Spoken Discourse and Cultural Capsules Triggers to Cross-Cultural Language Awareness
Keywords:
Communication, Malay community, language, language awareness, culturesAbstract
Cultures vary. In high-context communication, most of the information exists in the context, is internalized in the people communicating, or is found in the physical context. Malaysia and the Malay community more specifically have been said to be a community where the message has to be inferred as it generally in indirect mode. Omar talks about beating around the bush (BAB) as a Malay norm especially when a request is being made. [n contrast, in low-context commulangunication, most of the information lies in explicit codes (Hall, 1976, 1983). Communication is more direct in such cultures. Samovar and Porter (2004) remind us, "Each human being is unique and shaped by countless factors, culture being but one of them" (p. 24).
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David, M. K., 2004a. Greetings in Multilingual Malaysia. In Bedanokova (ed.) Language, Ethnicity and the Mind Vol. 2, Chapter I, 10-16. Adyghe State University, Maikop, Russian Federation. - Maikop: RIO AGU Publishers.
David, M. K. , 2004b. Representation of Sociolinguistic Realities in Language Teaching Journal of Communication Practices l, 19-33.
David, M. K., 2004c. Relational and Power Concerns for Language Teachers. Philippine Journalfor Language Teaching 43, 37-50.
David, M. K., 2004d. The Discourse Of Women-Peaceful? Plenary paper presented International Social Science Conference Fatima Jinnah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Dec 9-10.
David, M. K., 1999. Attaining Communicative Competence in the Reading Classroom. Literacy Acmss Cultures 3: l, 16-20.
David, M. K. & Kuang, C. H. , 1999. Speech Act of Directives in Legal Offices in Malaysia. Hong Kong Linguist 19/20, 36-44.
David, M. K. and Lynne Nora-zit, 1996. Opening the Muslim World to Non-Muslim Students In Jalal Uddin Khan and Adrain Hare (eds.) English And Islam: Creative Encounters 96. Kuala Lumpur: Research Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia
David, M. K. and Yong, J., 2002. Even Obituaries Reflect Cultural Norms and Values Dlm Andy Kirkpatrick (ed.) Englishes in Asia: community, identity, power and education. Melbourne, Language Australia.
Egan-Robertson, A. & Bloome, D. (eds.), 1998. Students as Researchers of Culture and Language inTheir Own Communities. Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton.
Freire, P., 1970. Pedagogy ofthe Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
Gao, G. , & Ting-Toomey, S. , 1998. Communicating Effectively with the Chinese. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Hall, E. T., 1976. Beyond Culture. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Hall, E. T., 1983. The Dance ofLife. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Hofstede, G., 1980. Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-related Values. Beverly Hills, California: Sage.
Jariah Mohd Jan and David, M. K, 1996. Oral Skills: A Need for Acceptance of LI Cultural Norms Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities 4, I I-19
Lin, A. David, M. K. and Kuang, C. H. , 2004. Appropriating English for Intercultural Communicat
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2005-11-30
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David, M. K. (2005). Spoken Discourse and Cultural Capsules Triggers to Cross-Cultural Language Awareness. Jurnal Peradaban Melayu, 3, 15–26. Retrieved from https://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JPM/article/view/3375
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