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Cultural Compass is my own mentoring method for Spanish language and Cross-Cultural learning. It is designed with an intention for international learners, whose objective is to gain in-depth knowledge in a culture foreign to them. Culture and language intertwine, permeating every aspect of personal development. They influence how people may rationalize a particular thing or event and respond to it in a manner different from one culture to another. Learning a language without understanding its culture (and vice versa) does not foster communication potential fully. But culture and language are multifaceted. The artificial layer in culture, that is visible to the naked eye, could reflect something entirely different from the idea people value. To a certain extent, if what people value is espoused by the idea that has been taken for granted over a long period of time, the interpretation of the visible part in a culture could be so challenging that it would involve identifying the deeply held assumption embedded in the sub-conscience of the group in a particular culture.

The Cultural Compass method merges language and cross-cultural learning into a manageable strategic mentoring programme, that fosters learner’s cognitive processing in real-time roleplays. Thereby, it exposes learners to the implicit property residing within culture and language through real-world experience, (arguably) unteachable by formal learning alone. Without strategic focus as such, effective language and cross-culture learning would be impossible to achieve in a limited time. By involving the learner to integrate “formal knowledge” (in cultural and language context) in conjunction with “tacit knowledge” experienced firsthand as they interact with activities in the real world, Cultural Compass effectively builds the soft-skill competency in cross-cultural intelligence and effective communication serving learner’s objectives for personal or professional development.

My extensive experience in language and cross-cultural learning and mentoring with individuals and organizations around the world, provides attentive guidance to ensure you to meet learning objectives with the most suitable learning style. With Cultural Compass’ actionable learning methodology, you will maintain their enthusiasm to acquire integrated tacit knowledge in relatively short time. Without the strategic focus of which, natural language and cross-cultural learning would be unnecessarily lengthy, and serves vague objectives. Cultural Compass learners appreciate the competency they discover from the innovative mentoring programme, serving their communication and cross-cultural development purpose with real value.