other place (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011).
Ethics is an essential concept that shapes the human personality, culture, values, mind-sets and one’s perceptions. These traits directly influence the corporate culture in the long term and affect the well-being of an organization. When Continue reading...

The Moche culture is also referred to as Mochica culture. Their civilization is present in the Northern Coast. This region is the present day Peru. The civilization was dominant in from the beginning of the 1st century up to the onset of the 8th century. This was the early intermediate period which ran from 400 years before Christ to 600 years before Christ. The Moche civilization was characterized by artistic work. The name is derived from an ancient site in the region which is the capital city of the people of Moche.
Their settlements stretched along the coast of Continue reading...

Globalization refers to the integration across the world arising from the interchange of products, aspects of culture, world views and ideas. Advances in telecommunication and transportation, rise of the internet are some of the major factors in globalization, harnessing more interdependence of cultural and economic activities.

Cons of globalization

According to Steger, there are five claims of market globalization and justice globalization. The first claim is global integration and liberalization of markets. He states that globalism begins with an ideology that attempts to establish a self-regulating market that serves as a model for future global order. The idea offers integration and liberalization Continue reading...

Social change is defined as any socially significant alteration, transformation, or modification in the organization of social activities that are behavioral patterns, cultural patterns and, norms. A significant alteration means any changes that would lead to profound social consequences (Gladwell, 32) Significant social changes include the abolition of slavery, the feminist movement and, the industrial revolution.
Social change bears four main characteristics including; it happens everywhere the rate of change, however, varies in different places. For instance, the United States experiences faster change than third world countries due to their limited access to technology. Social change is often unplanned Continue reading...

Business Relations between the United States and Japan

The globalizing economy is a constantly growing worry in the minds of today’s businesspersons. How we relate and communicate with other countries can dictate whether we are able to do business together, or whether we have to look for other resources. In order to be successful when building business relations with businesspeople of other cultures, it is important that we understand the customs of that culture. Japan, for example, is a very different country than the United States. When the U.S. attempts to do business with Japan, we need to consider many different aspects of the country. We Continue reading...

Trained medical professionals attend to patients of diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds, different age groups, different sexes, as well as patients with different educational backgrounds something that that makes communication between them more multifarious and difficult. Professionals in this field are required by law that they increase their communication competencies in culturally diverse healthcare contexts, where the cultural diversity of patients and staff challenges the professionals in the field. It is believed that the intercultural lens is appropriate for understanding the issue of intercultural communication, which usually involves miscommunication in hospital settings (Coiera and Tombs, 1996). The refresher course the medical Continue reading...

Chapter 5 of The New Jim Crow

Chapter 5 of “The New Jim Crow” is the eponymous title of the book The New Jim Crow. It begins with the author Michelle Alexander describing an extraordinary Sunday in which the first black Democratic nominee for president took to the podium of the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago. The author see the system of mas incarceration as having three different components: Roundup, formal control and invisible punishment. Each of these combines are what create a “New Jim Crow” laws in America, a nod to historic laws that were put on the books to harm black.
The reason Continue reading...

Discuss the Ways in Which the Chinese Community Depicted in Shun Li and the Poet Functions as a State within a State

Introduction

Shun Li and the Poet is an Italian film officially released in 2011. The film was written and directed by Andrea Segre, one of the seasoned directors in Italy. According to media and news agency interview sessions with Andrea Segre, his foundations in the filmmaking industry was derived from writing and directing documentary films, which he was particularly known for. This is why for those who were able to watch the film, it is highly likely for Continue reading...

Even though slavery significantly limited the ability of Africans Americans to exercise their cultural traditions, a values, beliefs and beliefs subsisted and with time have fused rudiments of European American philosophy. African American have been subjected to various instances of racial prejudice on the basis of their culture. In fact, there are certain facades of African American culture, which have emerged and been made protuberant as a result of slavery. These façades include their dressing codes and language.
Cohorts of hardships levied on the African American society shaped unique language patterns. The slave masters always intentionally mixed individuals Continue reading...

