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Feb 1, 2008 10:52 am
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Chinese/Asian student reticence is a big topic, adding to the growing literature on classroom silence. Student silence is often overdetermined - i.e. arising...
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David Cahill: Student silence is often overdetermined - i.e. arising simultaneously from multiple causes. Some teachers have a knack for being natural and...
Thanks to both David and Pete for the clarification and reminder of what to expect when first getting started. In the past I've also found that doing...
john pullen
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Feb 3, 2008 3:53 am
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Pete - Your comments are well taken but be careful of misconstruing others' words. I never advocated "chastisement", "tongue-lashing" students, or the like,...
It is my belief that "shyness" is at first the major factor.. but after the first 3-4 lessons that shyness should be gone.. it is used by many students as an...
Leslie Warren
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Feb 4, 2008 4:43 am
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I have failed 4 students this semester 'coz they didn't perform well. Every year there are students in my class who have to do the makeup exam . In China,...
For those listmembers with access to the TESOL Quarterly, you may ... In the December 2007 issue of TESOL Quarterly, there is an article, "Comploexities of...
... No you didn't. I did. Indeed, I strongly advocate it. That is why I felt people should be wary of something that you said in your post: "I don't...
Peter: I can not agree with you more.. enough said.. as they say.."do or die".. Leslie Warren ... Pete Marchetto <apothem.tercet@...> wrote: ...I...
Leslie Warren
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Feb 4, 2008 12:28 pm
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The school has asked me to give a talk on "Doing Business in China" to chinese business major students next week. They want me to focus on western and chinese...
Kevin Chan
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Feb 7, 2008 2:45 am
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Kevin Chan asks about Western and Chinese cultural differences in doing business. The most obvious is the flow. The Chinese want to be polite and exchange...
Try the different Chambers of Commerce for various nations for biz resources. Ireland, UK, etc. Perhaps embassies and consulates, too. Some provincial...
... Mert is so correct ... research the differences between Collectivism vs Individualism to understand this more. Gender roles (or perceptions) can also can...
... There are obvious cultural differences between Eastern and Western ways of approaching all manner of relationships. However a key fault of many Westerners...
... to be avoided. Yes, the head is closest to God and the foot is farthest from heaven. There was the oft-referred-to incident when the then American...
Do you want to do the facts or the PC interpretation? Most serious interpreters of the differences between Chinese and western enterprises identify vast...
... Because they took it from the British who perhaps have been using it for centuries. Though the suggested origin as an insult to the French by longbowmen is...
Hi Kevin, Check out Foreign Language Press - they have just published a book of 20 interviews with foreign entrepreneurs who have set up business in China. It...
TexFLEC 2008 Reaching for Words: Language Education and Socioeconomic (Im)mobility Sponsored by The Foreign Language Education Student Association & The...
First and foremost, consider your audience. These are Chinese students. They don't need or want a lecture on Chinese culture from a waigouren. I deliver a...
Sorry, I forgot the most important part. This is an outline of the topics I include (but rarely get through in 10x 4-hour lessons). Western Theory Doesn't...
... Well yes, this certainly is the base formula for American advertising and some would say teaching also. However, doing business in China is another matter....
... the first 3-4 lessons that shyness should be gone.. it is used by many students as an excuss not to speak and therefore a great way not to have to do...
Ruby Gold
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Feb 9, 2008 5:52 am
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... I would ... The trend with large business appears to be 'Don't have a Chinese partner'. About 90% of all new foreign business registrations in China are...
Ruby: Oh how true in my experience, having shared New Years' meals with a new doctorate and his father, a department head of a major Chinese university....
I've seen the attitudes Ruby talked about in her post both in classes I've taught in preparation for their going abroad and from the perspective of a good...
Steve, it would be interesting to know where that 90% figure came from. Can you give me a source? Many of the consultants are sharply divided on the manner of...
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