Follow-up activity

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 Homework 1

MERCURY VENUS
Mercury is the closest Venus has a beautiful
planet to the Sun and the name. It’s also terribly
smallest one inunderstanding
the Solar hot,even hotter than
System Mercury

Chapter 1: Introduction to Intercultural Communication Competence

 Homework 2

MERCURY VENUS
Mercury is the closest Venus has a beautiful
planet to the Sun and the name. It’s also terribly
smallest one in the Solar hot,even hotter than
System Mercury

Chapter 1: Introduction to Intercultural Communication Competence

 If your group representative picks
number 2, it means your group is
labelled 2, and you will do presentation
Each group representative [or either of the four formats] on
chooses a continent, Chapter 4 in the week 5.
which contains a number.
Asia Europe Africa Australia Antarctica America

2 1 5 4 3 6

Nguyễn Trần Nguyễn Ngọc Nguyễn Phạm

Trần Tuấn Minh Nguyễn Hoàng
Đỗ Cát Tường Thảo Vy Mỹ Linh Hoài Linh
10:18 AM Vy
10:18 AM 10:18 AM
CHAPTER 1 (cont.)
communication
DEFINING COMMUNICATION

Communication: a symbolic,
interpretive, transactional,
contextual process in which
people create shared meanings.

TRANSITIVE VS INTRANSITIVE

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Thầy/cô
Teacher
Ajarn
Laoshi
…

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 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION

1) Communication is symbolic
• A symbol (word, action, object)
• Meaning (thought/feeling experienced &
communicating)
• A message (shared)

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 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION
1) Communication is symbolic
• Symbols: useful in showing what fundamental
to human thought and interaction
one cannot say (ineffable concepts, abstract
ideas, and particularly complex emotional
significations, …)
• Symbols vary in their degree of arbitrariness.
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 WHY DO
MEANINGS
VARY?

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2) Communication is interpretive
• what is “interpretive”?
• E.g.1: Foreigners are hunting dogs
• E.g.2:
A Japanese student, who spent a few weeks studying in
Vietnam, showed “crossed fingers” towards his
Vietnamese friend after an argument relating to their
group presentation plan. The Japanese guy finally
agreed to follow the plan but the Vietnamese guy quit
working with him. Why?

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 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION

2) Communication is interpretive
• Case 1: You have a very pleasant conversation in which the
other person expressed a similar point of view.
→“I really could communicate with him/her”
• Case 2: when disagreement exists
→“I just can’t communicate with him/her.”
—Someone Famous

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+Each person in a communication

transaction: may NOT necessarily
interpret the messages in exactly the
same way.
+2 outcomes of communication process:
(a) Understanding
(b) Agreement (→ NOT a requirement)

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 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION
3) Communication is transactional
•All participants in the communication: working together to
create & sustain the meanings that develop.
•3 views:
(a) Actional view → emphasize the transmission of the
message
(b) Interactional view → emphasize interpretation
(c) Transactional view → emphasize the
construction/shared creation of messages & meanings

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 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION
Interpersonal
Physical context Social context context

widely shared expectations abt

actual expectations the behaviors of
location of abt the kinds others as a
of result of
the differences in
interactants; interactions;
their
relationships
CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION

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CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION

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CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATION
Communication is a process
Dynamic process
(the stream of events: always
changing, developing & evolving)
e.g:
-metrosexual (n)
-handsome (a)
-”I’m done” before and after doing your
presentation.

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6) Communication involved shared

meanings:
In the communication process,
participants:
• create & share meanings;
• attempt to “make sense” of common
experiences

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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
(self-study)

1
2

3 4

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 THE CHALLENGE OF COMMUNICATING
IN AN INTERCULTURAL WORLD
● Racism
● Prejudice
● Fear & distrust
● Pride
● Cultural identity
● Cultural independence

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Despite being red, Mars is
actually a cold place. It’s full of
iron oxide dust, which gives the
planet its reddish cast

Insert your multimedia content here

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 LESSON DEVELOPMENT

01
Mercury is the
smallest one

02
Saturn is the
ringed one

03
Despite being red,
Mars is cold

Quiz

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