Gsw Intercultural Awareness Paper

Numerous studies have been conducted on the need of cultural competency in the profession of speech-language pathology. To ensure correct diagnosis and appropriate services by speech-language pathologist, information and training should be made readily available. This paper examines the availability of culturally and linguistically diverse assessment and intervention information and training for speech-language pathologist.

I am proposing a ministry that builds cross-cultural bridges to unreached people groups currently residing the South Puget Sound region of Washington State. Specifically, this ministry strategy focuses on building relationship bridges addressing the basic needs encountered by new immigrants and refugees as they face the daunting task of integrating into a new culture and society. The two basic elements of this strategy are English language learning and job coaching. These two needs are both mutually inclusive and highly dependent on each other.

This paper will discuss how the theories and history of counseling impacted cultural groups. Therefore, it’s important to know the history and theories of counseling when it comes to culturally diverse groups. This knowledge helps understand better the effect and role that each cultural group plays within society. Counselors will be expected to work with culturally diverse groups in a professional and ethical way.

There are several different positive and unique aspects of intercultural relationships. Intercultural relationships allow individuals to understand other people of different cultures, ethnicities, gender and etc. It is interesting understanding other peoples beliefs as well as how they have lived there life’s. A positive aspect of intercultural relationships is the difference between the two people. I think it is interesting learning how other people think and how they were brought up. When you are in an intercultural relationship you get to understand how that person feels about certain situations that they have been through. You get to learn who that person truly is.

Multicultural counseling are counselors who understand that the client with different cultural background from themselves will have different views and that could effect their treatment. Multicultural are aware of the different cultures and the differences in groups meaning not everyone in the same group thinks the same. MCTs advocates to enhance the traditional counseling role by teaching and consulting plans that relates to culture and roles in the healing process. They also are aware of the balance between individualism and collectivism when it comes to assessing, diagnosing and creating a treatment plan for the client (Sue & Sue, 2016).

B. Main Point # 2: With the lack of hearing, the world in inevitable different, causing the individual's with this disadvantage to develop and follow some behavioral and social norms for their daily lives. (Carlos)

“They only live who dare” (Voltaire). Old stereotypes, and traditions once preserved by culture for thousands of years are under threat to dissolve as time progresses forward. World of today is a smaller place with less prejudice than it was in the past. Many people strive to call themselves citizens of the world, as the result they become more open-minded, and less reserved to engage with unfamiliar experiences, including intercultural relationships. In some particular cases, though need for exploration in that domain is being driven by search of one’s identity. This is where people have to be careful, and mindful of experimenting. Brittany Muddamalle is the mother of three boys. She has been in an intercultural marriage for six years, and shared her experiences, and challenges of intercultural marriage (http://mixedrootsstories.com/tag/ interracial-marriage/). Intercultural relationships are among the most challenging because it might get hard to share cultures with kids, blending cultures perfectly is impossible, and making a decision might involve learning aspects of each culture first.

Large corporations as well as small businesses can reap the benefits of expanding operations into overseas markets. The overseas expansion process does take time and requires careful planning. Cross-cultural differences need to be examines as the may require you to alter your business processes (Joseph, 2015). Cultural differences must be researched and rehearsed to successfully conduct business overseas.

The intercultural challenges I am currently facing is my CQ knowledge. I am having challenges because I cannot find common ground when working with a variety of cultures. For example, I work as a customer service representative in a call center and I’m around a variety of cultures. I find it very hard to understand everyone’s triggers, their dislikes, and likes, and why they behave or act a certain way with different situations. I try to ask questions to grasp an understanding of their behaviors, and still find it quite challenging to reach common ground. I try to be very open-minded, however, it always causes me to become frustrated.

One of the culture related differences that became apparent as I entered a relationship with Ali was our biculturalism. In being bicultural we both navigate as a minority in America with our own culture, and with the dominant culture which we both relate (Sue & Sue, 2016). I am considered an African American and he is an African in America, which is what makes our own cultures different. My own black culture contains many facets including the following: speaking slang or Ebonics with family and friends, my grandparents not being an extended family but seen as our close family unit, wanting to take an “action oriented” approach in tasks such as breaking down systemic oppression, and having a present centered time model to focus on what I can/want to focus on here and now (Sue & Sue, 2016). Ebonics became my short hand way of speaking growing up, and is something reserved for when I’m around people of my own race as opposed to when I’m with White people. My grandparents have close ties with us, so much so that they contributed to life lessons my mother had given me throughout my life and I now live with them. Where others would consider them an extended family, they would be my immediate family (Sue & Sue, 2016). In my action oriented approach in breaking down systemic oppression, I am taking seemingly small steps such as supporting black businesses, so they can rise in their entrepreneurship in a White dominated society whose products don’t always cater to people of color.

Bystydzienski (2011) has said that the intercultural couple faces issues relating their ethnic, racial, class level, religious, and national identity, which are the underlying roots of the culture barriers. The author has also said that in addition, the intercultural couple faces a much more complicated issues as each person in the marriage have their own distinct expectation and understanding on culture. In addition, Ting-Toomey and Oetzel (2001), has stated that the most clearly visible element an intercultural couple brings on the table is their race. It is important to remember that, in addition to the mentioned cultural elements, intercultural couples have to deal with other factors such as age or gender which is why they have to overcome such complex dynamic (Bystydzienski, 2011). A study by Gottman and Silver (as cited in Ting-Toomey & Oetzel, 2001), the conflict is further fed when there’s work stress, housework issues, and biggest of all, an arrival of a new baby. Furthermore, intercultural relationships have been defined and categorized by the differences in elements such communication styles, values, and perceptions (Martin & Nakayama, 2008). n the end, these cultural barriers result in anxiety and stress, which will definitely cause more problems to the intercultural couple (Jandt, 2003). The cultural barriers included in the literature review are recurring in the different studies from different scholars.

Humans have been communicating since four million years. On the other hand, the birth of culture is estimated to have taken place about 35,000 years ago. Today, both culture and communication have evolved considerably and have become interdependent of one another, to the point that communication is considered to be a product of culture. Thus, our own culture has a deep impact on our thoughts and behaviors. Since each culture has its distinct aspects, intercultural communication can be the cause of conflict and disorder. There are three main issues which are at the root of the problem of intercultural miscommunication : language as a barrier, cultural diversity and ethnocentrism. I will analyze

In any community, as in everyday life, many challenging issues can arise. In intercultural communities a large portion of these challenging issues are in some way, related to two-forms of racism. Our book notes that racism could be self-imposed due to low feelings of self-worth or a feeling of helplessness. This is called internalized racism(Oetzel, p.293). The second type, institutionalized racism, stems from the in-group. When a majority feels superior or uses acts rejection towards the minority the racist remarks are considered institutionalized. Often both forms of racism occur in the community. Unfortunately, several social and cultural factors reinforce these negative treatments of other and several actions must be taken to address

In this paper I will answer six question about the course I’m taking “intercultural studies” and what I have learned during these weeks based on my own words and knowledge. I have learned new things that are related to the culture such as observable, non-observable, metaphor and many others, in terms of definition and examples in real life.

Write down one example of how you have used CQ Knowledge in the last 6 months.