Tag Archives: intercultural communication

Education: Lighting of a fire and not filling a pail

Posted on March 21, 2017 by petrudumitru

I recently reorganised my electronic archive with files I saved over the past 25 years. While reviewing files I rediscovered a famous quote defining education metaphorically. The quote belongs to William Butler Yeats and it says: “Education is not filling … Continue reading →

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Emotions, images, words and music in a nutshell

Posted on September 28, 2014 by petrudumitru

We went to see “Mais il n’y a rien de beau ici”, a play co-authored by two Belgian playwrights, Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven and Geneviève Damas, who performed it themselves on stage. It happened right on 26 September 2014, the European Day … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: The email, still a powerful communication tool

Posted on April 4, 2014 by petrudumitru

Different spheres of interest such as linguistics, sociology, psychology, communication, computer and information science were explored in relation to email. Despite all the findings published throughout the years, researchers still find them “unsatisfactory” (Sallis and Kassabova, 2000, p. 45), because … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: Embracing cultures through email exchange

Posted on March 30, 2014 by petrudumitru

Does it or does it not happen when exchanging emails with people worldwide? The researchers found evidence that embracing attitudes, values, beliefs and norms from other cultures may happen to a certain extent in email exchange involving people from different … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultures and communication | Tagged computer-mediated communication, cultural differences, cultural diversity, cultural understanding, email, intercultural communication, Intercultural learning, tolerance, Web communication | Leave a comment

Cultures and communications: How to overcome anxiety, hostility and defensive behaviour in email communication

Posted on March 29, 2014 by petrudumitru

When I first wrote my emails to peers in other countries I only looked at the enthusiasm of the moment and at its rewarding part: getting to know other people from other countries. Later on, when I looked for different … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: Culture influences on email writing and interpretation

Posted on March 27, 2014 by petrudumitru

I carried out a study on this subject some years ago and I would like to share some thoughts about the culture’s influences on email writing and content interpretation. The study involved a number of European teachers that worked in … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: Email as a learning tool

Posted on March 26, 2014 by petrudumitru

I sent out my first email 20 years ago. By that time I could not anticipate that the email as a communication means would change our professional and personal lives. My first emails were linked to teaching and learning activities. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultures and communication | Tagged communication, computer-mediated communication, cross-cultural exchange, e-mail, email, intercultural communication, Intercultural learning, Kofi Annan, language learning, technical communication, Tim Berners-Lee, Web communication, Web publishing | 2 Comments

Cultures and communication: Marrying cultures and computers

Posted on March 23, 2014 by petrudumitru

Discussing several aspects of intercultural computer-mediated communication (ICCMC) Amant (2002) explains what happens “when cultures and computers collide”. He argues that some computer-mediated communication (CMC) aspects appear to go against the communication needs and anticipations of cultural groups, particularly in … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: Barriers to intercultural communication

Posted on March 21, 2014 by petrudumitru

Factors affecting intercultural communication Researchers list various factors affecting the face-to-face intercultural communication (ICC). Five of them may as well apply to the intercultural computer-mediated communication: Perception. Broadly speaking the term “perception” means the ability of any individual to gather … Continue reading →

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Cultures and communication: Understanding world cultures

Posted on March 20, 2014 by petrudumitru

Understanding world cultures In a face-to-face communication situation, people with the same cultural backgrounds tend to interpret each other’s messages and actions accurately. Even under ideal conditions, the message the receiver decodes is certainly not identical to the message the … Continue reading →

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