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DESCRIPTION:When learning to speak a foreign language\, students typically 
 are given a lesson in how to introduce themselves. This lesson often takes
  the form of a simple conversational dialogue such as\, “Hello\, my name i
 s...What’s yours?”\n\nBut names can be complicated\, and naming convention
 s and forms of address differ from culture to culture. Names can be confus
 ing between speakers whose first languages use different logographic and p
 honological representations. Names also come with stereotypes and cultural
  assumptions. As I have found out after teaching English as a foreign lang
 uage (EFL) in Japan for the past two decades\, the beliefs associated with
  names often underly cultural differences in power relationships and assum
 ed identities in the language classroom.\n\nIn this presentation I will fi
 rst introduce the complicated role of EFL in the Japanese cultural context
 . I will then explore different ways in which languages and cultures appro
 ach self-introductions and how certain assumptions about names and ethnici
 ty affect intercultural communication.\n\nAudience members are encouraged 
 to share their personal experiences they have had while learning and teach
 ing language in which cultural assumptions about names\, naming convention
 s\, and physical appearance affected or influenced communication outcomes.
 \n\nFinally\, I will introduce some of my recent research into historical 
 aspects of intercultural communication of the Irish in New France and Lowe
 r Canada. The focus will be on naming conventions of the time and how that
  may have affected communication and perceived identity from a historical 
 past/present dialectical approach.\n\nPart of the BILD Speaker Series\n
DTSTART:20190117T170000Z
DTEND:20190117T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 200\, Peel 3715\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1X1\, 3715 rue Pee
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SUMMARY:Faces and Names: Do we wish they were the same?
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/dise/Faces%20and%20Names
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