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Translation and cross-culture
At least two languages and two cultural backgrounds are inevitable in translation. According to Kate James, an authority in translation, the issue of how to handle cultural aspects, implicit in a text, confronts all translators all the time. They have to think about how to usefully convey these aspects in the target language. And this hurdle varies in scope according to the cultural and linguistic gap between the languages concerned. A key consideration is to decide how much missing background information the translator should present. Read Kate's article.
Arabs moving to an Anglo-Celtic setting
The Middle Eastern speaker of English freshly settled in cities such as London, New York or Sydney commonly experiences certain misunderstandings. What are they and how can we make sure meaning is shared in communication? This article by Tony Corballis briefly discusses the issues and answers.
The Center for Liberty in the Middle East
CLIME is a transatlantic initiative to promote liberal democratic values in the Middle East by: fostering cooperation between Europe, the US and other democracies to support Middle Eastern liberal democrats; raising the profile of liberal democrats from the Middle East with policy makers, government officials and media in Europe and the US and building support for reform policies; conducting programs to disseminate liberal democratic concepts of representative government, rule of law, pluralism, religious freedom and individual rights through local partnerships. Tony Corballis is a friend of one of the Senior Fellows, Kairi Abaza, and supports the ideals of CLIME.
Online Media for Middle Eastern News
The Middle East Economic Digest (MEED): A leading information source on business in the Middle East
Zawya.com: Middle East Business Information
Translating social change
Problems of translation in a modernising Russia are explored by Irina Khutyz, a Russian linguistics expert with an interest in how translation is changing with the new trends arising out of technology and globalisation. Few countries have seen such brutally rapid change as Russia. Read Irina's article.
A history of Language Coaching for Leaders
Read about what Language Coaching for Leaders is, how leadership, cross-cultural training and high-level language and communication skills training blend to provide a fundamental integrated support service for today's international manager. Read our White Paper.
Impact
Lots of people say first impressions matter. Indeed, academics and psychologists who study this kind of stuff, say that people take about a nano-second to make up their minds on meeting someone new. You may call it a snap judgement; the Impact Factory thinks it's more about the impact you make, and whether it's the one you want to make. So, what is impact? Read Jo Ellen Grzyb and Robin Chandler's article on personal impact. Tony Corballis has trained under Robin Chandler.
Mastery of the language
As a fluent English speaker or rusty bilingual, you don't need to be satisfied with second best. Read the advice of Dilshad Abdulla, an Italian-speaking Asian Somali, who recently graduated from Oxford University. In his article How to Master the English Language, he talks about his experiences and offers useful pointers for advanced learners.
Why businesses need migrants
Most UK bosses would be happy to employ migrant workers to fill their skills gaps. Read this article by David Smith from the Human Resources Magazine.
Articles on writing: academic discourse, the writer's voice and identity
The
writing workshop as a space for relocating the personal by Barbara Kamler
Voice,
appropriation and discourse representation in a student writing task
by Ron Scollon, Wai King Tsang, David Li, Vicki Yung, and Rodney Jones
Finding
Your Academic Voice Means Making Choices
Developing the writer
Managing
Cognitive Demands for Writing: Comparing the Effects of Instructional Components
in Strategy Instruction
By Susan De La Paz
Improving the Argumentative Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities
Measuring Written Language Ability in Narrative Samples
Conventions in higher education discourse
Shaping
Written Knowledge: The Genre & Activity of the Experimental Article in Science
by Charles Bazerman (entire book available for download)
Hunting
for GAD: the search for a description of General Academic Discourse
by
Esther Daborn
Learning
the discourse of a discipline: the nature of apprenticeship
by Robyn
Woodward-Kron
Academic literacy in the Internet era
Information
literacy - the challenge of the digital age by Barbara Lepani
The
On-line Visual Literacy Project
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