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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Essay, Report &amp; Composition Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment, or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3598.39794)</generator><item><title>Re: Bridging the gap of cultures</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm#11458</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:28:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11458</guid><dc:creator>southafrica</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm#11458</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-11458.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks for your reply. :d</description></item><item><title>Re: Bridging the gap of cultures</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm#11427</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:28:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11427</guid><dc:creator>maj</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm#11427</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-11427.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>What an interesting essay! It provides you with an insight into a different culture!</description></item><item><title>Bridging the gap of cultures</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:28:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11416</guid><dc:creator>southafrica</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BridgingTheGapOfCultures/czwj/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-11416.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Walls That Block Communication  How Culture Influences Who We Are  Culture has been broadly defined as “a set of shared ideas, . . . the customs, beliefs, and knowledge that characterize a way of life.” We learn many cultural values through direct teaching, but we also absorb much without even being aware of it. Said one researcher: “From the moment of  birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.”  In many ways culture makes life easier for us. As children we quickly learn how...</description></item></channel></rss>