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Download full textVavrus, Frances K. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2017
This article draws upon my keynote address delivered at the 44th Oceania and Comparative and International Education Society (OCIES) Conference held at the University of Sydney. It examines how metaphors and other forms of symbolic language used to describe educational dilemmas shape the responses that are imaginable in addressing them. In…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Symbolic Language, Discourse Analysis, Achievement Gap
Griffin, Robert E.; And Others – 1995
The purpose of this study was to measure how well business and professional people from various cultures interpret symbols commonly used in international business presentations. Questionnaires contained 15 black and white symbols, selected from the clip art collection of Harvard Graphics business graphics software. Respondents from the United…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cultural Influences, Cultural Literacy, Data Interpretation
