Glossary

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Communication 
(from Latin 'communis' meaning to share) is when information, thoughts, feelings and messages are exchanged and expressed by speech, visuals, signals, writing or behaviour (body language).

Diaspora

The dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland.

English as a lingua franca

English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be defined as “an additionally acquired language system which serves as a common means of communication for speakers of different first languages”. ELF is also “defined functionally by its use in intercultural communication rather than formally by its reference to native-speaker norms” whereas English as a foreign language aims at meeting native speaker norms and gives prominence to native speaker cultural aspects.

Ethnocentric

Evaluating other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.

Globalisation

The expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world time and space. The shrinking of time and space. 

Glocalisation

A combining of global and local aspects. A global service that is adapted to suit the local need. Globalisation has gained specific importance it is necessary teachers recognise this and respond to it by incorporating it into the classroom.

Sustainability

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.

Trolling
Intentionally writing or posting an opposing position to get a reaction out of someone (sometimes followed by a U Mad Bro? meme). 

Identity
 A sense of who you are as a person and how you relate yourself to others. An identity is what you stand behind and believe based on perceptions of yourself and the ones made by family and friends. 

Assimilation

 When you bring your culture and mix it with the culture of another until one day, the two merge and are identified or accepted into the majority group. 

Prototype

A first or preliminary model of something (usually a machine).

Entrepreneur 

A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so. The easy definition is that entrepreneur is someone who networks with various businesses to find out and take advantage of business opportunities.

Curriculum

A set of courses from a school or university that basically instructs a main idea/"main take-away"

Awareness

The state of being aware of something.