LIR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lingua Franca, Gfk Entertainment Charts, Proxemics

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Language and Intercultural Relations
• Course: LIR 100
• Professor: Jamin Pelkey

Document Summary

Story: not knowing what type of asian people are. Control vs understanding: when we learn a new language we understand a different perspective, when we learn a new language we have to let go of control and learn how to lose control making strange new analogies. Internet no central authority we have instant access to everything: we are slowkly trying to change to be more lectical but its hard since we are so mechanical. Martin and nakayam 2007: every culture language coming into contact with others has a a lot of problems with miscommunication. Demographic imperative: people fleeing from war torn areas, people misinterpreting fake news. Economic imperative: studying intercultural relations future of business. Self-awareness imperative: know yourself and become an authentic individual. In order to understand something, you have to compare with something that it is not: same goes for your self, finding yourself.