Cultural dimensions

Although vocabulary is the sub-skill of a language, it plays a very important role in language learning and teaching. In fact, vocabulary is central to language and is of paramount importance to language learners. On the other hand, words are the building blocks of a language that are used to label objects, actions, and ideas. In other words, people cannot convey the intended meaning without knowing vocabulary. It is widely accepted that vocabulary is a very important part in English language learning

This paper seeks to examine the different dimensions of hip hop, and what the hip hop culture means to different people. After reading Fernando Orejuela’s Rap and Hip Hop Culture, one would get a better understanding of the various dimensions of the hip hop culture. For instance, there is a cultural dimension that has played a tremendous role in the hip hop culture. Many of the modern styles of dancing and music have come from traditions that were passed down. According to Orejuela, this is in part

El-Din, 2013) it introduce seven main dimensions which contribute to realize the urban quality of life: environmental urban quality of life; physical urban quality of life; mobility urban quality of life; social urban quality of life; psychological urban quality of life; economical urban quality of life; political urban quality of life. These dimensions are interrelated and dependent on each other as reflected in the ‘‘Heptagon Shape’’ Figure ‎1 3. • The first dimension, generically titled Environmental

Gender is imprinted in a person’s identity. A person’s identity is closely connected to the social institutions he or she includes himself in. These social institutions have influence over the lives of individuals in various aspects. One social institution an individual imparts oneself in is religion. Religious institutions use scriptures as the primary basis for life such as the Holy Bible for the Catholics and the Quran for the Muslims. Of the data given, some Christians and Muslim non-heterosexuals

and influential classes I have attended. In the past four weeks of this course, the information I have received is not only interesting but I believe it is extremely useful in my everyday life. This class shows the history and impact of race and cultural diversity, it also allows me and my fellow classmates to explore each other’s viewpoints on each issue or idea. This form of organization in the classroom enforces the ideas we see written throughout the textbook. It enforces these ideas because

defined culture along five different dimensions. He measured each of these dimensions in numerous countries and then made cross-country comparisons. In the age of globalization, managers trying to understand the differences between workforces in different environments have used this model extensively. Early in his career he worked for IBM, during which he carried out the research on which his career and reputation successively rests. Now known as the Hofstede Cultural Orientation Model is based on his

describe the dimensions that make up health. Secondly, an adult individual will be chosen in order to discuss the determinants that affect their health. It will then go on to explain the underpinning professional, ethical and legal principles that would be taken into consideration if the individual were to require nursing care. Finally, it will identify how carrying out this assignment has informed the writers personal concept of nursing. Before being able to describe the dimensions of health, it

research that was carried out on the major indicators of effective organisations. Stability, control, flexibility and change (adaptation) was the theorist’s preference when composing this structure within the framework. Doing so added additional dimensions in this organisational cultures theory. The four major models that comprise of the competing values framework are the Humans relations Model, the Open Systems Model, Rational Goal Model and the Internal Process Model. It is through these four fundamental

an institutional context. The framework discusses the internal forces of the climate in four dimensions such as ‘historical legacy of inclusion/exclusion’ (e.g. resistance to desegregation and mission of an institution), ‘compositional diversity’ (e.g. diverse student body, staff and faculty), ‘psychological climate’ (e.g. perception of racial/ethnic tension and discrimination), and ‘behavioral dimension’ (e.g. social interaction across race/ethnicity and pedagogical

of diversity may become “nothing more than a benign, meaningless concept” (Nkomo, 1995). The danger in narrowly defining diversity, however, is that only one dimension of cultural diversity (race, age, ethnicity, or gender) is by and large the subject of research at a time. Since a cultural diversity dimension interacts with other dimensions of diversity narrow concept of diversity would be deficient by failing to recognize these interactions. Scholars, who advocate a broad definition (e.g. Jackson