what is culture? what is explicit culture? what is implicit culture? cultural literacy...
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What is culture?What is explicit culture?What is implicit culture?
Cultural literacyCross-cultural literacyMulti-cultural literacyGlobal literacy
What is culture?•Culture can be defined as a shared belief, shared belief,
customs, way of life, value systems, customs, way of life, value systems, language and the way of communication in language and the way of communication in a particular group or country. a particular group or country. (definition from (definition from cultural anthropology) cultural anthropology)
•What are explicit cultureexplicit culture and implicit implicit cultureculture?
•Culture is a dynamic process of solving a dynamic process of solving human problems and these problems come human problems and these problems come to us as dilemmasto us as dilemmas. “Dilemma” comes from the Greek word meaning “ two propositions”
(Trompenaars, 1998)
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The component of global literacy
•1 Cultural literacy (basic cultural competence and skills to live in one’s home culture)
• 2 Cross-cultural literacy (competence and skills to adjust between one’s home culture and a target culture)
•3 Multi-cultural literacy (cultural sensitivity and skills to live responsibly in cultural diversity, reconciling cultural differences and integrating opposing cultural values in a multicultural and interdependent world)
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The component of global literacy•4 Delicate balance of one’s personal,
cultural, national and global identifications and roles
• (competence to accept and balance pluralistic/multiple identities)
•5 Communicative competence in EIL for global communication
(communication skills to create a peaceful and equitable symbiosis)
• 6 Awareness as a global citizen to participate in solving global and human problems
• (awareness of global village concern for equitable participation and problem-solving competence as a new reframing global concept)
How can we cope with different cultures with an effective strategy for
cultural confrontation? •The key answer:
• awareness• respect• communication • reconciliation from mutually shared
strength.