When I migrated to the United States in May of 1999, I had great anticipation for the new turn my life would take, and also to finally get a start on my educational goals. ... I did not allow our living status to distract me from my personal and educational goals. ... By volunteering with Learning Leaders as a teacher's aid, I was able to help middle school kids, focus on their educational goals by helping them with projects and homework assignments. ... Working as a bookkeeper for three years has helped me lay the foundation for both my career and personal goals. ...

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Getting the right form to address to people can be reached by learning the intonation used in different places. ... When doing an interpretation of these words it can be said that, by understanding traditions or determined social situations in culture, the goal of reaching successful interrelationship with native speakers of the language being taught is being attained. When teacher approximate students to the culture of the language they are learning, he/she is getting open minded people. ... The object of learning languages is getting the tools to communicate with other people around the wo...

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Its two goals were to assess the content of the films and determine the size and composition of their audiences, and analyze the effects on those audiences of their exposures to the themes and messages of motion pictures (e.g. acquisition of information, change in attitudes, stimulation of emotions, harm to health, erosion of moral standards, and influence on conduct). ... Stoddard -concluded that movies provided a special learning format that led to unusually high retention of factual material (i.e. 8yr. ...

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All of a sudden, an all white family arrives with their arrogant Baptist-Christian-American ideals and values, and their one goal is to change an entire people's way of life. ... The mission trip was also a learning experience in cultural diffusion for both peoples. ...

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Scholastic achievement is important to many Vietnamese and many are very strong and determined in achieving their goals. Their scholastic goals may be to finish a secondary education, or to attend a university and start their own business. ...

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However, despite the general consensus that the major aim of the movie was to depict culture as authentically and accurately as possible, much disagreement has arisen over whether or not this goal was achieved. ... The fact that we see Dunbar interacting with the Sioux, gaining a new Sioux name, learning their language, participating in their customs and later eventually intermarrying, does not mean that he has forsaken his culture, as many have interpreted. ...

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The Webster dictionary defines culture as: ..the total pattern of human behavior and artifacts and depending on man's capacity of learning and transmitting knowledge through the use of tools, language, and system of abstract thought, b: the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits constituting a distinct complex or tradition of a racial, religious or social group. ...

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Making the learning process an uphill battle, when all that the kids are thinking about is the severity in which the word "nigger" imposes on American history. ... Culture Shock is a complex psychological phenomenon, and our modest goal was to simulate some aspect of it (Merta, et al, "Simulating Culture Shock in Trainees," Journal of Counseling and Development, 1988, v 66, p242)." ...

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1. WORLDVIEW/RELIGION The worldview of people is the way they interpret reality and events, including images of themselves and how they relate to the world around them (pg 120). My worldview is shaped by my religion (pg 126) which is Christianity (pg 134). Everything I do is based on my religion ...

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How a US Executive can Make a Good First Impression on an American Executive upon their First Business Meeting Introduction Japan, a country within the continent of Asia, is a chain of islands located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. Japan does business in a wide range of industries and the Japanese are open to receiving imported products. The Japanese dominate the industry of electrical and electronic equipment and they are also top leaders in the production of vehicles, machinery, and chemicals. The Japanese are also main leaders in the fishing industry. Why is J...

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