cultural competence:
The piece about Cultural Competence was very interesting and informative. I like it very much, especially in one part where there is a conversation between an American and two second language speakers.
American: What an unusual necklace, it is beautiful!
Samoan: Please take it.
American teacher: Would you like to read?
Russian student: No, i would not.
The above conversation is very interesting but i dont agree with one of the translation that Brown does in here about the first part. He says that in both cases the nonnative English speakers misunderstood the meaning of utterance in the context. Samoan who hears the comment about her necklace and says "please take it", i think, she didnt misunderstand the comment. It is just in some cultures that when you hear a comment like that about your stuff, you say you can have it or take it rather than just saying thank you.
Overall, the piece very informative and it is to good to read it in order to get information about different culture and to convey and interpret messages and negotiate meanings of them within specific contexts.
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