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Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing Globalization and Localization

Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing Globalization and Localization. CULI National Seminar 19/20 November 2012 Steven Graham Khon Kaen University International College. Introduction. The many faces of ELT Culture Hofstede Embree Komin Persons Discussion.

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Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing Globalization and Localization

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  1. Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing Globalization and Localization CULI National Seminar 19/20 November 2012 Steven Graham Khon Kaen University International College

  2. Introduction • The many faces of ELT • Culture • Hofstede • Embree • Komin • Persons • Discussion

  3. The Many Faces of ELT • Teaching • Teacher Training • Lecturing • Research • Leadership and Management • Writing • Publishing President IATEFL Voices 229 November-December 2012

  4. Culture • Tilling the soil, cultivation • Training or refining of the mind, civilisation • Collective ways of acting, thinking and feeling • Values and practices Hofstede (2008)

  5. ความรับผิดชอบ ความรับผิดชอบ = responsibility ความ = something รับ = given ผิด = don't ชอบ = like Something given to you that you don't like.

  6. Hofstede (1980) (2001) • Low or high power distance • Individualism or collectivism • Masculinity or femininity • Strong or weak uncertainty avoidance • Long or short term orientation

  7. Komin (1990) • Ego • Grateful relationship • Smooth interpersonal relationship • Flexibility and adjustment • Religio-psychical • Education and competence • Interdependence • Fun-pleasure • Achievement-task

  8. Embree (1950) • A loosely structured social system • Individualistic behavior • To tell a lie is praiseworthy • Choei • Insecurity of property • Lack of qualified teachers and resources • Neatness • Sanuk

  9. Persons (2008) • Nata • Kiat • Saksi • Chuesiang • Barami

  10. Persons

  11. Discussion • People are individuals • Assimilation of culture over time • Erosion of peripheral values • Core values

  12. Discussion • Task vs harmony • Kraeng cai • Choei • Management training • The need for consultation and better lines of communication (Hoy 2009)

  13. Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing Globalization and Localization Steven Graham Khon Kaen University International College steven@kku.ac.th

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