miércoles, 21 de marzo de 2012

in another culture





A person who travels to another country can easily act in this way since the standardas of the foreing country can be totally different, and normally what the person wants is to live new experiences and continues acting in the same way he/she used to do it. However, People must be aware that they are visitors and must accept the rules to make the stay more pleasant. In addition, if they respect the rules already imposed by that culture, their relationship with people from the foreing place will be better.

there are some tips to overcome those differences that appear along the trip.

  • Meet new people: It is an excellent idea because they can show you the place that you have not seen, also they could teach you the positive points of those things you do not like.
  • Try new things: Although not everything is good for you, surely  there are interesting things that can be perceive as boring, but if you try them, you could change that perspective.
  • Observe body language: It is so important because if you do it, you can undrestand the correct meaning of each expression, and in this way you will not get confused when someone tells you something using them.
  • Learn the verbal language: It is so frustrating if a person does not know the foreing language, things get better when a person knows it, since people can communicate to others, express their needs and in this manner enjoy the experience.



Respect and patience are big virtues that people have to take into account in order to be in other country and adapt to the standars of the other country to fit in


domingo, 18 de marzo de 2012

racism

                                                         RACISM



It is a unconscious behavior that makes a person to feel repugnance towards another person due to his/her color of skin. This behavior was born since in the past the subjugated society was integrated by black people and the dome society was integrated by white people; as a consequence, nowadays people misunderstand that fact thy they forget completely the humanity sense, ignoring that they are devaluating themselves.


The problem of racism has to be well managed by professors since at the time of evaluating a student, the only aspect that should be taken into account is the learning and understanding capacity of students, omitting racial and personal differences. Besides, professors have to accept their students and define their relations with them so they are not where they come from or how they look like; this makes a professor to be professional and not a mediocre educational.

                                                Stereotype 



To Stereotype a person is a wrong act because we are denying the individual development of the people personality; and erroneously we affirm the existence of a unique conduct to a group of people.
The most important at the moment of socializing is to give the opportunity to others to show who they are before being criticized. 



domingo, 11 de marzo de 2012

Language and Language


 Lenguaje
 Lengua
  •  It is the lexicon that people use at the time of communicating to each other.
  • It is the way that we organize our ideas in our minds to let us transmit our thoughts properly
  • Language can change depending on the level of education that a person has and also depending on the place where she/he is. In addition, language is strongly related to each one's culture



  •  It is a synonym of idiom or the type of symbols people use to speak or to express their ideas in a tangible way, like sounds, words, etc.
  • Around the world exists a lot of "languages" such as English and Spanish, and some of theses languages may have variations depending on the specific place that the "language" is spoken




        

Living with Culture

"By understanding the features that constitute a culture, you can excel in communicating with a member of another culture."
It is important to know the other culture before of being part of it, since each culture has its own way of living , behaving, specific physical aspect, beliefs, customs, history and style of thinking. So, if a person does not know anything about them, this person could be lead to a misunderstanding with other people; for instance, to offend them with his/her way of behavior or speaking although this person does not realize what is happening due to this ignorance. In addition, the lack of knowledge of other culture can create a breach of communication among people because though some cultures share the same language, this has not always the same meaning and at the moment of transmitting an idea to someone else, of a different culture, this person might understand a completely different thing. It not only happens with verbal communication but also happens with the non-verbal communication.

Usually, people who have this life experience are those who travel to other country. I think that the best way of enduring this kind of situation is to learn a little about culture to avoid any misunderstanding. Besides, to be very patient and respect each detail of the other culture are tips that would help anybody to have a good experience at the time of living in another culture.