Cross-Cultural Differences in the Use of Learning Strategies by Students of Greek as a Second Language

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

scholarly journals Teaching Politeness Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-136
Author(s):  
Irina Petrovska
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Politeness Strategies

This paper deals with the politeness strategies potential in subject specific fields and highlights the role of learning politeness strategies as a powerful cognitive tool fundamental to further enhancing the second language learner’s ability to cope with this specialized verbal characteristic in hospitality industry discourse. The paper explores the close interplay between social (extra-linguistic) and structural (linguistic) factors shaping the linguistic idiosyncrasies of English and Macedonian politeness strategies in hospitality industry discourse. It has been argued that the awareness of cross-cultural differences concerning politeness strategies may be exploited as a valuable teaching resource for classroom interaction.

Gesture frequency is linked to story-telling style: evidence from bilinguals

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELENA NICOLADIS ◽  
JAYA NAGPAL ◽  
PAULA MARENTETTE ◽  
BRANDON HAUER
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
First Language ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Representational Gestures ◽  
Gesture Production

abstractIndividuals differ in how frequently they gesture. It is not clear whether gesture frequency is related to culture, since varied results have been reported. The purpose of this study was to test whether the frequency of representational gestures is linked with story-telling style. Previous research showed individual and cross-cultural differences in story-telling style, some preferring to tell a chronicle (how it happened) or an evaluative story (why it happened). We hypothesized that high gesture frequency might be strongly associated with using a chronicle style, since both rely on visuospatial imagery. Four groups of bilinguals, English as their second language (L2) participated. Their first language (L1) was one of: Mandarin, Hindi, French, or Spanish. Participants watched a cartoon and told the story, once in English, once in L1. The results showed group differences in the rate of gesture use: the Chinese and Hindi L1 participants gestured less frequently than the French and Spanish L1 participants. The participants from Asian cultures were more likely to tell an evaluative story and the Romance-language L1 participants a chronicle. We conclude that these culture/language groups differ in story-telling style. A chronicle style is associated with more gesture production than an evaluative style.

Cognitive gadgets: A provocative but flawed manifesto

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Del Giudice
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Evolutionary Approach ◽  
Genetic Inheritance ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
Dichotomous Thinking

Abstract The argument against innatism at the heart of Cognitive Gadgets is provocative but premature, and is vitiated by dichotomous thinking, interpretive double standards, and evidence cherry-picking. I illustrate my criticism by addressing the heritability of imitation and mindreading, the relevance of twin studies, and the meaning of cross-cultural differences in theory of mind development. Reaching an integrative understanding of genetic inheritance, plasticity, and learning is a formidable task that demands a more nuanced evolutionary approach.

Cross-Cultural Differences in the Temporal Distribution of Autobiographical Memory

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
Anna Gralak ◽  
Yayoi Kawasaki ◽  
Gert Kristo ◽  
Pedro M. Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

¡Pura vida! Cross-cultural differences in happiness and satisfaction with life

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Anderson ◽  
Michael K. Lunn ◽  
Ronald W. Wright ◽  
Alicia Limke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences
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