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Hi There, I am wondering if anyone could explain me the meanings of the following terms, supraterritoriality Interdependence I will appreaciate Your Helps.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

(1) Supraterritoriality: ' Globalization, properly conceived, refers to what Scholte calls “supraterritoriality.” Scholte proposes that in a globalized world, territory and borders no longer matter or, at the very least, matter far less than they did in previous, non-globalized, eras. The advantage of defining globalization as “supraterritoriality” is that it encompasses all of the facets of globalization relevant to the rebellion in Chiapas. Specifically, supraterritoriality encompasses trade liberalization, increased communication, cultural homogenization, and a loss of decision-making autonomy.

As a part of supraterritoriality, barriers to the flow of goods and services between countries are reduced or eliminated, a process known as liberalization. With fewer barriers, borders matter less because goods and services can flow just as easily across borders as they can flow within borders. However, to define globalization as simply liberalization would be redundant since the idea of trade liberalization has been in the western discourse of ideas at least since the time of Adam Smith.

Supraterritoriality also involves advanced communication. Technological development in the last century and a half has served to increase contacts between individuals around the world, increasing transborder links. This is a facet of globalization because the technology of communication compresses space and time, making irrelevant one’s geographic position and the time necessary to communicate across great distances

Increased liberalization and increased communication and information flow around the world together lead to an interchange of culture. When more people are communicating and trading with people from different countries, cultures are bound to meet. Indeed, this has been happening at least since the time of Marco Polo, who brought parts of Chinese culture back to Europe. However, in a supraterritorial world, this cultural mixing is greatly intensified. Although cultural mixing is a part of globalization, to define globalization simply as cultural interchange would be redundant since cultural mixing has been occurring long before the rise of the term globalization.'

(2) Interdependence: A and B are each dependent on the other; A and B are mutually dependent. 'In economics, the concept that all prices are to some degree affected by all other prices and also that all markets are affected by all other markets.'

Sheena84 · Answer

Thank you so much Mister Micawber for explaining the meanings of the terms, I appreciate that.

But I have another Request, I am wondering if you could give me some tips, about how to improve the way I speak English, I’ve just had one direct interaction with a British speaker, and I spoke in so horrible way. I don’t know why I can’t speak as well as I write (but for sure I speak on net with native English speakers via messenger, and I do Well, I don’t think that I am that bad) But I don’t know why I can’t speak vocally so well, is it act of normality to do bad in your first direct speech?! I really have so limit time to improve myself ,because by next month I will be in middle of direct interaction with American Students in an Student exchange program so we will enter group discussions and will spent a significant amount of time with them , so what do You suggest me to do?!

Mister Micawber · Answer

Hi Sheena,

Is it act of normality to do bad in your first direct speech?

It most certainly is! I would not be able to even open my mouth! I do not think you should be upset at all at a bit of panicking-- speaking and listening to a second language in real life is much more difficult (and stressful and frustrating) at first than reading and writing it, because you are dealing with real people in real time.

There is not much more, practically, that you can do in a month-- except have faith in what you have already learned, relax, and enjoy the prospect of soon having a real opportunity to use and practice the English you have been studying. After you start your exchange problem, you will soon find that you will be able to understand the American students better, and more vocabulary will come back into your brain when you need it, as you become comfortable with the situation and are dealing with practical communication challenges.

And let us know about your experiences during this exchange program!

MM

Sheena84 · Answer

Hi Mister Micawber,
I just would liked to tell you about my experience in the exchange program, It was a very good experience for me, very useful, thoughtful experience in so many aspects, as for my English, it was good, especially the night I arrived I was so confident because when they were asking me questions I was just answering so smoothly and fluently, it was too easy for me to answer I even didn’t think that English is a problem, I was just thinking about the questions and the dialogues.
before I arrive there I practiced talking with one of the passengers inside the plain :-p, so when I arrived the exchange I used a little bit on the oral dialogue, but after the first night I started to step back a little bit, I don’t know if it was that I confused because so many people were asking us so many questions or because every thing was just so new for me, or because I started to think of how to speak English rather than the speech, some thing happened which I can’t explain why I twisted like that, so that made some confusion that I lost control in matter to concentrate on the questions they ask, or my answers or my English, that was the hard point for me at that time, I even some times kept staying calm in order not to make any mistake in my English, I started to lose confident of my English, for reasons I still didn't realize it yet, But later I contacted my brother he told me that it's not important to show how well English you can speak, they understand you anyways, and no matter how hard you try to show you can speak a good English it won’t be like their English, so focus on what they ask you and your answers and the purpose of your being there, and Ideas you want to trade and exchange rather than the English, because you’re there in the exchange and they just want to hear from you stories, Ideas rather than anything else, and just use simple English to overtake it, and that was really right! When I started to think about the questions, answers the English was coming easily and smoothly even without thinking what words should I use, and the people there said that our English is good, and so many of them said that they liked our accent! Which I don’t know why they did like it! And as a whole it was good, but of course I can’t deny that some times I made horrible mistakes, and some times I didn’t ask questions or didn’t trade my ideas in order not to make mistakes which was wrong of me I shouldn’t care about the very detailed mistakes, but I am quite sure that next time when I speak English somewhere vocally there would be a huge difference between the two dialogue experiences! Now I am much more open minded about my English! much more confident But I think that I still need to learn more and more and speak more, and one of the good things that I learned was some Idioms which they use in their daily life, such like (we are heading to) instead of (we are going to) and so many other terms that they use it in their daily life. Oh, I forgot, it was also so easy to understand their speeches, their vocabulary was not so weird and strange!

At the last days when I used so much about every things and every thing became so familiar for me and every thing became so easier to handle with, the time was out by then and the exchange was over and I had to leave!

It was just ten days but very useful!

So thank you Mister Micawber for the supports you showed me before the exchange.

Mister Micawber · Answer

And thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience, Sheena-- it is very valuable for helping other learners to gain confidence. I'm glad it was such a successful adventure for you.

Best regards,

MM

PS: I think your experience is so important for others to read about that I have moved it to our Common Questions and Answers Archive, Sheena.

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