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LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES Mufidah Nur Izzati mufidahnur.2018@student.uny.ac.id Introduction Cross-cultural communication is communication between two people from different cultural backgrounds. This includes not only international cultural communication, but also communication between different races or ethnicities in the same country. Here we are mainly talking about verbal communication between different ethnic groups. In cross-cultural communication, cultural differences have an important role in the act of speaking and in scientific disciplines in the use of speech. In addition, people tend to use their own cultural principles as a standard to explain and evaluate the behavior of others. This is called "pragmatic transfer" (He, 2000, p.98). Because of this, misunderstandings occur easily and communication across cultures is hampered.

Title Improving Cross-Cultural Awareness and Communication through Mobile Technologies Author Adele Botha, Meraka Institute, South Africa Steve Vosloo, Stanford University, USA John Kuner, Stanford University, USA Madelein van den Berg, Meraka Institute, South Africa Journal International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Publication 1(2), 39-53, April-June 2009

Title Politeness Strategies and Address Forms Used by Filipino Domestic Helpers in Addressing Their Malaysian Employers Author Aries Dahan Gan, MESLMaya Khemlani David, Ph.D.Francisco Perlas Dumanig, Ph.D. Journal Language in India Journal Publication ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 15:1 January 2015

Title A Cross Cultural Study of Communication Strategies for Building Business Relationships Author Yunxia Zhu, Pieter Nel and Ravi Bhat Journal International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Publication 2006; 6; 319. DOI: 10.1177/1470595806070638 Abstract              This study aims to explore communication strategies for relationship building across cultures from a linguistic as well as a culture-specific perspective. Specifically, it sees business relationships as part of social capital and compares communication strategies used to build relationships in sales firms. The research method is based on a discourse analysis of interviews with business managers, which also incorporates their success stories. In the analysis, relationship building is divided into two stages: the initiating stage and the maintaining stage. It ha...

                         My First Online Shop               My first online shop was so memorable.  There are a lot of things I did to prepare my first online shop.  The first thing I did was create an Instagram account. I named my online shop with the name "hepiciti". Hepiciti is an online shop that sells hoop art for wall decor that customers can request pictures, sizes and colors according to their preferences. The second thing I did was promotion. I made several product samples, then I uploaded to the Instagram account. I uploaded repeatedly and I added the hashtag so people could see it. The third thing I did was making a hoop art for my first customer. She ordered a hoop art with a picture of a woman carrying a balloon with the words "happy birthday", then I sent it via JNE. My first customer really likes my product.

                           Goodbye Smelly Shoes              There are three ways to remove unpleasant odors in shoes. The first way is using baking soda. Pour a little baking soda powder in your smelly shoes. Leave the shoes overnight, and dispose of the baking powder powder the next day. The smell will disappear! The second way is using a tea bag. This method can kill bacteria that cause unpleasant odors. Use a tea bag that has been brewed and put it in your shoes for one to two hours. Dry your shoes afterwards and the smell will disappear. The third way is using ground coffee. Take an unused sock and fill it with ground coffee, tie it, then place it in your shoes. Leave them overnight and the coffee powder can absorb the unpleasant odor from your shoes! Apparently keeping our shoes fragrant doesn't need to bother anyway. Just do the methods above, and your feet will smell good e...

Reflection 1. I am very happy to learn English. I am very excited when learning English. I am very interested in learning anything related to English. I like listening, reading, speaking, and also writing. Here I will share my interest in writing. Honestly, among all courses, I like writing the most. My interests in learning English are : First, writing is a way to express my feelings. Second, I can share my experiences through writing. Third, I think through writing, I can write things that are on my mind. I like to share what is on my mind through writing. Besides, I also have to learn grammar before writing. Because, grammar is very necessary in writing. So, in my opinion, writing also can improve my grammar skills. I also like writing materials in this semester. All tasks are fun and not too difficult. All of the tasks helped me improve my writing skills. 2. In my opinion, Project Based Learning, is a learning method that uses projects / activities as media. Students carry ou...