Intercultural Communication - Chapter 1

Intercultural Communication  Why Intercultural Communication? Healthy Communities Commerce Reduced Conflict Personal Growth  Dynami Process c Communicati on Foundations Symboli...

Intercultural Communication  Why Intercultural Communication? Healthy Communities Commerce Reduced Conflict Personal Growth  Dynami Process c Communicati on Foundations Symboli Context c  Get into groups of 3 or 4 & share your collage with your group. Answer the following questions: When you look at someone else's collage, what do you think are the key elements of their cultural identity? How might your interpretation be Cultural shaped by your own cultural lens? Collage Did you notice any common themes, symbols, or colors across the collages in your group? What might these similarities or differences tell us about shared cultural values versus unique cultural experiences?  What did you learn about your classmates' cultural identities that you didn’t expect or hadn’t considered before?  Accumulated patterns of values, beliefs, and What do we behaviors shared by an identifiable group of mean by people with a common history and verbal & nonverbal symbol systems. culture? Values, beliefs, behaviors Identifiable group of people with a common history Verbal & nonverbal systems Microcultures  Uncertainty  Apprehension Uncertainty & Communication apprehension: the Apprehension fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or group of persons. Self Assessment 1.2 Page 23  How did you feel about your results on the PRICA scale? Were they what you expected, or were you surprised by the outcome? In which intercultural contexts do you feel the most apprehensive, and why do you think that is? Self- How do you think your level of intercultural communication apprehension affects your ability Assessmen to engage in intercultural interactions? What strategies can be employed to reduce t 1.2 intercultural communication apprehension? Have you used any of these strategies in the past, and were they effective? How might learning more about other cultures help reduce your communication apprehension? Assumptions During intercultural communication (IC), the message sent is usually not the message received IC is primarily a nonverbal act between people IC necessarily involves a clash of communication styles Initial IC is a group phenomenon experienced by individuals. IC is a cycle of stress, adaptation, and growth What is the end goal? Intercultural Communication Competence  Cultural Context Microcultural Semester Context Overview Environmental Context Perceptual Context Sociorelational Context