Case Studies of Some Misunderstandings in Intercultural Communication

Misunderstandings are mainly due to the fact that they are from diffrent cultures. There are eight specific ingredients of Communicution within the context of intentional communication. Encoding and decording have a direct link to the effectiveness of communication. People from diffrent culture may use the same language symbols but diffrent systems of convention to encode and decode message so misunderstanding or conflicts most frequently occur in intercultural communication as a result of their ingnorance of each other’s cultural background.

Targets and Misunderstandings in Pollutants Reduction of Power Plants—An Interview with Wang Zhixuan,Vice-Secretary of CEC

● The demand for organics reduction in power industry needs to be analyzed. Generally speaking, the organicsfrom power plants is neither a main source of water pollution nor an emphasis of pollution control.● The normal operation of FGD facilities is the key to fulfill the mission of SO2 emission reduction.● The control of SO2 emission should not be imposed uniformly on all power plants nationwide.● It is difficult to promote the emission trading of SO2 institutionally.● The active policy of levying for SO2 emission starting from zero emission and using levies for SO2 control isunreasonable. It should be reformed as levying only for over-limit emission, and not levying for emissionsbelow limit or levying indicatively.● Environmental regulations on SO2 control should make differences depending on environmental function ofzones, time period of generating units installed and manner of emissions.

SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON ROTATION OF CRYSTALS AND REASONABLE PLASTIC STRAIN RATE

It is pointed out that crystals are discrete but not continuous materials. Hence the rotation R in decomposition F = RU and spin TY in (F) over dot F-1 ore not correct. Errors will arise in plastic deformation rare if it is directly expressed with amounts of velocity of slips in glide systems such as (gamma) over dot upsilon circle times n. The geometrical figure of crystal lattices does nor change after slips and based on this idea a simple way in mechanics of continuous media to get the plastic deformations rare induced by slips is proposed. Constitutive equations are recommended.

Failure of Aspired Understanding Among the Human Race——On the Theme of A Passage to India

The author attempts to interpret the theme of A Passsage to India by analyzing the major events and characterization. It is indicated in the thesis that E.M.Forster highlights the failure of aspired understanding between different races, different people and even within a person. In other words, in many cases people have aspirations for understanding, but in reality the real understanding is very difficult to fulfill.

Reestablishing the Significance of“Family”in the Modern World

There are several misunderstandings about“family”in today’s world:first,“individual”and“family”are viewed as two incompatible choices of values;second,the existential experience of“affection towards their relatives(qin qin)”is confused with the institutional expression of“family”in history;third,the asymmetric structure of“family”is wrongly taken as the root of a relationship between superiority and subordination;fourth,there is a false assumption that one’s role and responsibility within the family is incompatible with freedom as an individual in the modern world;fifth,“family”is merely viewed as a social organization,and its identity as a spiritual and cultural existence is largely neglected.In that sense,the inherent value of“family”is overlooked in the modern world.Reestablishing an idea of“family”surrounded by“individual consciousness”in the modern context can clarify the positive value of“family”,make“family”a solid guarantee for the achievements of“individuals”,and effectively relieve the negative consequences of the“individual standard”.Meanwhile,the modern world must also renew the relationship between“cultivating the moral self and regulating the family”and“running the state rightly and making the world peaceful”,and help“family”exert a more universal influence.“Family”must be reinterpreted as a basic pattern of human existence and the modern world must redefine the ontological meaning of“family”as a carrier of“relationships”,an“emotional encounter”,an“ethical principle”,a“way of understanding the world”and a“method to transcend spiritually”.

Misunderstanding Due to Different Cultures

There are fences between different cultures. People from different cultural backgrounds may sometimes misunderstand each oth er. In this passage, we merely take Chinese culture background and American culture background as examples.

The Feasibility of Learning English in Primary School in China

Recently,The provision of English course in primary schools in china has aroused a heated discussion in the current foreign language teaching reform.People generally believe that"the younger the better".The paper tries to disprove the general provision of English course in the context of China through a theoretical foundation in SLA,such as misunderstandings toward three basic concepts and the effects of age on second language learning.

