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Cultural Diversity In Student Ministry Leadership, Steven Zhou Mar 2017

Cultural Diversity In Student Ministry Leadership, Steven Zhou

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

In an attempt to contribute to how ministries and Christian academia is addressing issues of diversity, I am conducting a study to analyze correlations between ethnicity and styles/values of leadership. The goal is to uncover whether or not a particular ethnicity generally prefers one style of leadership over another. Past research on the subject has already seen that, in the business world, certain practices work better than others. For example, those from an Asian culture are more likely to prefer formality and authority as opposed to the collaborative and relationship-oriented style of leadership found in America. I will contribute to …


Music From Around The World, Flute Choir, Nancy Toone Jan 2017

Music From Around The World, Flute Choir, Nancy Toone

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A performance of flutes, piano, and percussion, playing various music styles from across the globe.


Korean-Chinese Film Remakes In A New Age Of Cultural Globalisation: Miss Granny (2014) And 20 Once Again (2015) Along The Digital Road, Kai Ruo Soh, Brian Yecies Jan 2017

Korean-Chinese Film Remakes In A New Age Of Cultural Globalisation: Miss Granny (2014) And 20 Once Again (2015) Along The Digital Road, Kai Ruo Soh, Brian Yecies

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

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Chinese As A Foreign Language: Cultural Components In An Australian Classroom, Xiaoping Gao Jan 2017

Chinese As A Foreign Language: Cultural Components In An Australian Classroom, Xiaoping Gao

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Culture and language are intertwined with each other. Understanding the target language culture has long been one of the central goals of foreign language teaching and learning. However, there remains considerable scope for exploring how to integrate cultural components into second language teaching practice. This paper first reinforces the role of culture in foreign language education and language pedagogy in the international arena. It focuses on Chinese language education and the cultural components in Chinese as a foreign language class in Australia. Surveys with Chinese teachers and their students in Australian schools and universities show that the explicit explanation of …