MEHDI POURGHASEMI
I have a master degree in social science researching, I need to develop my English profeciency to reach my aims for entering to the Ph.D. position at well-prestigeous university. Have fun
Location Mashhad-Iran
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I personally consider the concept of pedagogy as a great claim or critical tendency against the formal education
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I think it would be the reason why working on some basic personal and social skills is key to claim on global education (intercultural pedagogy)...
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From my poin of view, skills have priorety than other items. It is right related to some personal skills including Logical, creative, critical, prolem solving and communicaation skills which would be applied to work on understandings, orientations and actions. For example, I believe we could not work on intercultural (communication) knowledges, if we did not...
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Thank you very much!
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I have not had enough time to compare models, but having a quick glanz on them, they are twined with knowledge, impression and competences to live in such a such a complicated world. I think some basic competences including creative thinking, analytic & critical thinking and following them, the problem solving skill would have priority than others.
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As I comented in the previous page, I am inteested more to the Prof Bourn concerns and activities about global skills, critical thinking and methods of connecting global issues to more tangeable issues around students (direct matters to their life).
As a researcher in Intercultural Communication studying at the Vienna university, I consider such issues more... -
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I personaly moe intrested to follow the worries and works from Professor Bourn in the field of global skills. He also tend more to consider critical thinking which is really a basical life skill in this more conservative modern life.
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As the theme of my focus is intercultural education and I have known it as some indigenous Phenomenological experiences, I tried to avoid using "global" instead of "local". It is certainly some common education goals or methods which could be considered generally; but it would delve us into a mistake in considering some too general matters instead of some more...
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hello everyone. I am so excieted to go on the course in the second week.
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Thanks to the educators. It is just needed to spend more time than 3 hours per week to keep the course. If these contents would be presented every two weeks, I could benefited from the presented resources more.
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There are lots of issues than policy which would be boring for the students! I think, an issue would be boring when the students could not clearly find its connections to their life and not convinced about its importance.
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In the field of intercultural nonverbal communication, the most challenge which I have dealt with is the methodology of my research project which is qualitative instead of quantitative methodologies. However, I really hope a day will come when we consider look at Intercultural happenings as a unique phenomenon.
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As a main challenging side of GE for me to think is the field of knowledge and the level of diving to the matter because of the stakeholders' capacities. I personally believe that it is better for us to know in a limited way...
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It is a fact that we can not be value free (as positivism debate in science) and most of the time we deal with our continusly shaping prototypes (like a frame on our eyes) in our judgement. In persian we have a metaphore that you don let to judge others' walking, unless you walk with their shoes. I have found this metaphore more practical to act as an...
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I want to find more cretive practices in case of my major issue as Intercultural Nonverbal Communication.
I think there would be some other ways to make the next generation ready for the future als education.
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From my point of view, becoming actively engaged global citizens could be a function of Global Education, however I consider it as a cover which would be needed a more sense of responsibility and a sense of tolerance against others around the world. prrior than them, these two senses would be developed by more analytical/critical thinking with the empathetic...
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In agrrement with Mr. LIoyd, I think that encouraging critical & analytical thinking among the next generations would make a foundation to work on many socio-cultural challnges which are arisen from the globalisation.
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could you also share your practical insights and specific aims encouraging students to hold different perspectives?
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Honestly, I have had not enough time to read all the uploaded texts and this clarification as well. If recognision and appreciation socio-cultural differences and multiple identities, could be considered as an approach, I would introduce Intercultural nonverbal communication and lots of the relevant misunderstandings as my main issue. I expanded such an issue...
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I think it is essential to categorise the students based on their ages, and the level of their engaement with global issues first. for instance, upbringing the level of their sensiblity to the outside, critical and creative thinking have priority to be formulised and practiced by the teachers for the lower ages. Later, children would develop their impressions...
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All their experiences are thoughtful and worth to be considered. However, the counterparts' capability to follow the plans is a crucial first step which would not be forgotten.
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I have finden the main issue in global learning, as a global citizenship education.
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Hello @KathrynGarnier. I hope that you also consider intercultural issues in the multicultural education systems and we could beginn a conection full of exchanges by taking part in this course.
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Nice to meet you @KavitaKothary here in the course. I am hopefull to learn from your insightful practices through the course, how to formulise intercultural communication issues in the primary schools. intecultural misunderstandings among teachers, teachers-students & among students from different cultures...
