My Experience In ELI Experience

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.

The first point in my theory is that you can better your skills as an interpersonal communicator by better understanding your own culture. DeVito states that there are. “several major cultural distinctions that are crucial for more effective communication” they are: individualism or collectivism, high or low context, high or low power distance, masculinity or femininity, high or low ambiguity tolerance, long or short term orientation, and indulgent or (p. 34). To be able to understand your or anyone else’s culture you must be able to understand the ways that these things affect communication. Once you understand the ways that you are oriented in these seven categories due to enculturation you can understand how you communicate and become a more effective

As an international student, it is often very hard for people from different culture to fit into another culture and get adapted to how the new culture works. Something that I have significantly

Of the seven studies included in the review, there were two that employed qualitative methods (Hart & Mareno, 2014; Kokko, 2014). The chosen data collection methods were found to be suitable to the designs of each study. Chircop et al., (2013) used a quantitative research design which was deemed acceptable for obtaining measurable data regarding student competence and knowledge acquisition. While the two mixed method designs (Alpers, & Hanssen, 2014; Dunagan et al., 2013) were considered effective for exploration of self –assessment for to enhance cultural competency. Two other studies used quasi-experimental research methods (Mareno and Hart, 2014; Noble et al., 2014). The summary to the selection process are illustrated in Appendix II.

Through intercultural learning and experiences, we can begin to see ourselves and the others around us not by our race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality but by the fact that at the end of the day, we are all human and only have one chance in this life.

Janet Aneni 4/14/2017 Assignment 1: Cultural Proficiency Self-Inventory Cultural proficiency is a way of being that enables both individuals and organizations to respond effectively to people who differ from them. Cultural proficiency is an approach that provides tools and help for an increasingly diverse world. Throughout my lifespan I have modified and changed my understanding of the world and the culture around me. Cultural proficiency can be seen as the use of specific tools effectively describing, responding to, and planning for issues that emerge in diverse environments.

This challenge also taught me that sometimes, the process of overcoming a challenge is more valuable than the final result. Culture difference has affected my academic achievement as there is language barrier. For instance, listening to the teacher could be challenging with all the teacher have their unique accent that makes it unclear and with group discussion, students with similar home country will starts to talk to each other using their own language, which discouraging group discussion. It is true that talking with fellow students from the same country is more comfortable, but it’s actually preventing us from improving. To overcome this challenge, I knew that I need to step out of my comfort zone and I started to talk to students other than from my home country. However, it does not mean that I avoid and ignore students from my home country, but not to solely depending on them and hang out with them all the time. In overcoming

No matter how many examples I bring about the subject, the key word will always be open-mindedness. This is what languages give you: you learn to be open-minded. Open-minded to the world, to other cultures and people. Your horizon will not remain within your own country but extend to the globe. This is such a broad variety of opportunities and views. You will be able to cooperate, negogiate and compromise. You will be able to bridge the gap among cultures! Moreover, you will be able to appreciate international literature and music in their original and most expressive form.

1. After taking the Self-Assessment in our textbook called “Global Intelligence,” I would describe my overall score as being somewhat well rounded when it comes to my Global Intelligence, but there are areas that I can improve on. My strongest scores fell under the statements for global mindset and global work skills. My highest score of 4.33 points for the Global work skills category allowed me to realize that I am already doing my best to learn more about the different cultures around me. Simple acts like increasing my understanding of people from other cultures or adjusting my communication style to work effectively with my peers are a few behaviors that will enhance my global intelligence. An area that I need to improve on is my global knowledge score after scoring a total of 2.66 points. I must improve in this areas to attain a better understanding of all cultures and their way of communicating and unique perspectives. Something I can do to improve in this area is to gather new information about other countries and their cultures by staying informed on their type of government, political, and economic systems. Not only will this changed behavior be beneficial

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Previous researchers have found that for a person to achieve better and more effective communication competence, it is necessary to develop skills that allow an appropriate participation in specific situations. The ability to listen, ask questions, and express concepts or ideas effectively is an important part of communication competence. Intercultural communication presents an unexplored and challenging field that needs to be understood for a better development in communication. (Dillon and McKenzie, 1998). The variables of listening depend on the different perceptions that a person obtains through their cultural background. Furthermore, culture often affects the structure of consciousness in the act of listening. When a person seeks to

In order to improve my intercultural ability through this process, I had to understand some important differences. First, understand better what a culture really was and how the Chinese one differs from my own and from what I thought I knew. Then, in order to understand other’s behavior I had to analyze some of the main differences, such as what were individualist and collectivist culture, the concept of uncertainty avoidance, and the relation with power that these two cultures has. But also how important the non-verbal communication was in this country. Finally, I would need to embrace the differences and incorporate it in my experience to get the best out of it.

Intercultural communication competence refers to the ability of an individual to adapt and communicate appropriately and effectively across a wide array of cultural contexts. That is to say, for an individual to be considered an intercultural communicator they must understand other’s cultures as well as they understand their own, and apply this understanding to communication (Chen 1-2). With the increasing diversity at the workplace, school and other social settings, it has become increasingly important to learn how to communicate with people from a diverse array of cultures. More importantly, adapting to a more effective intercultural communication competence model provides us with learning opportunities occasioned by the interaction with people from other backgrounds. The intercultural communication competence model comes with some key components including tolerance for uncertainty, self-knowledge, and motivation. The greatest and most important of these aspects is motivation. An individual must be willing to foster relationships with people from a different cultural background. If an individual lacks the willingness to promote intercultural relationships, then other aspects of the intercultural communication model become moot.

As a communicator, I acknowledge that I have strengths and weaknesses. I was raised in a small country town and had an ethnocentric view on other cultures. After learning from lectures, I have become aware of this barrier and realised I needed to learn to understand other cultures. Now, I reflect on my behaviours and interactions. I acknowledge biases and plan to improve on difficult situations. I request feedback from my friends, family on my communication. This is now a strength, and has influenced my above average Meta-Cognition score of 5.5.

When I think of my own personal past experiences, I think of the most significant events and most likely think that those are the times that have shaped you as who you are today and who you are in the future. When my grandpa had passed away there were major effects that my family and I had faced. Difficulties like not being able to sleep at night and having lost someone who meant something special to everyone. When I think about the smaller challenges I have faced in the past and throughout my life, I can start to put together that even the most insignificant events that have happened in the past could make a significant impact on the person I am in my near or far future. Occurrences like going through broken bones, losing friends, or even a gym teacher might have a greater force than I may have expected.