Chapter two in the book discusses culture and interpersonal communication. There are many different types of culture that is…
Cultural Interview with Vernessa Oraegbu Introduction Sitting in the ODU Student Government’s office was the first time I met Vernessa. Instantaneous, we were acquainted and became friends. I always knew her family was from a different country, but I never questioned her background. Regardless, Vernessa became a student government senator with me as a freshman at Old Dominion as a marketing major where she hopes to eventually work in real estate. Although we were friends, I only knew the surface of her personality and background.…
Cultural Competency Paper CHI Saint Francis Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Grand Island, NE, with 190 beds. Saint Francis Medical Center, was established in 1887 and is located in Grand Island, Neb. Saint Francis provides a wide range of medical and clinical services. It provides multiple clinical services, such as cardiology, imaging, intensive and critical care, nutrition and dietary plans, pediatric, and surgical services. Some of its other services include electrocardiogram, echocardiology, cardiopulmonary, intravascular ultrasound, cancer treatment and respiratory care.…
Greenfeld discusses that conversation cannot happen without cultural literacy, however, I strongly disagree. This article manipulates how the reader looks at conversation and devalues genuine conversation. Cultural literacy does nothing to help improve our relationships with people. As a society, we have become more distant by having the world at our fingertips, and it has become evident with our everyday conversation. We need to be able to step out of the comfort zone of talking about the latest new trend and start making real connections with people.…
Martin and Nakayama noted how scholars of cultural communication describe how various aspects of culture are enacted in speech communities that is in contexts (p.111). Furthermore, they seek to understand communication patterns that are situated socially and give voice to cultural identity according to Martin and Nakayama (p.111). Additionally, they examine how the cultural forms and frames (terms, rituals, myths, and social dramas) are enacted through structuring norms of conversation and interaction according to Martina and Nakayama (p.111). One must also take into consideration that patterns are not connected in a deterministic way to any cultural group as cited by Martin and Nakayama (p.111). Two methods that reinforce culture through communication…
Introduction I originally was going to interview a girl from Singapore for this paper, but I had to go back home and I was not able to talk with her after all. So while I was back in my home town I interviewed a girl I went to school with, and for the sake of the paper I am going to refer to her as Sally. Before interviewing Sally I knew how our physical appearances differed, but I didn’t realize how culturally different we were. Understanding Others Sally is different from me in number of ways, but some of our differences are she is a mother, she refers to herself as a Christian, she still lives in the town she grew up in, and she has a job.…
Caring for diverse patients is sometimes frustrating. Not only is it a challenge to care for them, but it is also a challenge for us because we have to be able to change our way of thinking and learn to listen to our diverse patients and respect their culture. The purpose of this paper is to explain the components of a comprehensive cultural assessment, preparing a care plan for a culturally diverse patient with a new diagnosis, along choosing two components and reflect on my culture along with how it impacts my attitude toward those aspects of providing care. Comprehensive Cultural Assessment Components When assessing a patient that immigrated to the United States, it is important to know and understand that the patients bring with them their customs,…
Understanding cultural behavior, values and cognitive traits are important attributes for current and future military leadership. Modern warfare in complex operational environments has forced the United States Army increased interaction between Soldiers and civilians. In today’s society cultural awareness is a sensitive and argued subject. Culture has many definitions depending on the audience because every interpretation differs throughout the world. Some define culture as, where one was raised others base it on food and some view it as morals and beliefs.…
For this assignment, we were tasked with interviewing people from different backgrounds. As a person of Arab descent, I tried to find two people with vastly different ethnic backgrounds. The first person I interviewed was a fellow student from University. The student is a male, and his background is Irish and English. The student is an American, but his grandparents had migrated from Ireland over 80 years ago.…
The individual that I chose for my interview is a 37 year old male who was born and raised in Germany, but presently resides in northern Indiana. He relocated to the United States for work-related reasons. His name is Michael Drue and he is, at this time, married to my first cousin Krisha, a native English speaker, having been born in the United States. I chose Michael as the person of interest for my intercultural interview not only because he is speaks English as a second language, but also because of the point of view he was able to give me regarding the difficulties that language and cultural barriers may present in an interpersonal relationship. When I enquired at what age he was when he started to learn English as his second language,…
The downfall for many organizations is the incompetence to be able to understand the differences between cultures and wanting to promote a cross-cultural program. To promote interaction between different cultures has its advantages but takes a great amount of time and research (Barker). Not having a cross-cultural understanding will inhibit companies from being able to compete with their competition due to being unaware of other cultural differences around the world. Cross-cultural communication is no longer an option to choose to participate in companies to communicate with other individuals it is now a requirement for companies to create a program to diversify its employees to stay above the competition (Zofi).…
Field Notes In this week, I interview two of my friends (Rupinder and Priya) to collect data for my anthropology class assignment. Rupinder and Priya both were born in India, so they are know as Asian Indian. Rupinder came to U.S.A when she was five year old so she is raced and live in U.S.A, but Priya was rased in Indian then come here in U.S.A in 2010. Both of my friends speak Punjabi as primary languages with their family members but they both also knew how to speak English and Hindi as a second language.…
I think in our globally society we are constantly meeting people of different backgrounds, individual with different experiences and attitudes. In order to communicate effectively with these individuals, we need to be able to pick up important cultural/social cues, then act in a manner that is important for each environment we encounter. For example, when presenting you use slangs and words understood by New Yorkers but may be not by people from the South is not being culturally agile. Don’t be surprised if individuals respond with “what did you say? or “I don’t understand”.…
1. What are the similarities between you and the person of that different cultural group (while responding to this question, please identify the cultural groups and briefly share your rational for selecting that specific individual)? First, let’s define culture. Edward B. Tylor defined culture as, “the complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.” (Tylor, 1884)…
Intercultural communication differences are unavoidable when people from different cultures communicate with each other. In some aspects, those differences may make people exciting contacing with a new culture. However, most of time, cultural differences cause unpleasant feelings to one in a new environment. In this analysis of the film “Anna and the king”, the differences between Siam (Thailand) and England cultures will be demonstrated through four concepts: power distance, gender discrimination, stereotype, and relationship vs. task orientation. I. Plot…