INTERCULTURAL

COMMUNICATION
Social Status
Religious Belief
Life Performance Outcome:
Conscientious, Adept PERFORMERS & ACHIEVERS

Essential Performance Elements:

Continually set and reset challenging improvement goals for themselves that require
persistence, self-motivation, and self-regulation which others can monitor and validate

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Uses various strategies in order to avoid communication breakdown (EN11/12OC-Ia-
6)
Distinguishes types of speeches and speech style (EN11/12OC-Ifj17)
Intercultural communication occurs not just between people who
are of different nationalities or age. It can also occur when people
differ in social status and religious beliefs.
Social Status  refers to one's standing in the community and his
position in the social hierarchy. 

• Ascribed social class is determined at birth through

characteristics such as age, sex, race, and family background.

• Achieved social class is acquired through a person’s ability,

talent, skill, and perseverance
Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems,
and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. 
 Barriers in Communication
• Language barriers
• Cultural barriers
• Physical barriers
• Prejudging
• Information overload
• Lack of interest and attention
Strategies to Avoid Communication Breakdown

• Use time-gaining expressions to have more time to think.

• Give positive remarks or comments.
• Be specific.
• Ask for repetition or clarification.
• Check your understanding.
• Do not jump to conclusions.
Ways to Achieve Effective Communication

• Be focused.
• Speak intelligibly.
• Listen with your ears and eyes.
• Minimize distractions.
 Types of Speech Style
• Intimate – participants share a completely private vocabulary,
making it difficult for others who are outside of the group to
understand.

• Casual – is a relaxed or informal dialogue between friends, peers,

colleagues, or family.

• Consultative – considered to be the most operational style among

the other styles.
• Formal – lack of listener participation. Communication is a one-
way process.

• Frozen – also called the oratorical style, is the most formal style
and is reserved for very formal situations such as in religious
services, state affairs, and court proceedings.
Factors to Consider in Choosing Speech Style
• Audience
• Topic
• Purpose
• Location
Assessment: ESSAY
In what ways can you eradicate or minimize the so-called
communication barriers? Write a detailed explanation and site
certain scenarios. CRITERIA
SCORE

 
Content
(Focus on details/events are clearly evident; all details are related
25
to the topic)
 
Organization
(Logical progression of details/events; clear transition between ideas) 15

 
Language
(Use of proper spelling, mechanics, grammar and word choice)
10

Score
/50
Life Performance Outcome:
Conscientious, Adept PERFORMERS & ACHIEVERS

Essential Performance Elements:

Continually set and reset challenging improvement goals for themselves
that require persistence, self-motivation, and self-regulation which others can
monitor and validate

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Uses various strategies in order to avoid communication breakdown
(EN11/12OC-Ia-6)
Distinguishes types of speeches and speech style (EN11/12OC-Ifj17)