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hello everyone. This is Mehdi Pourghasemi a phd candidate in communication science at the Vienna University. Personally I am interested a lot to the Intercultural Nonverbal Communication as a phenomenon in the notformal relationship of this new urban life. Till now, I have not finden an opportunity to bring up my impressions in the education/integration...
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hello everyone, I am intreseted a lot to the social and intercultural aspect of globalisation. nice to be in this course and hope I can keep the course well
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The validity and reliability of our tools to gather the data is the first and most challenge in every same case.
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My field of study and experiences is "social researching"; however I have found lots of new terms in this conceptualization...
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In this general situation, a question could be :
- Which type of events are the three most popular one?As some KPIs, there are :
- the results of other event holders in our district/ among our ethnicity in other district/ etc. (external bench markers)
- the results of our previous performances in such field in same time/ same district/ etc. (internal... -
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- I think defining some long term and short term strategies could be crucial in analytics. Then, some regulators or soft wares could be brought up which make our long term reviews easier.
- There are lots of information needs for: from the number of sold headphones ... to the content analysis of our (and other rivals') recieved feedbacks. -
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I think that the presented five objects have some overlabs and the categorisation is not completely logic. Is there any one else?
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Finding usefull measurments to apply in digital analytics is in my priority.
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Clarifying the "analysis target" is a key activity at first stage... could any one explain how (and by who) that process would start and run?
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I think the predictive side of the skill needs more creativity rather than validity and reliability.
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This is Mehdi come from Iran who wants to learn the way of using his statistic and research knowledges to apply in digital world...
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3) To acheive the first and second goals, Linked-in seems to be appropriate; and Linked-in & Facebook could help for the third goal
4) Sharing photes (with descriptions on) and articles, broughting up questions and challenges, sending friend request through Linked-in. Furthermore, through Facebook, sharing Clips would be beneficial.
5) As a key...
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1) The brand that I hope to oromote by social media is "Anexiety & Uncertainty in Nonverbal Intercultural Interaction"
The predicted goals in this stage are:
- Introducing that title as a new interdeciplinary field.
- finding and cooperating with other activists in its mother deciplines.
- sharing findings to make the field more applicable2) The...
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Find a way to be more effectively
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One key challenge in this stage is between "repeatation" and "target group expectation. Could you help more with this regards?
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A question:
In cases of some general objects, could it be possible that the capabilities of media lead a strategist to define the target group? -
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As the latest Brand which I am listening about right now, "Meet Elitsa" could be mentioned to. This coursepage is the media which be used to introduce her...
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Hello everyone, through this course I would really like to catch something more about Nonverbal signs, their applications and tricks in social media.
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I think that begining point to solve such a problem is familarity with stakeholders and connecting them to achiev some more beneficial, practical offers ... not bringing up an offer like "plastic washing up"!
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upgrading stakeholders knowledge on benefits and demerits is a way of making the changes longer.
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as a matter of fact, it would be much better if we considered that process as spiral and not circular; because its obvious that the process is certainly progressive.
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every society is like an ecoystem which all its elements connected to the others and the isulation of stakeholders is a sign of shortcoming.
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I am relly worried about the rapid population changes in my home country which has been occured following a drastic immgration by youngesters in Iran
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with such fluctuation in some group`s identity, can we still use the concept of European identity? West/East, South/North, member of Eu or Not and so forth.
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I would say a couple of things I think they should be focused more through the course:
first of all, the children mother language should be kept as a valuable thing was born with them. In which way we could be committed more to their first language and don`t mixed them up?
Then, English teaching process in home country or some different situations (such as... -
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Thanking the brief outline of the week, would mentors find more about some other titles namely "silence" and "mindfulness" and their relations to the rest of subjects. Truly, I ask you kindly help me find any logical mind map regarding these weeks schedule?
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As far as I understand, there are a lot of exceptions regarding the territories and punctuality regards the different contexts in every culture. Then, as Dylan commented, territories could be defined rather than just an interpersonal distance or as commented, focusing on time could be changeable from context to context (like leisure time vs. meeting time) So,...
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This dialogue is like what I have experienced in my (mostly) High context culture in my previous work place by a boss who emphasized on his reasons more than yours. He just wanted to do what he aimed at the moment and could not imagined any more (regards what happened previously and mid-term or long-term goals). Even, I remember an occasion related to birth of...
