Adjudicative competence

Moreover, Chandler and Lalonde (as cited in Kirmayer et al. 2009) found that indicators of greater cultural continuity in the community were associated with its cultural competence. They define cultural continuity as a workable personal or collective mechanism that reinforces responsible ownership of a past and hopeful commitment to the future. For instance, in some communities success follows from renewing culture, while…

Culture is the essence of human interaction. It is how the world expresses the passions, inspirations, and purposes of differing lifestyles, when simple conversation won’t suffice. We exchange cultures for a mutual understanding of how those of the same race perceive the world in an estranged point of view; the extensive evolvement humans have made throughout different environments, behaviors, and beliefs. Although culture is what unifies the global society, it also divides. It shares the human…

Cross-cultural Relations This handout will focus on: diversity, culture, cultural competence, cross-cultural relations and its importance. Introduction People around the world are from different cultures and they view things in different perspectives. In addition, they have a difference in things that they consider to be important more than others. All these are the results of diversity. What is diversity? Referring to the (Royal Bank of Canada 1995-2015), diversity refers to any dimension that…

An important competence for intercultural success is to understand and accept cultural differences. Bennett’s (1986) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) demonstrates the stages of interpretations of cultural difference. Figure 1. DMIS (Bennett, 1986) Hammer et al. (2003) explains that the ethnocentric stages are ‘avoiding cultural difference’ and ethnorelative stages are ‘seeking cultural difference’ and accepting it. When group members are at different stages of the DMIS…

The end of the Cold War marked a new beginning of time for international relations. The triumph of liberal democracy meant the expansion of capitalism and globalization. Economically and socially, states were more interconnected. However, states also started to experience new forms of threats. For a long time, it was assumed that states were the primary actors in the international relations. Based on this, it was assumed that the threat of a state was another state. The focus of security…

Actually, after having participated this course, I have learned a variety of aspects regarding the intercultural communication namely intercultural communication contexts, self and face across cultures, cultural dimensions in the intercultural communication, Vietnamese communication values: a Confucian perspective, understanding Vietnamese communication behavior in intercultural contexts, Vietnamese motivational concerns in intercultural communication contexts, Vietnamese acts of imposition in…

Abstract Respiration for life and respiration for speech while similar are very different. The two roles of the respiratory use the same structures and muscles yet they have very different outcomes. One results in breathing which is vital to life while the other produces sounds that make communication between two individuals easier. Therefore, the structures and muscles in the respiration for life help to deliver oxygen to the different parts of the body. Along with this, the main function of…

Our world is made up of many different cultures and it would not be how it is today without these different cultures. Some cultures believe they are superior to others and this results in cultural differences and barriers. In Anne Fadiman’s book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, she explains cultural barriers that can develop through cultural differences, when one culture enters into another culture’s area. Fadiman writes about the Hmong culture entering the United States and evaluates…

“That is inhumane, gruesome, and most of all against my beliefs.” A person’s cultural views can differ from another’s by a great and can create rifts between people and oneself. A person looking at a “6” may interpret it is a six while a person who is standing on the opposite side may view it is a “9”. The way someone looks at something isn’t the only way to see it. There is no right or wrong way to view something because it all relies on your cultural background and how one was raised to see…

It all started on Christmas eve. Chuck was happily eating dinner with his family when he got a phone call. That phone call changed the rest of Chuck Noland’s life. Chuck was a very busy man doing everything in his power to keep his business alive. Sacrificing almost everything in his life for his job. As he was about to board the plane he said something very important. Once he stepped out of the car he proposed to Kelly and told her that he would be right back. This did not happen because…