memberships affect communication within our organization and how it affects the different cultures and what gender roles play within the organization. There is conflict in the best situations and when you throw in the aspects of intercultural communication from other cultures you are bound to have more conflicts from misunderstandings stemming
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in Northwest Texas. The community is primarily comprised of Hispanic Americans that emigrated from Mexico. Generations of these families exist, the majority of them do not speak English and are migrant workers in the agriculture industry. Interacting within the community can be challenging at times, and finding employment without being bilingual in next to impossible. The community leaders are mainly Hispanic American as well, seeing as how it is only 16% Caucasian. This area is different
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Languages in the U.S. COM/150 May 1, 2010 M. Lynn O’Donnell Have you ever noticed how many people speak a different language? It seems there are many people in the US who speak foreign languages and have limited English comprehension; so how do we adjust to this growing population? While foreign languages are taught more frequently and encouraged by employers, adversity surrounding Spanish speaking individuals in the US and their ability to support themselves remain. In recent years it has
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targeted for her culture and the way that she speaks. Anzaldua feels that “she is her language”. She makes the reader feel the way she does in her life of exclusion by speaking spanish periodically through the essay. She realizes she does not need to satisfy English speakers she will always speak her language regardless of anyone’s feelings, because they do not care about hers. Many people treat her as if she needs to change herself to suit them. Anzaldua would often be spoken to during school about the way that she speaks. Through her anecdotes
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Fourth of July?”, which was presented by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, Douglass condemns the hypocrisy of American society when they asked him to speak about the meaning of the Fourth of July and their freedom when a majority of the African American population remained in slavery. Considering that Douglass was a black man who escaped slavery, he found it ironic that they asked him to speak about this topic, but he still took the opportunity to establish his reasons on why the slaves should receive
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Identity? Why or why not? Personally I don’t see what the big issue is over this question. I don’t think that someone should be labeled something just because they are from a different area then you. It then leads to conflict (e.g racism) 2. What are the definitions of Latino/Hispanic/Latin American? Do you agree or disagree with the positions expressed below? Latino-This term is used to refer to people originating from, or having a heritage related to, Latin America, in recognition of the fact
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democratic republic, government, and public life. The conditions we live in today do not call for the stretching of the original meaning and it is not an improvement, it takes away our liberties and goes against the First Amendment. Even though many of our articles we were required to read this week say that religion is necessary for morality I respectfully disagree, you do not need to believe in a god to have morals you just need to be virtuous. The Founding Fathers wanted to have a nation that was
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Naturalization Interview Lauren Zumpano: This is Lauren Zumpano and I am here with American citizen Laura Reeves, so Laura what inspired you to become a U.S. citizen? Laura Reeves: I hated everything that Mexico had to offer to me. I lived in a dangerous neighborhood, scared to even leave the house. I couldn’t make enough money to help me escape from the dangers that surrounded me. I wanted a better life for not only me, but also my future family. I didn’t want my future children to grow up the
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areas such as administration, business communication, international air traffic etc. Sometimes people dislike a certain language because they think it is ugly. I disagree with this myth. I believe that every language is precious to the people who speak the language. Harlow says: ‘Most languages are the first language of some community and serve the everyday functions of that community perfectly well.’ Communication is the most important aspect of a language. If a language serves this purpose it
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regional backgrounds and speak different languages. While most speak East Mandarin, others speak Jin, West Mandarin, Xinan, Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese and Jianghuai. Other staff speak Thai, Filipino, Japanese, English and Arabic. Consider the following questions as a focus of class discussion. Prepare your ideas before class. 1. What training would you suggest to develop staff language skills? • Provide staff with language skills seminars 2. How would you suggest dealing with
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