Академический Документы
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Культура Документы
5th Year
Foreign Students’ Department
2018-2019
Examination Topics
1. Cross-cultural communication as a field of study. Barriers to cross-cultural
communication.
2. Stages in cross-cultural communication development.
3. Culture and its reference to aspects of life. The model of culture. Types and
characteristics of culture.
4. Cultural dimensions for assessing cultures. Low and high power distance cultures.
Masculine and feminine cultures.
5. Cultural dimensions for assessing cultures. Individualistic and collectivistic cultures.
Uncertainty-avoiding and uncertainty-accepting cultures.
6. Cultural dimensions for assessing cultures. Polychronic and monochronic cultures.
High-context and low-context cultures.
7. English verbal etiquette.
8. Cultural peculiarities of non-verbal communication. Kinesics. Objective
communication.
9. Cultural peculiarities of non-verbal communication. Haptics. Oculesics.
10. Cultural peculiarities of non-verbal communication. Proxemics. Paralinguistics.
Colour Symbolism.
11. Identity. Ethnic identity: the native British. Ethnic identity: the non-native British.
12. Ethnic identity of Americans. American regionalism.
13. Important European values. African values and behaviours.
14. Common Arab values. Asian values and behaviors. Common Latin American values.