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Cross-Cultural Communication skills is a relatively new term, referring to the ability to recognize cultural differences and similarities when dealing with someone from another culture and ability to recognize features of own behavior which are affected by culture.

 



Archive for May, 2006

The etiquette of teaching etiquette

Monday, May 8th, 2006

You probably saw all the news hype about the little Philippino boy - Luc Cagadoc - who has been disciplined in his school’s cafeteria because allegedly he eats like a pig…
The school board put out a news release saying it’s a disciplinary and etiquette problem, not an (inter)cultural one. And the principal was quoted [...]

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