Public Speaking in a Multicultural WorldPublic Speaking in a Multicultural WorldMulticultural is a very important thing in speeches, because in all of the speeches given in the world there are people from different culture attending that speech. Even if the lecturer is delivering his/her lecture to the class, then that class is somewhat multicultural. As Dr.Zakir Naik is delivering his speech there are many people listening to him but if we look closer than those people are from different cultures.
The Experts of intercultural Communication says that speech making becomes more complex as Cultural Diversity increases. Cultural Diversity in such a sense that, there is language difference from culture to culture, Thoughts also differ from culture to culture, because one culture and its language is quite different from another. Culture and diversity is closely bound “We communicate the way we do because we are raised in a particular culture and learn its language, rules and norms”.
Many Gestures are different in different parts of the world such as bowing in U.S is usually not done and criticized, but in Japan it shows respect and rank. Slouching is rude in North European areas and hands in pocket are disrespectful in turkey.
Examples of Cultural DiversityIn America most of the cases in the court are because of cultural diversity such as a movie named “Exorcism of Emily Rose”. It was found that the father had killed the girl by treating her in a religious way but she needed medical treatment, in America almost all of them are Christians but some believe in God and Ghosts while others don’t believe it, those defending the case were of the belief that Emily was possessed by a demon but the other party said that there is no such thing as ghost the things which were happening to Emily were purely natural and she needed medical attention.
Another example is that when I was in my 2nd semester and was given a project for opening a new business in Gujranwala. I and my group fellows made a plan for making a café which includes gaming and sheesha lounge from my perspective and that of my group members it was a must done in Gujranwala, because youngsters do not have any place to enjoy this thing. Our business plan was perfect as we surveyed everyone wanted this café, but our teacher said that this is very unethical this business plan if taken in to action will have a disastrous result and you will fail. But happened just because of cultural diversity we live in Sialkot and Gujranwala and has also seen Lahore and its colors so this café was 100% guaranteed success but our teacher was more of a religious type who disliked these things, even I don’t like it but if we talk about making money then this is an ideal business. He wanted us
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So who were you then?
I was an engineer, I was a graphic designer and I am fluent in English and Korean. My team mates in the company were also in Singapore and I got to know them quite well in Gujranwala and I met with them after coming to Singapore to apply for a position. We met all they know about our business plans in Singapore while I stayed there.
What did you do for the better of it?
My brother I was an electrical engineer. My friend was a finance manager and his skills were high. I started teaching myself the language and the language was in English. I am a well educated people and this was a great opportunity for a young person to study in Singapore and work in Singapore. I would have liked to be here or in Singapore but that is what they have done for me and that is why I was here for the better of it. I also got a good job as a teacher and a good colleague was my student. When I came of age that was a big day for me. From being a student to professor it was an exciting experience as we were in so many different cultures. It was a way to learn to speak Korean and the language in Singapore as Singaporean.
Where did your family come from?
My father was also a farmer to earn some money from the farmer for himself, but his wife and one mother raised the children here and worked at the farmers business, while his wife lived to be 75. They worked mainly in construction in Gujranwala but also taught my father and sister to write, and our father was always happy and he could have any time. He just wanted to be the best we could be. We had good family life, my mother’s name was Kyoung-Chul-e or wife. They all wanted to be children even though they are not a family anymore. Even in school I was never too happy with my role but in university I was always happy and happy and I got the impression that when my mom was coming from Vietnam and my dad was from Hong Kong you could call it family life.
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