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As far as I know about my life, I prefer LC features mostly, however maybe here I have found many HC characteristics among people in my relatives, neighbors or colleagues. In that way, I suppose that being LC is a necessity for "the discipline in societies" and HC is a necessity for "the frenzy actions in societies". Could anyone help if these descriptions...
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Would mentors help me solve the contradiction between indirect and implicit (as two features of HC communications) in one hand and nonverbal communications on the other hand. Does it mean that verbal communication is more direct and accurate than nonverbal one? could these features influence each other? what are some features arisen from HC nonverbal...
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Dear Rebecca, many thanks to your insightful comment. If I am not mistaken, exaggerating to attribute some features to our babies in every way would be wrong?
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Dear mentors, I don`t know it would be right or wrong, but I have made a short lyric with my son about some of his characteristics in positive side. For instance in some playing situations we may sing together (rhythmic in my language) that "my Pedram is intelligent/ however he is naughty... my honey Pedram/ love curiosity everywhere..."
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Being compared to others is one of the most awful treatment in upbringing children which I had experienced that a lot and I don`t know why (mostly as I dealt with) Iranian parents cover their communication competence to their children doing so???
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1) taking a walk in others shoes by considering their identities is just a way to perceive, interpret and react fairly.
2) As far as I have considered, rather than reading someone stories, it would be very helpful if we were aware about many other`s nonverbal clues.
3) Truly I am looking for such opportunities to have international scholar interactions in... -
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Dear Ann, in agreement with you, I also think that coming humans closer together makes the shortages more obvious and there are more efforts need to keep positive relationship...
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Dear Alex, Many thanks to your brief insightful response... It would be appreciated if you could help me more and had a connection by this email address: mehdi.pourghasemi@gmail.com
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could everyone please help me compelet my impression about the identity outer layers if they are:
- more temporary
- more cultural
- less informative
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Dear mentors! I hope it would not be bothering if I asked about the rules of Social Identity Theory specifically right for Cultural Identity? By which I mean, why social and cultural identities seem to be such similar with regards different aspects of cultural identity were mentioned and the SIT?
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I think that all the intercultural competence is "self-consciousness, intelligent and respectful to others in our interactions and being Nonverbal competent is the first ability in that way. could anyone help correct or complement that?
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Then, the necessity of reading other clues and being aware about our behaviors in (mostly) intercultural interaction lead us to one essential competence known as "nonverbal communication". could mentors help us more about that?
Also, as it was explained that the first or more obvious layer is a public layer, could we consider that as more cultural identity?... -
Thanks to the Alex prompt response, what I wanted to know is the ordering rule which the sorts of our identical clues could present?
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Following the explanation, could I argue that:
every physical, personal or social features could be considered as cultural identity; whereas every cultural features could not be considered as other mentioned identities?
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I am mostly defined as a "family oriented dad" from my relatives view. From a career perspective, I am known as a strive social researcher who has an ambition of higher studying. As my neighbors or co-workers view I am viewed as an atheist man who has some sorts of personal ethics and disciplines.
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This is a "man" as a "freelance social researcher" from a "middle class" "close knit" family of a "developing country", living in lots of "religious norms and values but personally free from most of them...
May I ask tutors if there is any rule to order many characters comes to mind (regarding the level of view, the engaging duration, etc.)? -
I appreciate the Angela patiently description and have an extra suggestion seems to be more valid "in this case": I would say "a sea fish in a river" by which I mean a hard, unknown situation in comparison to previous condition.
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As a monitoring or leading action, is there anyone help me find the proper age range to focus more on discipline? Also, how could we make him/her aware about the necessity of discipline?
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would trainers help me find, what happen if sometimes in a language learning process by role playing, we (as parents) make a joke or fun situation of the baby`s mistake and like some of our similar mistakes laugh them together to any next opportunity to correct them?
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I want to ask educators and participants to focus more on children age range and these days` spaces and facilities for every analysis or proposing.
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Regarding the second question, It should be said that any such sharing knowledge make all the counterparts stronger... the critical view on intercultural issues, inter-scholars challenging in a dialectical manner and making scientific climate is one valuable function of this MOOC. Many thanks to Dr. Kulich team efforts and futurelearn for its context...
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I extremely believe that the intercultural understanding initially needs our self awareness and other empathy which is always hard to achieve.
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I would say that these intercultural happenings are continually unavoidable and the amount of their influences in the processes of intercultural interaction is dependent to the counterparts` Cultural Intelligence.
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I would say that these intercultural happenings are continually unavoidable and the amount of their influences in the processes of intercultural interaction is dependent to the counterparts` Cultural Intelligence.
