Native Americans are described as "filthy,"" "murderers,"" and "savages;- Chicanos are presented as lawbreakers and bandits; African-Americans are usually shown in low status roles, neglecting their many contributions (Farley, 2000, p.389). ... All minorities with linguistic differences can be affected, including Chicanos, African Americans, and American Indians. When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. ... The educational system needs to recognize this and ...

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Kung were a very studied group including their language, culture, and economic organization. ... They also speak several languages, use store bought clothing, food, electronics, and inoculations. ... Among the many cultures in Africa, one of the most well known cultures would be the !... The Kung San are hunting and gathering people living in southern Africa. !Kung are a varied people in terms of looks and language, and include people living Angola, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. ...

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Many colored people call themselves African American. I talked to a man in a coffee shop once that used the term African-American to describe him. ... I asked a friend of mine why he called himself black instead of African American. ... So he was not sure his ancestry came from Africa. ... My great, great, great grandfather was from Denmark but he would never teach his children the language because he believed that they should only speak Engli...

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Even though Western culture puts emphasis on verbal communication, other cultures such as Asian and African do not give words that same value in the therapeutic process. Language has a small function in traditional healing processes. For example, African people tend to represent in dancing, singing, ceremonies and rituals what Western people...

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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 and knowing that I am being watched over by God and that he sees everything I choose to do. I believe I am on this earth because God died for my sins and created me putting me on this earth. ...

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However, the purpose of this paper will be to show how culture's elements and specifically language can impact the marketing process of an organization. We will go through the definition of culture, the relation between the culture and the international marketing, the elements of culture, and finally language and its influence on marketing. ... A culture may include rituals, religion, economic systems, language, a style of dress, a way of cooking, and a political system. ... In contrast, Africa, Asia, and Middle Eastern societies are typically categorized as tradition-based which is ...

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Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. ... "Ideas in the mind" become significant in society only as expressed in language, acts, and objects. ... But when they are considered in terms of their relationship to one another, grammar, syntax, and so forth, they become language, the subject matter not of psychology but of the science of linguistics. ... Since its inception, culture, with its language, beliefs, tools, codes, has had an existence external to each individual born into...

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Students must deal with their own unique backgrounds, especially their language practices, in classrooms that demand standard academic practices. ... While I wanted to stick to my own list, some of my students were in favour of including short stories from other regions such as South Asia, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Islands, being prone to embrace the works from periphery. ... And Bengali being a tonal language possesses different patterns from those of English. ...

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1. Introduction 1.1 Background In the course of the most recent years it has gotten to be basic that some huge leading firms are extending their products in a lot of nations and becoming tremendous both in size and financially. Something intriguing can be found is the point at which these sorts of firms need to achieve another market far from the local market, the marketing managers need to settle on the decision either to take a similar strategy as the one implement in their local market or to change it to fit in with the host nation. At the point when picking the universal marketing strategy...

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On that slow ascent, a mixture of claustrophobia, body odor, and foreign languages overpowered my bravado. ... I worry that the novel will isolate and alienate African American students (Mcbride, "Culture Shock," Social Education, 1999, v63, p410)." ...

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