ORAL COMMUNICATION
GROUP MEMBERS:
Cortez, Nathaniel B.
Faingason, Jerwin T.
Gajasan, Matthew Arvan L.
When I hear the word intercultural
communication, I think about “diversity”. Being
able to communicate with other cultures aside
from one of your own is really fascinating.
Because you get to experience and have a
glimpse of other cultures and could possibly
adapt to it.
I find intercultural communication
interesting since 2 or more different
individuals of different nationalities with
different cultures engage or interact with each
other depending on the event or
communication they interact with. It might also
help each other know their differences,
discover interesting new knowledge and
achieve new connections.
SIR MARK LESTER RUDAS
Before I formally learned about
Intercultural communication, my
knowledge of it was just all
speculation. Because of its name, I
guessed "Intercultural" meant this
word is going to be related to different
people with different cultures and
"communication" just telling me it's all
about communication between
different people from different
cultures. From that I thought,
Intercultural communication was
going to be about factors to remind
yourself whenever you are
communicating with people from
another place where they may have a
distinct way of communicating from
yours.
I learned that intercultural communications or
interactions sometimes lead to
miscommunications or disagreements because of
each other's differences. I also learned about the
"Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity"
which I once also related where I didn't like the
culture of a country because of their ways but as
I understand more or know more, I started seeing
and respecting their ways since that is culture, but
it still depends on if it's really part of their culture
or not or getting out of hand
in intercultural communication there are barriers
that affect intercultural communicative. That
sometimes we are saying things that are
inappropriate and rude to other people, that turns
out to be a kind of prejudice or discrimination to
them. We should really watch what we are saying
or trying to express when talking to someone
different from our culture. Because we wouldn’t
know, when we've already become rude to their
culture.
Always be respectful to them and if you
are unsure of what you are about to say,
it’s better to just keep it to yourself, rather
than risking offending someone.
Upon listening to a lesson all about
intercultural communication I was able to
pick up a few things; for instance, I
learned that in having an intercultural
conversation you must watch out for a
few things like adding in stereotypes or
simply implying them, for they may come
offensive to the different cultured person
you're talking to. Another thing to note is
that other cultures may have a different
approach to things such as greetings,
genders, food, etiquette, or simply having
a unique form of nonverbal
communication. Not paying attention to
these may lead to you, being clueless, but
sending unintended messages, possibly
annoys your receiver.