Intercultural relations

After the past two modules, I have a newfound desire to teach my students in such a way that they feel their culture is accepted and celebrated, instead of forcing them to be a carbon copy of American culture. The immigrant students feel more comfortable and accepted when their culture is accepted, so shouldn’t we as future educators work to make it so that they feel the classroom is a safe environment where these students can express themselves? Ladson-Billings introduced a new pedagogy that…

The opening scene of Gran Torino introduced the conflicting relationship that the main character, Walt, had with his family members. This particular scene began in a church in which Walt’s wife’s funeral was being held. Walt watched as his grandchildren filed into the church to pay respect to their deceased grandmother. Contrary to displaying a comforting attitude toward his grandchildren, he stared at all of them in dismay as they each approached their seat inappropriately dressed for the…

Understanding Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication primarily focuses on how people from differing cultures, 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…

Cultural inclusiveness and competency (“Talking about practice,” 2012, para.1) regarding immigrant students in Australian school environments, is a process often requiring wider community support and actions (QPASTT, 2014, p. 33). More than the extra efforts of staff, and budgeting are required of the school itself, particularly if the immigrants are refugees. A great deal of personal time and effort from school staff, working with the family of the student often in conjunction with community…

Assimilating oneself into a whole new culture, while still connecting to one’s rooted culture is not an easy task. Just like in the case of Gogol’s, cultures tend to clash creating it much harder for one to identify themselves. This causes feelings of isolation and loss of self-identity. Gogol’s quest in searching for his true individuality plays a vital role in his life. He is challenged in where he considers himself fitting in. He is pulled into the direction of two different cultures: Indian…

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…

Cultural identity is usually inferred on the basis of one’s sense of the act and the stance meanings. Of course, although some acts and stances are closely associated with particular cultural identities, other acts and stances are resources for constructing a wide range of cultural identities. The action is represented by touching, reaching, manipulating, and transforming not only ways of knowing objects, but also fundamental conceptual dimensions of cultural objects (Ochs 1993). It is…

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…