Intercultural communication principles

Majoring in communications at UC Davis and getting certified at CSU Long Beach’s Professional Diversity Training Workshop from “Students Talk About Race” laid the foundation for reaching this goal. And through my professional work in public relations and marketing, often…

minds in a study abroad project” by John et al(2015), the authors present a research which aims to determine how the students improve themselves in the foreign environment and how they construct their global minds. Meanwhile in the article “Intercultural Communication as Revealed in Language Learning Histories” by Doman(2014), the author reveals the important factors which either hinder or enhance students’ English learning abilities. Throughout this paper, I will synthesize the two articles by…

The topic of intercultural competence have become very important in the past years of the globalization era where people of diverse cultures meet, study and work together. Conversation between culturally different speakers are more likely go wrong than between the speakers of the same culture. People need to obtain the intercultural competence in order to communicate smoothly with people from different cultural background and go beyond the conceptual meaning of the utterance. Misunderstandings…

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 intercultural communication and toward effective communication with Vietnamese…

Using the principles of usability would prevent such errors in the future. “Usability is one of the most important factor hindering widespread adoption of EMRs”. ( Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2009) The key principles identified were simplicity, forgiveness and feedback, effective use of language, efficient interactions, minimizing cognitive load, effective information presentation. ( Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2009) The first principle is…

Prior to receiving feedback 30.Which of the following should be considered when determining the channel of communication? a. When it will be delivered b. x The content of the message c. Whether you want to avoid conflict d. Who is delivering the message Objective: Create effective messages. 31.How many key ideas should the specific purpose of the message include? a. Three b. Seven c. Five d. x One 32.Your main points should establish a direct connection with the a. x…

The Six Principles of Persuasion. “Persuasion is the act or process of presenting arguments to move, motivate, or change the audience” [1] There are six known principles of persuasion, as follows: 1 – Principle of Reciprocity: is the idea of giving back, being kind, and the same time expecting to cause an effect that will reciprocate the same action back. An example is when a waitress smile a lot, act pleasantly when helping customer, mostly likely she would get a better tip, as a…

Nowadays, Benevolence is not a word used often, or maybe even at all. But there are still examples of what it means to be benevolent every day around us through different people and acts of kindness every day. And yes, even if most people can not spell it, it is still very important to use on a daily basis. However, even if one is benevolent that does not mean it is okay to act in a ‘better than thou’ or in any way all high and mighty in any way. Acting in such a manner is the complete opposite…

Freedom of speech was one of the first major principles written in the constitution. A common misconception of freedom of speech is that it has no limitations, however, when this speech breeds hatred, questions rise about bans and restrictions. When harm becomes involved, the issue of hate speech is often debated. The harm principle is the only purpose for with it is morally legitimate for government or public opinion to interfere with anyone’s liberty of action (including speech) is to prevent…

listeners. The text book offered us with about six principles that are believed to be effective in achieving the goal of successfully persuading our/your listeners which are reciprocity, scarcity, authority, commitment and consistency, consensus and liking. The identification and understanding of where each principle fit environmentally will assist very well in enhancing your sales position. Principle of Reciprocity Brian Ahearn…