Designing Quality Online Education to Promote Cross-Cultural Understanding

2011 ◽  
pp. 35-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youmei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
Cultural Understanding ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Use Of Technology

This chapter focuses on four main areas: (1) the relationship between cultural value systems and education, (2) the influence of cultural values on assessment systems, (3) the use of technology to facilitate cross-cultural communication, and (4) online education promoting the development of social capital. It argues that in order to design an effective curriculum that can be applied in a cross-cultural learning environment, both instructors and students need to be aware of diverse cultural value systems and their characteristics. This cross-cultural understanding and the creation of social capital can be developed through effective communication with the assistance of technology.

Misunderstanding in cross-cultural communication

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen FitzGerald
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Workplace Training ◽  
Spoken Discourse ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Immigrant Professionals

This paper examines the spoken discourse of immigrant professionals problem solving in small groups in order to see how different cultural values both influence, and are reflected in, the way a problem is defined and solutions proposed. It also provides evidence that these values are one of the factors that contribute to miscommunication in this type of communication. Three types of miscommunication are identified: misinterpretation of the message because a cultural filter distorts the message; incomplete comprehension because the underlying values are not explicated and the hearers remain unaware of the full implications of the message; and comprehension but misunderstanding and dissonance because the values of the hearers are at variance with the reality of the message. The extent to which the views of individuals conformed to the value systems general ascribed to their cultural background is discussed and instances of individual variance noted. Finally, the implications for teaching and workplace training suggested by these findings are discussed.

Cross-Cultural Responses to Cross-Cultural Communication

1994 ◽  
Vol 103-104 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Michael Clyne ◽  
Connie Giannicos ◽  
Deborah Neil
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Communication Breakdown ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Cultural Responses

Abstract This paper builds on ongoing research on communication in English between migrants of diverse backgrounds in Melbourne work-places. Subjects from various European and South-east Asian backgrounds were videoed responding to videoed role plays between European and South-east Asians based on instances of communication breakdown (apology, complaint, small talk) in our corpus. The paper discusses the differences in the mode of argumentation between the cultural groups. Special attention will be paid to the use and non-use of yes and no, the presentation and elaboration of arguments, identification of and with their own cultural styles, and the identification of and with their own work experience. Responses will be related to cultural value systems and the co-operative principle.

Immigration, Multiculturalism, and the Social Contract

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Heath
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
Internal Coherence

Since the failure of the Meech Lake constitutional reforms and the crisis of national unity prompted by the most recent Quebec referendum, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act has been subjected to particularly intense and hostile scrutiny. While some of the criticism of this policy reflects merely parochial adherence to particular cultural or religious traditions, some of it has raised more significant doubts about the internal coherence, efficacy, and overall desirability of the policy. Most importantly, the multiculturalism policy is faulted for attempting to pursue two simultaneously unachievable goals, viz., to integrate ethnic minority groups into the dominant institutions of the society, while at the same time to protect them against various pressures to assimilate to the dominant culture. Critics have pointed out that social institutions and cultural values are interdependent. Not only do cultural value systems provide the central legitimations for social institutions, but the internalization of these values through socialization processes provides agents with their primary motivation for conforming to institutional expectations. This means that integrating an agent into a system of institutions can only be achieved by assimilating the agent to its underlying cultural system.

scholarly journals Kekuatan dan Kekuasaan (dalam) Bahasa: Potret Tradisi Ritual Etnik Rongga, di Manggarai Timur

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Sumitri ◽  
I Wayan Arka
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
National University ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Ritual Language ◽  
High Degree

Kekuatan dan Kekuasaan (dalam) Bahasa:Potret Tradisi Ritual EtnikRongga, di ManggaraiTimur Ni Wayan SumitriFPBS IKIP PGRI BaliJalanSeroja, Tonja, Denpasar Utara, Telepon [email protected] Wayan ArkaAustralian National University/ FIB Universitas UdayanaJalanNias No 13, Denpasar [email protected] AbstrakPenelitian ini mengkaji kekuatan dan kekuasaan dalam bahasa pada etnikRongga dalam konteks kehidupan kontemporer di Manggarai Timur. Fokus kajiannya pada aspek sosio-etnolinguistik terkait dengan bentuk-bentuk linguistik dan non linguistik, sistem nilai budaya yang terkait dengan nilai-nilai kekuasaan, proses pemerolehan, pewarisan, pemertahanannya di masa lampau dan kini, serta prospeknya di masa mendatang. Penelitian deskriptif-kualitatif ini menggunakan pendekatan etnografi, ditopang data  wawancara, studi dokumentasi, rekam dan catat, memaparkan inovasi kajian kapital lingusitik sebagai bagian dari kapital lainnya (sisiokultural dan ekonomis).Hasil temuan menunjukkan bahwa secara linguistik, terdapat kekhasan satuan bentuk ujaran bahasa ritual bersifat puitis arkais dalam pola-pola bersajak dengan tingkat kesulitan bentuk dan irama yang tinggi. Secara etnolinguistik, ada pesan/makna yang sarat nilai sosial budaya dan pengetahuan etnik Rongga terutama terkait dengan kekuasaan. Relasi kekuasaan dan bahasa ritual terbangun secara alamiah melalui  sejumlah kualitas persona dengan mendapatkan pengakuan/ligitimasi atas posisi hirarki sosial seperti kemampuan, keterampilan, dan kepekaan dalam penguasaan pengetahuan adat. Semua itu, sebagai bentuk kapital linguistik dan kultural bagi seseorang, dan juga otoritas rohaniah yang bersifat genealogis menjadi sumber daya potensial pada pengaruh dan kekuasaan menggerakkan kepatuhan dan penghormatan warga lain.Walaupun mengalami penyusutan, danl egitimasinya tergerus karena kehadiran sistem kekuasaan pemerintahan/birokrasi modern Indonesia, namun sistem pewarisan kekuasaan tradisional masih mengikuti garis kekuasaan kepada orang yang memiliki kapital linguistik-budaya, umumnya tokoh adat yang berpengaruh, yang mampu menguasai bahasa ritual dan memanfaatkan pengetahuan adat dan energi lembaga adat untuk berbagai kepentingan, baik ritual/tradisi maupun kontemporer. Kata kunci: kekuatan, kekuasaan,bahasa, tradisi ritual, capital linguistic/budaya AbsractThis study examines power within and behind language with reference to the Rongga people in the contemporary East Manggarai context. The focus is on socio-ethnolinguistic aspects as seen in linguistic and non-linguistic forms and cultural value systems reflecting power, the process of acquiring and preserving it in the past and present, and its prospect in the future. This is a qualitative-descriptive study, using an ethnographic approach, supported with data collected by means of interview and documentation. It provides a description and offers a fresh analysis of linguistic capital as part of other kinds of capital (cultural and economic).  The findings show that ritual language linguistically has peculiarities with a high degree of difficulty in terms of poetic and archaic expressions and patterns of rhyme and rhythm.Ethnolinguistically, the ritual language carries messages reflecting socio-cultural values and knowledge, especially in relation to traditional power.  Power within and behind ritual language is acquired and developed naturally through personal qualities (such as ability, skill, and sensitivity in mastering indigenousand linguistic knowledge), with legitimation and recognition of the authority gained by inhereted positions in the traditional social hierarchies. All these form a socio-cultural capital by which one can earn power and respect, driving influence and compliance by fellow members of the community.  While shrinking with eroding legitimacy due to modern Indonesian bureaucratic system, the acquisition of traditional power still relies on heredity, combined with ability in mastering ritual language and indigenous knowledge as part of linguistic-cultural capital for various purposes in both traditional and contemporary contexts.Keywords: power, language, ritual tradition, linguistic/cultural capital

