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intercultural communication

Questions and Answers of Intercultural Communication

17. Why do some people say that we should not use labels to refer to people but should treat everybody as individuals? Do you agree?
16. Why is it important to know the social positions of individuals and groups involved in intercultural communication?
15. What does a translator or an interpreter need to know to be effective?
14. What aspects of context infl uence the choice of communication style?
13. What are some cross-cultural variations in language use and communication style?
12. What is the relationship between our language and the way we perceive reality?
11. Why is it important for intercultural communication scholars to study both language and discourse?
20. Discuss the complexities of language policies.
19. Understand the phenomenon of code switching and interlanguage.
18. Explain the difference between translation and interpretation.
17. Understand the challenges of multilingualism.
16. Explain the power of labels.
15. Give examples of variations in contextual rules.
14. Identify cultural variations in communication style.
13. Describe the role of metaphor in understanding intercultural communication.
12. Explain the nominalist, relativist, and qualifi ed relativist positions on language and perception.
11. Discuss the four components of language.
1.2. Stereotypes in Prime-Time TV. Watch four hours of television during the next week, preferably during evening hours when there are more commercials.Record the number of representatives of
1.1. Stereotypes in Your Life. List some of the stereotypes you have heard about U.S. Americans. Then answer the following questions:a. How do you think these stereotypes developed?b. How do they
1.5. What are some of the ways in which members of minority cultures and members of majority cultures develop their cultural identities?
1.4. What are the roles of avowal and ascription in the process of identity formation?
1.3. How does being white affect one’s experience in the United States?
1.2. What are some ways in which we express our identities?
1.1. How do our perceptions of our own cultural identity infl uence our communication with others?
1.10. Explain the relationship between identity and communication.
1.9. Describe phases of multicultural identity development.
1.8. Explain the relationship among identity, stereotyping, and prejudice.
1.7. Identify characteristics of whiteness.
1.6. Identify and describe nine social and cultural identities.
1.5. Describe phases of majority identity development.
1.4. Describe phases of minority identity development.
1.3. Explain the relationship between identity and language.
1.2. Defi ne identity.
1.1. Identify three communication approaches to identity.
1.Cultural-Group History. This exercise can be done by individual students or in groups. Choose a cultural group in the United States that is unfamiliar to you.Study the history of this group, and
18. Why do some people in the United States prefer not to talk about history?What views of social reality and intercultural communication does this attitude encourage?
17. What is the signifi cance of the shift from history to histories? How does this shift help us understand intercultural communication?
16. How do histories infl uence the process of identity formation?
15. When can contact between members of two cultures improve their attitudes toward each other and facilitate communication between them?
14. What factors in your experience have led to the development of positive feelings about your own cultural heritage and background? What factors have led to negative feelings, if any?
13. What kinds of histories are likely to infl uence your interactions with an international student of the same gender and age?
12. How do the various histories of the United States infl uence our communication with people from other countries?
11. What are some examples of hidden histories, and why are they hidden?
110. Describe a dialectic perspective in negotiating personal histories.
19. Identify eight contact conditions that infl uence positive attitude change.
18. Explain the contact hypothesis.
17. Identify four antecedents that infl uence intercultural contact.
16. Identify four types of hidden histories.
15. Describe the relationship between history and identity.
14. Describe the role of narratives in constructing history.
13. Explain the relationship between history, power, and intercultural communication.
12. Defi ne “the grand narrative.”
11. Identify six different types of history.
2. Culture: Deeply Felt or Contested Zone? Analyze the lyrics of songs you listen to and try to identify patterns in the songs. Then think about your own cultural position and discuss which
1. Cultural Values. Look for advertisements in newspapers and popular magazines.Analyze the ads to see if you can identify the social values to which they appeal.
10. Like a coconut pudding, this food comes from Hawaii:a. Lomi lomib. Pokec. Haupiad. Kalua
6. On June 12 every year, some U.S. Americans celebrate “Loving Day” to commemorate:a. Your legal right to love someone of another raceb. Your legal right to love someone of the same sexc. Your
3. A very sweet pie made from molasses that originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch:a. Mincemeat pieb. Sugar piec. Shoofl y pied. Lancaster pie
1. Lagniappe is a term used in southern Louisiana for:a. Hurricanesb. Something free or sometimes a small gift given by a store owner to a customer after a purchasec. Inviting someone over for a
2. Defi ne communication.
3. Analyzing a Video. View a feature fi lm or video (e.g., Crash or Brokeback Mountain ) and assume the position of a researcher. Analyze the cultural meanings in the fi lm from each of the three
1. Becoming Culturally Conscious. One way to understand your cultural position within the United States and your own cultural values, norms, and beliefs is to examine your upbringing. Answer the
2. Intercultural Encounter. Describe and analyze a recent intercultural encounter.This may mean talking with someone of a different age, ethnicity, race, religion, and so on.a. Describe the
1. Family Tree. Interview the oldest member of your family you can contact.Then answer the following questions:a. When did your ancestors come to the United States?b. Where did they come from?c. What
5. If you did a room-by-room assessment of your home today, would you find a diversity of images and items? If the answer is no, what do you and other family members lose because of that lack? How
4. Talk with your partner, housemates and friends about [racial] issues. Notice the whiteness of your surroundings out loud to family and friends. This needn’t be done aggressively or with great
3. As a child, what stories, TV shows or books influenced you the most in your attitudes about people of color? What do you carry with you from that exposure?
2. Was there silence in your home on issues of racism or anti-Semitism? What did you learn from the silence?
1. Were people of color and racism talked about in your childhood home? Think about particular incidents when it was. Was there tension around it? What was the general tone? Who initiated discussions
3. Was your religious community all white? Was the leadership of your religious organization all white?
2. What did you learn about people of color in Sunday school or sermons? About Jewish people?
1. What is your religious upbringing?
9. Identify several challenges for future intercultural communication.
8. Explain the role of forgiveness in intercultural communication.
7. Identify and describe specific strategies for working for social justice.
6. Understand the relationship between social justice and intercultural competence.
5. Identify strategies for building coalitions across cultures.
4. Describe the various ways one can enter into intercultural dialogue.
3. Describe the importance of applying knowledge about intercultural communication.
2. Explain how various contexts influence individual intercultural competence.
1. Identify and describe four individual components of competence.
8. Describe characteristics and advantages of mediation.
7. Be able to distinguish productive from destructive conflict.
6. Explain some strategies for dealing with conflict.
5. Be able to discuss some of the contexts that contribute to social conflict.
4. Explain the role of cultural values, family influences, gender, and ethnicity in interpersonal conflict.
3. Be able to identify five types of interpersonal conflict.
2. Be able to discuss three approaches—social science, interpretive, and critical—to studying conflict.
1. Define and describe characteristics of intercultural conflict.
11. Describe how institutional, historical, or political contexts can facilitate or hinder intercultural relationships.
10. Identify and describe characteristics of gay and lesbian friendships.
9. Identify four interaction styles in intercultural marriages.
8. Identify challenges of intercultural marriages.
7. Explain the frequency of intercultural dating today.
6. Describe “turning points” in intercultural friendships.
5. Describe cultural differences in relational development.
4. Describe some cultural differences in the notion of friendship.
3. Identify three approaches to understanding intercultural relationships.
2. Describe six dialectics of intercultural relationships.
1. Identify three benefits and three challenges to intercultural relationships.

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