To what extent do you think your language and culture influence the way you interact with others?

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The interaction between people of different languages and cultures has increased by the internalization and by the development of new communication medias. What are the consequences of this tendency? What are the risks? How to resolve its? I will attempt to respond to these questions through this essay. During our childhood, we learn how to behave to be accepted by our society. It's the socialization chapter. Our parents and educators teach us how to speak and to act, therefore, we consider these behaviors for 'universal' or 'verities'. Nevertheless, our schoolmasters teach us the different ways to interact in our society, the formal and informal language and the difference between friends and street codes and those of the parents, the professional setting, and adults. We have so many things to learn during our youth, that parents and teachers do not seem to think that cultural differences are of utmost importance. We will wait until to be confronted by another culture to understand that our verities are not universal verities. Is a language enough to communicate with foreigners? To communicate with the world, since our tender age, we learn foreigner languages. It is not easily done to speak another language than our mother tongue. Some languages are more intuitive for us and so easier to learn. For example, the Spanish apprenticeship is easier than the Chinese acquisition for French people. Some inhabitants are privileged in the apprenticeship of foreign languages. To begin early the learning, to have a hetero cultural family or to have an infrequent language is very advantageous. For instance, my thirteen old Serbian cousin speaks English better than me.

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[...] Often, it is when we are confronted to cultural misunderstandings that we realize that our verities are not universals. I recommend you, If you are interested in this subject, to read Cultural misunderstanding, THE FRENCH-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE of Raymonde Carroll. She gives a lot of examples on the different ways to interact with others. The one I prefer was on conversations. Even if the word “conversation” is the same in French and in English, it has not the same meaning. Thus, a misunderstanding often arrives. [...]

[...] To what extent do you think your language and culture influence the way you interact with others? The interaction between people of a different language and culture is increased by the internalization and by the development of new communication Medias. What are the consequences of this tendency? What are the risks? How to resolve its? I will attempt to respond to these questions through this essay. A Culture: what are our premises? During our childhood, we learn how to behave to be accepted by our society. [...]

[...] Nevertheless, I think that, even if we emigrate in another country, it is important to preserve our own culture and to adapt it. A culture is a wealth. However, in some case, our culture is Essay: To what extent do you think your language and culture influence the way you interact with others? Page 3 discrepant with the country's culture. For instance, a French woman who emigrates in a Muslim country could not keep the same way to communicate with men; the residents would be scandalized. Thought, more often, both cultures are compatible, especially because we are every day more similar. [...]

[...] The internalization can also become a tool to preserve their identity. It is possible to recreate our environment abroad: interior decoration, clothes, food, religion I think that it is a good think, insomuch as people share their culture and adapt it if there is an inconsistency. However, people need to take care to not create a and not become fundamentalists; I think the better choice is to opt for the “acculturation”. Essay: To what extent do you think your language and culture influence the way you interact with others? [...]

[...] To begin early the learning, to have a hetero cultural family or to have an infrequent language is very advantageous. For instance, my thirteen old Serbian cousin better speak English than me. Essay: To what extent do you think your language and culture influence the way you interact with others? Page 2 International cartoons and pictures are not dubbed in Serbian but only subtitled; therefore, he is used to hear English and American accents, expressions Nevertheless, even if a language is well-contained, it is not enough to fully understand another language. [...]