Chapter Analysis

This chapter begins with interior monologue/meditation of one Walt Whitman, who tries to distinguish between beauty and ugliness, valuable concepts and useless ones; from the annals of cultural heritage. Then, he finds it unnecessary to try to establish the differences highlighted above unless they are necessary. He then resorts to accept the actual reality of the American experience.
There was a purported cultural revolution, which was to happen in 1855, archived in the book leaves of grass first edition. However, the much-anticipated revolution did not take place because it is virtually impossible for anyone single poet to change the Continue reading...

Media Ethics

The integration of the electronic media has affected our daily life globally. Tools applying in the electronic media offer a mechanism to communicate effectively without the limitations of geographical distances. Electronic media enables interactions between different cultures worldwide. Web based forums such as YouTube enable users to interact online and share information. It is crucial to maintaining professional boundaries in the environment of electronic communication. The limitation of an effective framework in this environment is due to lack of clear and defined interaction as well as the rules of engagement. It is possible for people to violate professional Code Continue reading...

The use and application of power are first defined by the social set up that constitutes a society and the country. A country is a composition of multiple nationalities with almost similar cultural practices comprised together in a formal political union and economic integration. Cultural practices in a country determine the overall application of law and practices that defines the do’s and don’ts of a country. The constitution of a country stipulates the scope of power of the government. In drawing up a constitution, cultural practices of the society are put into consideration so that the laws Continue reading...

The lottery by Shirley Jackson was published in 1948 in the New Yorker. It contains a historical context that made it be ranked among the best short stories in the American Literature. The lottery is termed as "a chilling tale of conformity gone mad.” The author has used symbolism and imagery throughout the story to provide insight of the activities that happened in the tradition setting. In the paper below, I will discuss the use of imagery and symbolism in the story, and this includes the lottery, the stones, the three-legged stool, and the black box.

THE LOTTERY

The lottery is Continue reading...

Cherry Moraga gives an account to the Latin Americans, sharing their experience while living in America. In the poem “The Welder”, the poet talks about how the American culture and ideology have been assimilated by Latinos living in America. The Latinos in America have faced different immigration issues, depending on whether they are assimilated, or not. Moraga says that she is interested in the issue of blending and trying to make it a common element that is acceptable for all Americans. What she actually talks about is the issue of assimilation in terms of blending. If we examine her Continue reading...

Management

FOR : ALL MANAGERS
RE : General Environmental Forces
This Memo serves as follow-up on your identified roles for your first international assignment after your recent training on Cultural Competency. As part of the company’s objective in building global knowledge, I have decided to focus on the five General Environment Areas including the company’s economy, technology, sociocultural issues, demographics, andpolitical or legal forces.
I want to know your opinion on with regard to improving the economy of our company, and at the same time, the technology that will help in achieving the objectives of our organization. In Continue reading...

With the Chinese exclusion act in America, and the threat of deportation or jailing if caught, Chinese man found it extremely hard to find any work, and hence, most opted to go back home. However, by this time prostitution among the Chinese women had grown in roots and numbers. Through prostitution, these women were able to make enough money to support their families. Most of these women had not come to America of their own free will, most were either sold or trafficked to work as sex workers. Through prostitution, these women were able to survive the immigration. By Continue reading...

The contemporary organizations are operating in the information age characterized by rapid information sharing, stiff completion, unprecedented changes and divergent employees and customers particularly in cultural aspects. To be successful, an organization must strive to meet all the expectations of its clients as well those of its stakeholders and shareholders. Effective communication, work teams, goals setting, change management and the organization’s culture must be handled effective since compromising any of these aspects that are intertwined will ultimately compromise the success of an organization. As agents of change, managers are confronted by continuous modernization in computer and information expertise Continue reading...

The University of Dayton community has been having several problems especially between native students and international students. This project aims at researching and studying the reasons why native students are in touch with international students in this university. This research was done to help find ways in which both international and native students can interact more frequently within the University of Dayton. It is important that students interact among themselves so that they can learn from each other and in the process appreciate each other despite the differences that exist. The University of Dayton has for years accepted students Continue reading...

The impact of aging in United States

Currently, there are more than forty million elderly persons above sixty years in the United States. Statistically, studies show that the population elderly people will double in the next three decades. Such significant increase in the aged population is attributed to the better healthcare, good nutrition and overall improvement of human health. As a result, life expectancy in the United States stands at sixty five years and above. The current elderly generations were born during the baby boomers era after Second World War. There is two percent increase in the population of elderly people over the last decade. The Continue reading...

