scholarly journals Learning Chinese Mandarin characters in an English-speaking country: The development of a child’s symbolic mind

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Wenjie Wang ◽  
Annabelle Black Delfin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Sociocultural Theory ◽  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Developmental System ◽  
Sociocultural Environment ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Chinese Mandarin

This qualitative research explores the development of the symbolic mind in children through learning Chinese Mandarin characters. Navigated through the lens of relational developmental system metatheory and guided by Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, findings present the analysis of the developmental processes in children’s recognition of symbols and use of known symbols to make and share meaning. This study also offers an explanation of the effect of changes in the sociocultural environment on children's symbolic development. Further, cultural differences toward symbolic representation are discussed with the recommendation of focusing on recognition followed by writing when learning Chinese Mandarin characters.

scholarly journals Komunikasi Antarbudaya Dalam Interaksi Beragama Di Pura Bukit Karangasem

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Ratna Pramesti Dasih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Cultural Shock ◽  
Intercultural Interactions

The process of social interaction in the community is very close to communication and culture because of the harmonious reciprocal relationship. Culture and communication influence each other. Cultural differences will have the potential to cause uncertainty and anxiety disorders, so that the possibility of cultural shock occurs. The existence of a shift in the value of diversity, an important role of intercultural communication in bridging the obstacles to understanding society can be explained by intercultural interactions so as not to cause misunderstandings. This article analyzes the role of intercultural communication in religious interactions at Pura Bukit Kampung Anyar Karangasem using qualitative research methods. The results showed that: first, the historical background of the conquest of the Karangasem Kingdom over Lombok. Second, the process of adaptation and intercultural interaction carried out by Hindus and Sasak Bayan ethnic people creates religious social beliefs. Third, intercultural communication has implications for socio-religious interactions, such as: implications for religious values, implications for socializing activities, implications for the value of solidarity, and implications for the value of tolerance.

scholarly journals ANALISIS SIMBOL SATANISME PADA VIDEO KLIP BAND DEWA 19

REPRESENTAMEN ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rian Rian ◽  
Edy Sudaryanto ◽  
Judhi Hari Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Video Clip ◽  
Charles Sanders Peirce ◽  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
The Media ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Triadic Model

This research is motivated by the development of the spread of symbols of satanism in the modern era that mushroomed in various mass media, especially video clips to give and deliver messages. One of the top bands named Dewa 19 has symbols associated with symbols of satanism and spread the symbol through the media video clips of the songs of God 19. The focus of this study is the meaning of video clip symbols scattered on each video clip kara band Dewa 19. The theory used is Charles Sanders Peirce Semiotics theory which has a triadic model and trichotomy concept consisting of Representamen, interpretant, and object. The research method used in this research is qualitative research with descriptive type. The results of the research found that the meaning of the symbols scattered in each of the video clips of the band Dewa 19 is the result of the symbolic representation of satanism, among others: Horus's Eye, Pyramid Terpanchung, Chessboard Chess, Photo of Satan Church Founder, God Ra, ANKH SymbolKeywords: semiotics, satanism, Dewa 19, symbols.

scholarly journals Towards Culture-Inclusive Criminology in Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 8-24
Author(s):  
Masahiro Suzuki ◽  
Chen-Fu Pai
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Us ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
Asian Criminology

AbstractMainstream criminology has been mainly developed in the US and other English-speaking countries. With an expansion of criminology outside the English-speaking world, several scholars have started to cast doubts on the applicability of current mainstream criminology in their regions because it has failed to account for cultural differences. This question has led to a call for an “indigenized” criminology, in which knowledge and discourses are derived from or fixed to align with unique cultural contexts in each region. In this vein, Liu (2009, 2016, 2017a, 2017b) has proposed Asian Criminology. While it has significantly contributed to the development of criminology in Asia, we see two challenges in Liu’s Asian Criminology: lack of consideration for cultural diversity within Asia and its focus on the individualism–collectivism continuum. In this paper, we propose an alternative approach to developing criminology in Asia, which we call culture-inclusive criminology. It builds on a premise that Asia consists of a variety of cultural zones, and therefore calls for a shift from the Euro-American view on culture towards an understanding of culture in its context. Its goal is to develop indigenized criminologies in each cultural zone of Asia under an umbrella of culture-inclusive criminology.

Gesture and Symbolic Representation in Italian and English-Speaking Canadian 2-Year-Olds

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 944-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Marentette ◽  
Paola Pettenati ◽  
Arianna Bello ◽  
Virginia Volterra
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
English Speaking

Neither Too Scientific nor a Spy: Negotiating the Ethnographic Interview in Russia

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Ethnographic Interview ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Industrial Societies

AbstractThe value of qualitative research is contingent upon clear and open communication between researcher and informants. During a comparative study of Russian Orthodox believers in New Jersey and St. Petersburg, ethnic Russians and ethnic Americans responded very differently to the research apparatus themselves. While Americans accepted participant observation, for Russians the history of Soviet surveillance has resulted in expectations that “competent” social research consists of surveys, and that such surveys are invasive. Meanwhile, American-style unstructured interviews, designed to let an informant lead, resembles behavior Russians associate with spies. Informants in post-industrial societies have expectations about how social research should be conducted, and these cultural differences must be incorporated in research design.

Social constructions of change: qualitative methods for analysing developmental processes

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Flick
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Socialization Processes ◽  
Different Cultures

First some reasons are mentioned for using qualitative methods in developmental research. Some features of the qualitative research process are discussed, followed by a short overview of some qualitative methods appropriate to the study of developmental processes - either in parallel using ethnographic methods or retrospectively using methods based on narrative. The episodic interview is briefly presented as an example. It was used in a study of technological change in everyday life in different cultures, which showed how development was changed by new technologies entering the socialization processes. The second topic is the feeling expressed by many parents in these interviews of being overtaken by their children, who acquire computer skills much more quickly and more comprehensively.

scholarly journals Problems and Solutions in English Translations of Malay Short Stories

2018 ◽  
pp. 1158-1166
Author(s):  
Samantha Yap Choy Wan ◽  
Adeela Abu Bakar ◽  
Mansour Amini ◽  
Shameem Rafik-Galea
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Common Procedure ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Interpreter Training

The Malay stories of Pelanduk yang Bijak, Peniup Seruling and Seuncang Padi were translated to English, and analysed to identify the translation problems. The procedures were also investigated to find solutions for the problems using translation procedures as the framework for data analysis. After the translation of the stories, the source and target texts were analysed to identify problems and procedures. The findings of the study indicated two types of problems in the Malay-English translations of the stories; structural or semantic problems, and problems arising from cultural differences. Among various translation procedures used in the translations, literal translation was the most common procedure in the translation of the Malay stories. The findings from translations and the analyses in this study could be utilised in translator and interpreter training classrooms. Finding solutions to the translation problems could improve translators’ ability to better theorise while translating, and thus produce “good” translations, particularly in the translation of literary works from Malay to English. This study could have pedagogical significance, as the Malay short stories contain moral lessons by which Malay culture could be further introduced and “exported” to the English-speaking audience through literature.

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