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• 3. Characteristics of culture
• Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people.
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• 1. What is culture? • The first step in learning to communicate across cultures, is to consider what people mean when they talk about culture. • The most usual meaning is that culture refers to people’s customs and behavior.
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Level 1: Cultural differences are exotic Level 2: Cultural differences are frustrating Level 3: The different culture is believable Level 4: The different culture is believable as lived experience.