There is a grand canyon between Acceptance and Tolerance and it has huge implications for international and intercultural communication. When two people of different lifestyles meet, they have a choice: to accept the other person, to tolerate him, or to not tolerate him. Obviously the latter choice doesn’t end well, but the former [...]
If you don’t have the skills to handle transactions that have gone wrong, which happens more often while abroad due in part to obvious language and cultural reasons, chances are you are going to become resentful of the country and its citizens.
Sure, they aren’t perfect, but neither are you. Get it right on [...]
What do you do in your free time in your home country? Do you play sports? Video games? Watch TV? Write a blog? Sing? Whatever it is you do in your home country, it is even more important that you keep doing it when you go abroad. This [...]
The first part of deciding whether or not you should learn a new language was based on your motivation. Motivation could be broken down into practicality and interest. In order to have proper practical motivation, the new language must have visual benefits to your life now or in the short-term. Language is [...]
Learning a new language is one of those new years resolutions that I see time and time again people swearing to. After the huge proclamation, they spend the next few days gathering study materials, such as Rosetta Stone software or a Chinesepod subscription, and tell everyone they know that they are going to start [...]
