GNED 05: PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

UNIT 3: INTERCULTURAL WHAT DRIVES GLOBALIZATION?

Fast ships, airplanes, and the internet
COMMUNICATION
have made globalization grow quickly.
Lesson 1: Communication and
Globalization WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT IT?
Globalization has helped many people
Globalization is how people, goods, find better jobs and lifted millions out of
and ideas move easily globally. poverty. It also allows countries to work
Countries trade with each other, and together better.
people from different places connect
more. It happens because of better WHAT’S BAD ABOUT IT?
technology, faster transport, and the Globalization doesn’t help everyone
internet. Globalization can bring many equally. Some people lose their jobs
good things, like lifting people from when companies move to other places,
poverty and helping nations work and the gap between rich and poor
together. However, there are also some countries gets bigger.
problems, like job losses in certain
places and more cybercrimes. Globalization connects the world,
helping countries trade and people
Examples: share ideas. It brings good things like
1. Trade and Products: Think of how jobs and cooperation but also causes
you can buy toys made in another problems like job loss and unequal
country at your local store. That’s benefits.
because globalization makes it easier
for products to move between Lesson 2: Local and Global
countries. Communication in Multicultural
2. Culture Sharing: The habit of drinking Settings
coffee spread to many parts of the
world from Turkey. This is an example Communicating with people from
of how cultures can influence each different cultures can be hard because
other through globalization. every culture has its way of doing
3. Technology and Communication: things.
Before, people used letters to
communicate. Now, because of HIGH-CONTEXT VS. LOW-CONTEXT
globalization and the internet, you can CULTURE
send a message instantly to someone
in another country using email. Some cultures are high-context,
meaning they use non-verbal cues and
HOW GLOBALIZATION WORKS? leave much unsaid. Some cultures rely
Globalization is when countries are on context and body language to
connected through trade, technology, understand each other.
and culture. Products and people can
cross borders easily.

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Example: In Japan, people may not say Example: In Italy, people may use hand
"no" directly, but you can tell from their gestures and express their feelings
body language or tone of voice that they strongly during a conversation.
disagree.
In neutral cultures, people keep their
Others are low-context and expect
emotions inside and don’t show them
everything to be explained clearly.
much when they talk. They focus more
Some cultures rely on expecting clear,
on facts and being calm.
direct words.

Example: In Japan, people usually stay

Example: In the U.S., if someone
calm and polite during conversations,
doesn’t agree with you, they will say
even if they feel strong emotions.
"no" clearly and directly.

Lesson 3: Varieties and Registers of

SEQUENTIAL VS. SYNCHRONIC
Spoken and Written Language
CULTURE
People in sequential cultures view time Three Concentric Circles of English
as a straight line, where they focus on (by Braj Kachru)
doing one thing at a time. They believe
The Three Concentric Circles of English
that time is limited and should be
is a model that helps explain how
managed carefully.
English is used around the world.
Example: In Germany, meetings are THE INNER CIRCLE
planned one after another, and people The Inner Circle includes countries
stick to strict schedules. where English is the native language.

People in synchronic cultures see time Examples of Inner Circle Countries:

as flexible, where many things can United States
happen at once. They believe that time United Kingdom
is more fluid and can be adjusted. Australia
Canada
Example: In Brazil, meetings might start New Zealand
late, and people could talk about
several things at once, without sticking THE OUTER CIRCLE
to a strict agenda. The Outer Circle includes countries
where English is a second language.
AFFECTIVE VS NEUTRAL CULTURE
In affective cultures, people openly Examples of Outer Circle Countries:
show their emotions when they talk. Bangladesh Philippines
They use gestures and facial Kenya Tanzania
expressions to show how they feel. Pakistan India
Sri Lanka Nigeria
Ghana Singapore
Malaysia Zambia

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THE EXPANDING CIRCLE 5. Intimate Register: Personal

The Expanding Circle includes language used with close friends or
countries where English is a foreign loved ones.
language.
Example: Calling someone a pet name
Examples of Expanding Circle like “honey” or “dear.”
Countries: Varieties of language are the different
China Indonesia ways people speak based on where
Korea South Africa they come from or who they’re talking
Israel Nepal to. Registers are the levels of formality
South America Egypt we use when speaking or writing, from
Japan Saudi Arabia very formal to casual or personal.
Taiwan Caribbean Countries

REGISTERS OF LANGUAGE
Registers refer to how formal or casual
language is.

Five levels of formality:

1. Frozen Register: Language that

doesn’t change, like in a prayer or legal
text.

Example: “I hereby declare…”

2. Formal Register: Used in official

speeches, reports, or presentations.

Example: A teacher giving a lecture:

“Good morning, today we will
discuss…”

3. Consultative Register: More formal

than casual but not as stiff as a speech.
Used in conversations between a boss
and employee or a doctor and patient.

Example: A doctor saying, “I

recommend you take this medication
twice daily.”

4. Casual Register: Informal language

used with friends and family.

Example: “Hey, what’s up?”

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