Cultural competence

background, beliefs and/or communities communicate across different cultures When attempting to further understand communication across cultures, it is important to understand that cultural differences stem not only from different languages being spoken or individual origins being different of ones own birth country or region; cultural differences can appear from those whom live in the same region or city but come from a different social group. Let use the example of a senior citizen and a…

cultures: Indian and American, but cannot seem to find a complete connection to either. He desires to find this for himself. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol/Nikhil's development in the novel displays how he struggles to discover his personal and cultural identity…

1.0.1 Hofstede’s Dimensions of National Cultures Culture is a complex concept. Without cultural patterns, people will find it tough to live with one another. Hofstede explains that culture is a collective mental programming of societies in an environment whereby it is not a characteristic of individuals. It also encompasses a number of people conditioned by similar education and life experience (Hofstede, 2011). Cultures cannot be removed from individuals and historical context, including…

Before this all thing of how to overcome cultural barriers to communication can be talked about, it is important to know or identify the barriers themselves. According to Joynt and Warner, culture diversity makes communication difficult as the mindset of people of different cultures are different, the language, signs and symbols are different. They said that different cultures have different meaning of words, behaviors and gestures. Culture also gives rise to prejudices, ethnocentrism, manners…

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…

formation of identities and the ways in which societal norms impacts treatment of those people due to their identity (Lee, Orozco, Blando, & Mizelle-Johnson, 2014). In my opinion, it is impossible to go through life without an identity—especially a cultural one. Identities allow a person to understand themselves and the world around them. It has been my experience that an identity can evolve over time. For example, when I was a child I identified as just an American, blonde-haired girl; but…

This is the overall concept of the cultural appropriation vs. cultural appreciation controversy. To begin with, cultural appropriation is the adoption of elements of a culture by members of a different culture (Estrada). Although this does not seem offensive, the implication in which this term has in political and social communities is that “cultural appropriation highlights the power [of] imbalance that remains between those in power and those…

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 their cultural differences, which leads to their barriers. Fadiman also describes many important…

Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…

later the Cultural Revolution, ‘attacks were launched against people in high positions who inflated their own image and demanded deferential behaviour from subordinates.’53 Mao did this in order to re-affirm his beliefs of supporting the lower class within the Chinese Communist Party. Though these ideological reforms were not at the forefront of the Great Leap Forward, they are still significant in the change that occurred during the period and these reforms also helped lead Mao to his Cultural…