Adjudicative competence

Body emotion can send a conversation in either a negative or positive direction. Depending on how you project it. The two concepts that I can say I can relate to but also need to work more on are Kinesics, which is one of the Non-verbal codes and Reactivity, which comes from conflict styles. I choose these two because I believe they both serve an important purpose in achieving a respectable connection with another individual. Kinesics is very important because it’s what gives communication a…

Communication can be defined as the conveying of or exchange of information between two people. Cross-cultural communication can be simply looked at as the study of how persons from varied cultural backgrounds communicate amongst themselves and also across the different cultures. This is of great value as it allows us not only to appreciate the diversity in culture but also provides us with the opportunity to learn from the various cultures. The understanding of someone else's culture smooth's…

practices about a cultural group. The outcome would be the provision of healthcare to the patient based on cultural desire, cultural awareness, cultural skill, and cultural knowledge (Campinha-Bacote, 2011). The DNP student remembers cultural competence…

What is cultural competence and how can it be gained? Intercultural competence is the ability to be sensitive, reflective, tolerant, and efficient during interactions with individuals of different cultures (Behrnd & Porzelt, 2012). Arasaratnam and Doerfel (2005) identify having prior cross-cultural experiences, a global understanding of culture without ethnocentrism, and listening skills that allow one to be proficient in cross-cultural communication as important components of…

On January 30, 2016, I will be leaving the comforts of New England to spend my spring semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy. My plan is to travel around Europe, including to France, Spain, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, etc. Other than making the quick trip from Maine to Canada, this will be my first time outside of America. I have made several goals for myself while abroad, with the overall goal of expanding my cultural horizons. I also have goals for developing my cultural awareness…

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…

Nonverbal communication is very important in conversations between people. It is also very problematic, what can be observed by every person individually, when received message was misunderstood or taken not as the sender wanted it to be decoded. However, if nonverbal conversation is such a problem in regular contact between people, it can be assumed that intercultural communication may be even more problematic. Stella Ting-Toomey (1999: 114) in her book wrote that nonverbal communication in…

Connotative meaning is the non-literal and associative meaning that a word or phrase has in addition to its central meaning. This part of meaning shows people's emotions and attitudes towards what the word or phrase refers to. For example, the denotative meaning of the word "child" could be as 'a young human being', but it can be associated with, e.g. affectionate, amusing, lovable, sweet, and grubby (Richards and Schmidt, 2010: 118).…

.4 Basics of Gestures Gesture is the use of nonverbal communication in between the humans or to any other creatures. This kind of communication uses different part of the body such as hand, head, the lips and etc. Those body parts are used to convey messages nonverbally. Basically, for gesture recognitions that are used in the digital world, it can be categorized into three different areas which are voice gesture recognition, facial gesture recognition and hand gesture recognition. 2.4.1 Voice…

Popular Culture Introduction Culture refers to characteristics and knowledge of a given group of people that is defined by several factors, for instance, language, nations, tribe, religion, habits, music, cuisine and social habits among others. According to the center of Research on Language Acquisition, culture refers to shared patterns of conducts and interactions, intellectual hypotheses, and understanding that are acquired through learning. The word "culture" stems from a French word that…