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what is culture
learned and shared way of thinking and acting among group of people
symbols of buddism
lotus flower,swastika,badhi tree
types of dialects
regional
social
find an idiom to this definition
''someone who can eat a lot ''
to have a cast-iron stomach
what is extra - linguistic issue
the situation beyond boundaries of linguistics
family types
nuclear, extended, single, childless ,grandparent, step
5 vocabulary difference between american and british english
flat-apartment
bonnet-hood
lorry-truck
holiday-vacation
fizzy drinks-soda
what does ''see eye to eye'' mean
agree completely
CQ wheel
CQ motivation, knowledge,strategy,action
what is ethics
being able to determine what is right or wrong good or bad
revolutions of education
invention of writing
development of press
internet
comenius
what is henotheism
devotion to single primary god while accepting the existence other deities
what is monochronic culture
the culture where time is viewed as tangibl commodity
what is ethnocentrism
seeing one culture is the correct way of living
what is cultivated english
accents are a prestige variety somewhat closer to British Received pronunciation
interfaith marriage is....
marriage betwee different religious people
name five basic culture scales
power distance
individualism/collectivism
masculinity versus femininity
uncertainty avoidance
long-term orientation
8 types of body language
eye contact, gesture,touch,appearance,body movement,facial expression, proximity, paralanguage
5 factual information about English language
118 country -english is spoken
378 million - native speakers
2 billion people speak acrss globe
official language in 59 country
5 words related to religion
orison-prayer
baptism- christian ceremony
pagan-irreligious person
orthodox-accepting traditional religious beliefs
heresy-belief doesnot agree with religion