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Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing
Globalization and Localization
CULI National Seminar 19/20 November 2012
Steven GrahamKhon Kaen University International College
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Introduction
• The many faces of ELT• Culture• Hofstede• Embree• Komin• Persons• Discussion
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The Many Faces of ELT
• Teaching• Teacher Training• Lecturing• Research• Leadership and Management• Writing• Publishing
President IATEFL Voices 229 November-December 2012
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Culture
• Tilling the soil, cultivation• Training or refining of the mind, civilisation• Collective ways of acting, thinking and feeling• Values and practices
Hofstede (2008)
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ความรบัผิดชอบความรบัผิดชอบ = responsibility
ความ = something รบั = given ผิด = don't ชอบ = like
Something given to you that you don't like.
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Hofstede (1980) (2001)
• Low or high power distance• Individualism or collectivism• Masculinity or femininity• Strong or weak uncertainty avoidance• Long or short term orientation
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Komin (1990)• Ego• Grateful relationship• Smooth interpersonal relationship• Flexibility and adjustment• Religio-psychical • Education and competence• Interdependence• Fun-pleasure• Achievement-task
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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
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Persons (2008)
• Nata• Kiat• Saksi• Chuesiang• Barami
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Persons
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Discussion
• People are individuals• Assimilation of culture over time• Erosion of peripheral values• Core values
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Discussion
• Task vs harmony• Kraeng cai• Choei• Management training• The need for consultation and better lines of
communication (Hoy 2009)
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Cultural Awareness in the EFL Workplace: Balancing
Globalization and Localization
Steven GrahamKhon Kaen University International College