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Dear Norah, in agreement with your comment, as I have concerned in many resources there is not a valid and reliable border border between them two. I want to refer you to the below link which I suppose can clarify the subject more:
https://ixmaticommunications.com/2011/02/03/cross-cultural-vs-intercultural/
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Dear Mentors, regarding the distinction and complementary roles of etic and emic lenses, and also the necessity of distinction between inter-culture and cross-culture as two subjects of study, could I imagine that etic methodology is mostly eligible for cross-cultural studies while emic methodology is basically right for intercultural view?
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Dears Zhi and Zuo, while thanking to your consideration, as far as I know, the mixture construction of each culture is mostly related to 1) the level of your perspective if you have a micro or macro level of explanation; and 2) the type of social stratification or as far as I concern, the the range of social classes being in each society. With this regards,...
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Appreciating Mahdi`s kind explanations, just regards this step, why can`t we consider "contact" as a kind of "action or interaction" rather than "communication" or even "behavior"?
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Thanks to the mentors insightful descriptions, based on one of the resources in this field (Helen Spencer-Oatey and Peter Franklin, 2009) I would argue that maybe it was more reliable if we named the "intercultural communication" as "intercultural interaction". Because of many characteristics regards this definition which are samples of "interaction" more than...
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Thanks to Drs. Kulich, Shanshan and Paul, as you kindly described, would it be ok if we labeled "cultural intelligence" as a kind of "self awareness"? which is differently from other intelligence, more educational and experience based. I suppose when our personal possesses can be imagined as a suitcase dealing with other cultures, "cultural intelligence" could...
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I can just say that thanks for this "scientific tolerance"
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Many thanks to your consideration professor, I always appreciate your scientific ethic and responsibility. I hope it can lead us to the scientific dynamic climate.
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Can I have a question that what is the role of "cultural intelligent" in the body or structure of our suitcases?
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As Steven mentioned, why this Metaphor accepted such exclusively when any fish will dead out of water? Truly, I ask this question just to receive more etymological guidance.
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Thanks to the represented definition, I would ask mentors to describe more about the below criteria mentioned there:
- What do you mean about the “contact”? Is there any emphasis on the direct personal communication?
- Is not it better using “between people or group from different cultures” instead of “between different cultures”? Because of emphasizing on... -
Thanks to Dr. Chengli, following your right description, I think that time or periodical changes are such elements must be considered more in our definition of intercultural situation.
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First of all, I would kindly ask mentors to explain more about the mentioned criteria as far as it possible.
Also, as the phrase ‘intercultural communication’ is used very extensively across a wide range of disciplines, let me ask for more explanation about:
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One influential characteristic in Iranian families (like what I have had) is their "religious tendency" which has mostly made some challenges between old and new generations regards their norms (like what is known as Hijab), ritual behaviors (like praying or fasting) and even believes (like parents` fatalism) and so forth...
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I would say that I am from a developing country which its people behavior mostly based on their emotions (which I believe is a basic reason to their religion tendencies), too interested to western values but not to their rules and strives, a bit egoist and lazy, family orientation and many morals arisen from those characteristic such as closer friendships,...
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I am thinking that I have experienced some intercultural challenges even in my extended family.
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Becoming more aware about the necessities, characteristics and competences related to the intercultural communication is my first ambition to take this course for the following opportunities in my life...
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It is my really pleasure meet your kind responsible team again.
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As I commented previously, I have spent quite a lot time with my little son and also other children in some public spaces and I really enjoy their world. In this way, I have found many things like the necessity of feeling freedom in their learning and everything can make an imaginary story for them.
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As a person interested in Nonverbal Communication, I would say that we can make them prepare by such a discipline, cultural activities, games, musics, dance or sings. everything would make circumstances to live and think in English.
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Happy to read that developments and hopeful it goes to Iran a day.
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Great. But what is that exactly and how can I find?
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As a father I would say that I spend around 5 hours per day with my 3 years old son. I am learning English at advanced level for studying PhD abroad and I just have some other matters teaching but I enthusiastic to spend time with children and specially my son and reach many experiences in this field.
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Hello there. This is Mehdi Pourghasemi from Iran who has a 3 years old son and wants to go abroad for the study in there. So, It is one of my main worries how can I can make my son ready for living there with less uncertainty and anxiety. With regards Nonverbal matters I have had substantial studies about but what about language preparation in this age? It is...
