Tips for Expats Living and Working Abroad
Travel the world! Meet new people! Experience different languages, cultures, cuisines! Sounds idyllic, alluring. And while many of us...
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- Jun 1, 2015
Cultural differences and the doctor-patient relationship
When I first saw my new GP’s examining room, I gasped in grateful surprise. Unlike my previous doctor’s office, this one looked clean...
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- Jan 26, 2015
Does Language Come From Instinct?
There is little doubt: we don’t slide into this world as beings capable of conversation. We make lots of sound but no words until we...
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- Dec 22, 2014
Is a Merry or Happy Christmas the same thing?
The holidays are almost here, and the phrase “Merry Christmas!” – or “Happy Christmas!” if you live in the UK – is in the air. I’ve...
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- Dec 15, 2014
Gift Ideas for Language Lovers
We all have friends or family members who seem just impossible to shop for. I can’t give you gift ideas for all of them, unfortunately....
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- Nov 17, 2014
Is Language Inherent?
Do we have a built-in linguistic instruction manual? For decades, linguists have been debating, well, a lot of things. But one major...
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- Jul 14, 2014
Survey says: You can’t always trust statistics
Nine out of ten journalists say that statistics are an important part of their research and reporting. Okay, I made that up, but it...
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- Jul 7, 2014
Healing Priorities
Do you read things even though you know they’ll make you angry? I do sometimes, and apparently I’m not alone; a word has recently been...
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- Feb 25, 2014
Reader’s Corner: Cross-Cultural Connections
With the new realities of global interconnectedness comes a greater awareness of cultural diversity from place to place. Besides...
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- Jan 31, 2014
Reader’s Corner – Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Busines
The bestselling guide to cross-cultural leadership Since its original publication, Riding the Waves of Culture has been considered the...
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- Oct 21, 2013
What really makes us learn a language?
In a recent Huffington Post article, Amelia Friedman writes about the disproportionate number of American students studying western...
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- Oct 7, 2013
Falling Through the Cracks
Go ahead – visit http://www.healthcare.gov and take a look. Upper right hand corner gives you the español option. Of the 30 million who...
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- Aug 26, 2013
Blurred Lines: Do Linear Ads Trigger Change?
The July 17th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported on some results from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey...
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- Jul 29, 2013
Symbolic in Nature
“The whole visible universe is but a storehouse of images and signs to which the imagination will give a relative place and value; it is...
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- Jul 1, 2013
Culture Corner: Showing Our Colors
All of this may seem strange to some people from other countries. While it is very common to see the American flag flying outside a...
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- May 20, 2013
Squeaky Wheels Survive Ovarian Cancer
Angelina Jolie single-handedly brought conversations about breast ovarian cancer to the dinner table this week. Having had a double...
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- Apr 1, 2013
Calculating for Culture in Global Branding
Creating a Global Brand involves uniquely communicating a powerful message to a variety of audiences across languages, geography,...
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- Feb 22, 2013
Reader’s Corner: Consumer Behavior and Culture
The Second Edition of this popular text brings up-to-date Marieke de Mooij’s important analysis of the impact of culture on consumer...
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- Feb 18, 2013
Psychology and Ethnicity: Two Great Tastes
As the new Health Care Act moves into place, market research from the patient’s perspective needs to be a focus. Understanding how...
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- Jan 14, 2013
Culture’s Impact on Patient Care
While we believe in the importance of providing culturally relevant information to patients, reaching them in a culturally sensitive way...
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