Working with people of different cultures/countries/ethnic backgrounds is really a challenge. At the same time, it is interesting to meet and learn from new people. Living and working in a foreign country opens us up to the novel way of living and broadens our thinking pattern.
At times, living in an alien place and working with strangers can be hard to manage. However, I think it can be best managed by making new friends. People who belong to the same place and are familiar with the work culture have a lot to offer to the new joiners. Apart from Continue reading...

Introduction

Compared to any other culture, the Chinese culture is relationship-oriented; Chinese believe that one cannot undertake any meaningful activity without forging a good rapport with others in the society. For this reason, most of them do not value themselves as much as they value others. The paper seeks to proof that the relationship between people is more important that personal value. Moreover, the paper will verify that Chinese loyalty to the country is more important than loyalty to the family.

Chinese Loyalty

In the Chinese culture, one is expected to devote himself for the society’s benefit and not for the Continue reading...

Bi-racial to tri-racial system

The United States bi-racial system, developed in the seventeenth century throughout until the middle of the twentieth century. It was established because of the large black population and historical reasons mainly slavery that formed two major racial systems of the whites and the non-white population. The non-whites include the African Americans, the Latin Americans, Asian Americas, and the Native American that experienced similar predicaments of racism, oppression, discrimination, colonisation where most of their rights were restricted as compared to the whites who considered themselves superior. Over the years this system especially after the establishment of the civil rights, has Continue reading...

International Students Financial Issues in the US

Introduction
The issue of foreign students or international students is increasing within U.S, especially at the level of university. According to Burdett and Crossman (2010), in the year 2007, there were approximately 35,433 international students registered in an educational institution within New York. As an initiative, CREPUQ commits in supporting efforts of government to locate NY as destination of high quality university studies. Their supports are devoted to creating support measures or strategies as Para academic components for success of students. Nonetheless, there are many challenges facing foreign students, which include, but not limited to language problems, funds Continue reading...

 Introduction 

Over the years, human beings have continually created and established closer contacts. In the recent times, however, the rate of integration and global cohesiveness has been accelerated. Communication, transport and computer technologies have given the global integration process an impetus and the increased the degree of interdependence around the world. Innovations and inventions in the technological world have resulted in the reduction of distance in the world. Platforms like the internet have created a simple, quick and efficient medium of communication around the world. The rate of sharing information and ideas is ten times faster than what it used Continue reading...

In this paperwork, response paper 1, I am going to handle four questions.

Define and describe ethnography. Explain how it is used as a method in Anthropology.
Ethnography is defined as a qualitative research method that is used most often in social sciences, such as sociology and anthropology (Brewer, 2000). Ethnography is, thus, used by cultural anthropologists to learn another culture. Ethnography is a unique method, since it does not rely on statistical data for it is more on recounting an occurrence in the social world and the personal lives of the community. Ethnography method is adopted by anthropologists, since they believe that it gives efficient result when compared to other methods. Continue reading...

Discussion Questions

Q1. Hunger As Ideology
We live in a culture where women are encouraged to look a certain way in order to be liked and accepted by men. This image is very narrow in terms of the many different body types that female humans can have. Western cultures values thin, youthful looking, tall women with large breasts. Other societies such as ancient China, show that beauty can be subjective and societally enforced. In ancient China plump women with small feet were the sorts of women that were sought after as men for their beauty.
In Hunger as Ideology reports correctly “ Continue reading...

Question one

Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe. Has a wide land that is extremely fertile on its plains, and exclusive industrial parks in the east. The independence of Ukraine is marked by the fall of the Soviet Union that occurred in 1991 since the country became independent immediately after the fall of the union. Since then the country has been looking for exclusive amalgamation with the Western Europe, as well as resolution with Russia (Marten, 2014). Although, Ukraine shares historical origins with Ukraine, the west of the country has remained closely tied to the European neighbors, mainly Poland Continue reading...

Research regulation in the United States and Canada should be done so as to put down laws regulating both public and privately sponsored medical research with human subjects. Such regulations should help limit violation of human rights in research and at the same time giving researchers the jurisdiction to carry out their work within the law.Research guarantees a better tomorrow, however, most researchers have continuously ignored their subject's well-being ignoring the society that funds the research. The thirst to get results have made researchers forget basics in ethics while dealing with human subjects. The STD Research in Guatemala report Continue reading...