scholarly journals Cross-cultural perspective on sustainable consumption: implications for consumer motivations and promotion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleem Ur Rahman ◽  
Agnieszka Chwialkowska ◽  
Nazim Hussain ◽  
Waheed Akbar Bhatti ◽  
Harri Luomala
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Different Cultures

AbstractFirms in the past have based their marketing and promotion strategies on the assumption of infinite resources and zero environmental impact. With the growing importance of environmental costs associated with finite resources, firms need to revisit their marketing and promotion strategies. This study defines and conceptualizes horizontal/vertical individualism–collectivism (H/V I-C) cultural value orientations as antecedents of sustainable consumption. Drawing on H/V I-C value orientations, this study attempts to build a sustainable consumption model to better understand how horizontal/vertical individualism–collectivism cultural values are reflected in consumers’ sustainable consumption motives and how they can be translated into persuasive advertising appeals tailored to specific cultural segments. This study contributes to provide new theoretical and managerial insights into understanding culturally relevant sustainable consumption motives and to establish appropriate strategies of sustainable consumption promotion in cross-cultural contexts. Most importantly, this study provides implications to companies for balancing more carefully their growth goals with the need to pursue sustainability across different cultures.

Cross-Cultural Communication Differences in Online Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-171
Author(s):  
Tasha Peart
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Communication Differences

This chapter discusses and evaluates research on cross-cultural communication differences in online learning at the university level. It starts out by discussing the growth of online education in recent years and the historical context of online education. The chapter then evaluates research on differences in cross-cultural online learning primarily between university students from the Western part of the world compared to students from the East. Barriers in cross-cultural online education cited in the literature include language, technology, and instructional design. Future research on Western-based online education should assess cross-cultural differences for students from other parts of the world including Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Communication Issues of Educating Bicultural Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriia Petrovna Osadchaia ◽  
Olga Lvovna Ivanova ◽  
Elizaveta Iosifovna Getman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Teaching Culture ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication

The article is devoted to the importance of incorporating of a foreign culture learning, acquiring cross-cultural communication and cultural awareness skills in a foreign language teaching. The authors point out that teaching culture in foreign language teaching context should include cultural knowledge, cultural values, cultural skills and behavior. The author also emphasize that attitudes to teaching culture in the process of foreign language teaching involve, on the one side, considering teaching culture as teaching the fifth language skill along with speaking, listening, reading and writing, implying teaching cultural sensitivity and cultural awareness or the behavior in certain cultural situations, and on the other side, regarding language as social practice being defined by culture in which culture becomes the core of language teaching with cultural awareness viewed as enabling language proficiency. Cultural awareness is the foundation of communication; it helps to understand cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of the other culture. Training of both bilingual and bicultural students at higher educational institutions is of primary significance. Intercultural awareness presumes a number of skills, improving students’ native culture and other cultures’ awareness and understanding. The authors come to the conclusion that intercultural awareness skills imply overcoming misinterpretations and accepting differences.

The influence of cultural values on spectators' sport attitudes and team identification: An East-West perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Shiue Gau ◽  
Jong-Chae Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Individual Liberty ◽  
American Sample ◽  
Spectator Sport ◽  
East West

The impacts of national cultural-value configurations on spectator sport attitudes and fan team identification were examined. The proposition was explored that associations among fans' sports attitudes and team identification are weaker in cultures with value systems centering on the pursuit of knowledge versus cultures centering on individual liberty and enjoyment of life. Surveys of comparable samples of college students were taken from 3 countries: Korea (n = 92), Taiwan (n = 99), and USA (n = 167). It was found that the relationships between spectator sport attitudes and team identification were higher for the American sample than for the Korean and Taiwanese samples. This pattern of findings supported the proposition.

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