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<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Culture Bump]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Training for Effective Cross-Cultural Communication Culture bumps are a remarkably effective way of managing cultural differences on a personal level. This unique method encourages interpersonal connections that transcend diversity. By understanding and practicing this approach, an individual experiences personal reflections as well as a community spirit which nurtures authentic cross–cultural relationships.&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:11:55 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Culture Bump Tool Kit]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[About the Toolkit for Culture and Communication (Available with ESL Handbook) The United States has always prided itself on being a multicultural society. Now the University of Houston Office of Intellectual Property and Carol Archer, Ed. D, of UH Continuing Education present the Toolkit for Culture and Communication—a multimedia approach to developing interpersonal, intercultural communication&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:24:09 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[About Culture Bump]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Carol M. Archer is the Principal of Archer and Associates – a Cross Cultural Training Company - which uses real–life stories, humor and music to assist educators and business people in meeting the needs of their diverse populations. A variety of available formats include: Carol Archer Ed D Half Day Seminar Two Day Training Full Day Workshop Online Training &amp; Information Customized Courses&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:11:07 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Culture Bump Related Materials]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Related Materials Various materials have been developed over the past 20 years to facilitate in culture bump training. The primary source is the ESL reader Living with Strangers in the USA as well as materials developed to support the textbook, including Cultural Communication Training Guide, Using the Culture Bump in an ESL Classroom and a Culture Bump Trivia Game. The following is an excerpt from&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:28:15 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Culture Specific Information]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Culture Specific Info &nbsp; Bilingual Educational Institute Refugee Cultural Orientation Program presents: &nbsp; VIETNAMESE, SUDANESE, SOMALIS, KURDISH, BOSNIAN, MEXICAN, SALVADORIAN CULTURES I. CULTURAL INFORMATION ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES This cultural information on Vietnamese refugees is summarized by Dr. Carol M. Archer in November 1998 from Harvest Waiting: Reaching Out to the Vietnamese by&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:34:50 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Culture Bumps]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Using culture bumps as a guide, we can better understand our differences, not only with people from other cultures, but within our own culture also. Here are some examples of culture bumps between males and females, different generations, and parents and children. Take a look at some work done by students in a sociolinguistics class. Videos Chinese, Indian, generational, American culture bump (Greetings)&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:59:27 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Culture Bump When Generations Collide]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Culture Bump: an issue of age &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0 B 19, 2011 in News by redbonzai &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Culture Bump: An Issue of Age Andrea Goatley— ENGL-4315—April&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:59:27 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Definition of  a Culture Bump]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[[ what is a culture bump, exactly? ] Culture bumps are figuratively demonstrated with bumper cars Witnessing a culture bump A culture bump occurs when two or more people enter a situation with different expectations about a behavior. It can be caused by: communication styles, behaviors involving the use of time, space or speaking, physical objects such as clothing or artifacts, or even the architecture&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:56:40 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Student Workbook]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Student's Workbook for Culture and Communication
 Journey Across Cultures 
 by Carol M. Archer, Ed.D. 






	Perceptions





	Culture Bumps





	Cultural Values











	Communication





	Commonalities





	 Cultural Adjustment 




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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:01:18 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Workbook : Perceptions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Module One: Perceptions Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook Hello! And welcome to an adventure in cross culture communication.this journey across cultures, this workbook is your &#34;map&#34; that will help you topass through valleys, over mountains and across bridges to great communicationwith anyone—no matter how similar or different they may be to you. In addition to the&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:15 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Workbook: Culture Bumps]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Module Two: Culture Bumps Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook Module Two Culture Bumps In this module, you will begin to identify: Possible results of different perceptions You will also practice: how to predict how to self- reflect how to compare how to visualize how to evaluate how to synthesize First, take a few moments to answer the following questions. What do I know about&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:34:33 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Workbook: Cultural Values]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Module Three Cultural Values Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook Now that you have learned about different perceptions and culture bumps, the next step is to: COMPARE and CONTRAST ways of thinking and acting in different cultures You will also practice: how to classify how to compare how to self-reflect how to synthesize how to evaluate Please download the PDFs listed at the&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:46:19 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduction to Supplementary ESL Materials]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Because the Toolkit for Culture and Communication is based on twenty-five years of work with ESL students, it naturally meets many of the needs of those individuals who have come to live and study in the United States. However because it is written for American-born students, there are language aspects of the Toolkit that can be extremely useful to ESL students - if they are presented separately.&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:41:54 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Contact Culture Bump]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We have a lot going on here at Culture Bump - besides our research, our students, and &nbsp;our fellow faculty members, we are hard at work spreading the message of becoming more culturally aware. Why? The answer is straight forward ... we believe that success in life is directly contingent on knowledge and education. The reality is that people are different, and strife results due to differences.&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:49:53 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student workbook: Communication]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook Module Four: Communication In module four you will continue to look at behaviors. But in this module, you will look specifically at communication behaviors. In fact, in the first part of the module, you will learn to RECOGNIZE various styles of communication In the second part of the module, you will CLARIFY the relationship between communication,&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:33:36 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Training for Effective Cross Cultural Communication]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:43:27 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Workbook: Commonalities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook Module Five : Commonalities At the end of module four, most of the first cartoon showed the culture bumps between Brian and Akira. It was clear that they felt separated from one another as a result of the culture bumps. The focus was on &#34;WHY&#34; they were different. However, when they both admired a pretty girl, they discovered that they&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:43:56 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Workbook:  Cultural Adjustment &amp; Emotional Intelligence]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Module Six : Cultural Adjustment &amp; Emotional Intelligence Click HERE to go to the beginning of the Student Workbook In the first five modules, we have examined cultural differences and commonalties. Now, in this module, we discover what happens when people move from one country to another. In the first part of the module, you will learn to : RECOGNIZE the stages of adjusting to a new culture or&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:09:51 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lucy Mae]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lucy Mae Vocabulary Frontier- area between land where a people live and area wherepeople do not live. Farmer- a person who grows crops (plants)Checked – a pattern of squares used in materialDessert-maker – someone who makes desserts such as cakes, candyetc. Blessings – good things that occur in a person&#39;s lifea four-wheeler – a sports vehicle with four wheelsgreat-granddaughter- the daughter&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:05:04 GMT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Perception ESL]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Beginning to Lower IntermediateESL Levels Click HERE to return to the beginning of ESL Introduction In Module one, the video introduction is useful even for beginninglevels to practice listening for specific vocabulary words in contest.However, it is useful to use the transcript in class before showing the video.The reading on Perceptions on page five as well as the introduction on thevideo has both&#8230;]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:16:15 GMT]]></pubDate>
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