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我们用文字描述文化，并通过交流了解更多的文化内涵。在我们出生和长大的过程中，我们不断的学习，通过语言沟通与我们生活环境和我们遇到的心理刺激（钱尼，第6页）。可以确定的是，不同文化之间的不了解、不熟悉是有效地与其他文化进行交流的障碍，这其中不同文化之间的差异是造成沟通交流不顺畅的主要原因。本文将以探讨自己的文化规范为主导和从属，描述了在别人已经理解为文化规范之外的实例。

Abstract

We live in a world of changing global requirements. We have the ability to converse with people thousands of miles away at the blink of an eye. Although this seems and is, to most, an awesome power to be relished, it can be for some a world of confusion and frustration seeded by their own perceptions and beliefs. These barriers to cultural diversity exist because of the ways in which different cultures facilitate perceptions and beliefs regarding others and themselves.

Dimensions of Culture, Values and Communication

Our text describes culture as ' the structure through which communication is formulated and interpreted. Culture deals with the way people live. Culture is learned through perceptions that are formed in various ways; where we are born and raised, the language we learn, the people and the environment with which we live and the psychological stimuli we encounter.' (Chaney, pg. 6). Understandably, in order to effectively communicate with other cultures, we must first explore the culture to which we subscribe to acknowledge the ways that we present barriers and perceive cultural differences. This paper will explore my own cultural norms as predominant and subordinate, describe instances where others have been perceived as outside the cultural norm and attempt to describe a benefit to being an outsider.

I was raised white Protestant in the suburbs roughly 40 miles north of Boston. The culture that I grew up in was predominately white Protestant with little exposure to other ethnic backgrounds in school or at home even though ethnicity was not far away. Believe it or not, I had not even seen an African American until I was roughly in the fifth grade even though they lived one town away. It was always understood that whites do not venture into their town and they do not venture to ours. I was always told that they 'people of ethnicity' were lazy and relied on handouts more than work ethics to progress and provide for their families. I was raised to work very hard for the things that I want and that my moral and ethical fiber would be the only thing that could be relied upon to see me through hard times that were sure to come. I was also raised to believe that my culture was the correct culture an本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。