Students’Misconceptions are Falsely Measured by Concept Inventory Tests While Lack of Prior Knowledge is Ignored

Concept inventory(CI)tests are used to measure students’misconception.This article investigated and concludes that the current format of these tests is unable to measure students’misconceptions since the answers choices do not reflect student lack of prior knowledge,time lapse between when they learned the subject matter and when they try to recall it,and the conditions through which students construct their knowledge.CIs are better suited as tools to evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogical effectiveness and language in communicating the material to the students.

The Misunderstanding and New Nursing Progress of Pressure Ulcers

In recent years, many foreign and domestic scholars have made a further study on the risk factors, high-risk groups, prevention and nursing of pressure ulcers. For all reasons such as clinical nursing workers and managers, new progresses can＇ t be well applied, and simultaneously pressure ulcers are misunderstood to some extent. These conditions are not conducive to the prevention and nursing of pressure ulcers and the improvement of patients＇ life quality and nursing service quality. Therefore, it is necessary to keep away from the misunderstanding, know well new progresses and reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers.

The Influence of Stigma on People with Mental Illness

People with mental illness have not only struggled with the psychological and physical symptoms of the disease but also suffered from social discrimination and prejudice.[1]This article expresses the negative impact of mental illness stigma on the stigmatized group through the study of previous literature.The purpose of this article is to improve the public’s stereotypes and prejudices of people with mental illness,so as to provide a basis for researchers to identify effective de-stigmatization strategies.

From Cultural Utilization to Cultural Understanding:Two Phases of the English-Speaking World’s Reception of Traditional Chinese Plays

The article analyzes the translations,performances and the reception of traditional Chinese plays in the English-speaking world from the mid-and-late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.We found that the reception underwent two phases featuring self-centered and multicultural respectively.In the first phase,the English-speaking world acknowledged the moral values of traditional Chinese plays but it did not accept their aesthetic values while in the second phase,aesthetic values became the focus and were received through translations,studies and performances.The two phases differed significantly.The first phase was characterized by the initial contacts and exchanges between the plays and the English culture as well as obvious cultural misunderstandings.During the second phase,moral and aesthetic values were gradually accepted.Text translations,theatrical studies and performances were flourishing while cultural misunderstandings decreased remarkably.The two stages demonstrate the general result of the Chinese culture’s historical process of“going global”.The reception of Chinese culture by other cultures often started with cultural utilization,accompanied by obvious cultural misunderstandings.With the deepening of contacts and exchanges between the two cultures,however,the host culture began to gain a better understanding of the intrinsic values of Chinese culture and therefore cultural misunderstandings decreased.Cultural misunderstandings are an inevitable historical process that the Chinese culture would experience during its“going global”.With continuing and expanded exposures,the intrinsic values of Chinese culture will continue to manifest themselves.

Link China issues regulation to clear labor contract law misunderstanding

China's State Council,the country's Cabinet,issued an implementation regulation for Labor Contract Law on September 18 in an effort to clarify confusion surrounding the law.

The Depressed Image of Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg Ohio is a famous short story in American literary history, through the study of this short story collection,the main and primary aim is to discuss social background of that certain time. People's social life in this story was in Midwest America, which represented the whole country at that period of time. For Winesburg as a microcosm: The so called grotesque figures of Winesburg were forced to meet and handle issues and events, which people universally undergo. Winesburg then became Any Town, USA and the flaws and struggles represented by these characters were same as be met by the ordinary people with the common human experience. Sherwood Anderson's motivation to write them was to show the typical human community to us.With analysis of three famous figures below to illustrate how depressed they were, and to indicate Anderson's great contribution to the American literature. Also what were readers' reactions to this masterpiece.

A Brief Analysis of the Key Points to Avoid Misunderstanding and Inappropriate Language Expressions in Business Communication

Opportunities for business cooperation have been increased dramatically in the new environment, and under such circumstance, language usage in business communication places a significant role, particularly in oral business language. To promote harmonious conversations, certain factors and manners of communication like paying attention to the cultural differences, the proper use of humor, mutual understanding, and the avoidance of misunderstanding ambiguity should be taken into consideration to avoid an unsuccessful result.

Unhappy Misunderstanding

Song Qiang is one of the five authors whose essays make up the bestseller Unhappy China: The Great Time, Grand Vision and Our Challenges. Song also coauthored another widely popular book, China Can Say No, which came out in 1996. Beijing Review interviewed Song about his expectations and other people’s disapproval of this new book.