Closed-system theories are the easiest and most widely employed because explanations of occurrences or events do not require external aspects in independent organizations. In the opinion of Rnssellt (2009), closed-system theories depend on internal institutional processes to explain or account for firm behavior. Rnssellt (2009) offers the example of the current penitentiary having a closed-system facility with independent entities complete with recreation, vocational training, medical facilities, and group or person counseling. On the contrary, open-systems theories denote characterization of firms, which emphasizes their greater external setting and seeks to elucidate institutional behavior by using events and factors occurring outside Continue reading...

In a world so like ours complex communication difficulties are inevitable. Multicultural communication has experienced major challenges which have hampered smooth and easy communication between persons of different cultures. An article titled Cross Cultural Communication Challenges found in the Miskito Mission Network highlights a couple of points are highlighted with regard to multicultural communication which might help teachers as they go about their communication with English language learners.
Three of these challenges stand out as those that can go a long way into easing communication between English language learners. One of them is the understanding of the different communication Continue reading...

English: Culture and Thinking

Intercultural communication aims at sharing information among people from different cultures. It encompasses wide a range of communication procedures and deals with problems faced when people from different culture are working together in one organization. The article selected for this paper is “The Crisis in Burma” taken from the website of International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP); link of the article is mentioned in the citation. In this paper, only Part VI of the article will be summarized and compared with the Bennett article as it is only this part that deals with the ethnic and religious Continue reading...

Humanity has been marked by progression. Generations have developed reacting to one another and to the different events around the world. In "Generation Me on Trial", the author Jean M. Twenge criticizes millennial and their mode of conduct. He argues that they have only lived in a world where reality television programs and social networks like FaceBook, and that this has greatly influenced the way they behave. He finds that they are lacking in empathy, not being able to understand what other people, including minorities, feel when being attacked. There has also been a downfall in assuming the consequences Continue reading...

It is notable that music television has had a huge influence on how people perceive popular music. The music television revolution which started in the 1950s has greatly influenced not only the way people perceive popular music but popular culture as well. About this, there have been changes in the consumer trends all thanks to the “televisual experience” that has been created by popular music. Musical television has been a major advertising tool because they highly impact emotions that give viewers a new viewing context which in the long run affect their consumer trends.
Television commercials have always adopted Continue reading...

If eating a boiled duck egg with developed embryo in it is considered taboo for an American, the same cannot be said for the people in the Philippines, as the consumption of boiled duck embryo is considerably a unique piece of its food culture and history. Americans should not always think of themselves, as an epitome of cultural and social correctness and consider the uniqueness of the rest of the people in the world as disgustingly different. This is because the world and its nations of various cultures were not founded from the same political and social principle of Continue reading...

Analysis of the Film “The Best Years of Our Lives” Using Stuart Hall’s Reception Theory

The film, The Best Years of Our Lives highlights cultural artifacts for the establishment of the social identity in the transnational society. One may face serious challenges in establishing and maintaining a social identity in a transnational community. This is evident in The Best Years of Our Lives, as the film shows that most characters are experiencing difficulties in regaining their social identity after World War II. The film casts some extraordinary and complex situations that characterize civilians as they struggle to establish their identity (Jameson 36). The film wishes to offer closure and catharsis; however, the myth assumed Continue reading...

A Consequentialist is someone who believes that an action is only wrong or right depending on the nature of outcomes of the action. When consequences of the action are morally acceptable to the society, it means that the action is right thus; a person committing the action is has upright morals. On the contrary, an action is wrong when the consequences are ethically negative, and the person responsible for the action is deemed wrong. For instance, the case a driver preferring to kill one person crossing a road to save lives of many passengers on board could be argued Continue reading...

Introduction

The impact of regional and global economic contexts is becoming increasingly significant in the conversation on the knowledge economy. Now more than ever, for countries to remain globally competitive, their citizens must be adequately skilled and educated for work in the future and not on technology and culture as before. Because Australia seeks to develop global relations with countries which speak other languages, there is a need to increase the proficiency of Asian cultures and language skills in Australia. The English language as spoken in Australia is not adequate to meet learners’ needs in a multi-lingual world and specifically Continue reading...