UNIT II.
Communication in a Multicultural Communication
THE TIE-BACK
1. In your own words, define intercultural communication.
Intercultural Communication is a type of communication where two cultures are
involved in an interaction. It is also the idea of knowing how to communicate with different
individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, educational background and nationality within
different parts of the world. It is also referring to the communication between people from two
different cultures. It also applies to domestic cultural differences such as religion, ethnicity, and
gender. Also, from its word “cultural” or “culture” they share some information about their
culture and vice versa. It is one of the mechanisms whereby people of different groups perceive
and try to make sense of one another. This communication is much more than your typical types
of communication such as verbal and nonverbal. It is the broader exchange of ideas, beliefs,
values, views, and perspective in life. Its importance is to be able to deal with this cultural
difference peacefully.
2. What is the effect of “gender” in communication?
Gender has an important and big role in terms of communicating. It can be hindered by
gender because of the different ways men and women express themselves and interpret their
feelings and thoughts to others. There are some people who only want to talk to their same
gender because of they shared the same interests and likes in life. Also, they can relate to each
other about different things. It is easy for them to talk to because they can express themselves
with no such explanations. Recognizing these differences in communication will allow us to
prevent these misunderstandings when communicating with the opposite sex.
3. Give one characteristic of one competent intercultural communicator and how are you able to
apply it in the future?
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The one characteristic that I’ll give is Adaptability. We all know that adaptability means
the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions and any changing circumstances. Being able
to adapt will help us and teach us how to be aware of our differences from other people we’re
communicating with, we will be able to adapt the manner of their communication, and to have a
peaceful deal with our opposite culture. Adaptability also concerns the way you manage your
own behaviors. It means adjusting your own behavior to make other people feel more at ease
with you and the situation. It does not mean “imitation” of the other person’s communication
style. It does mean adjusting your communication style in the direction of the other person’s
preference, while maintaining your own identity. Being adaptable person can help you build a
better relationship towards other people regardless of the differences that you have.
THE TIE-BACK
1. How does food speak in our palate and senses?
When we eat or taste a food, it will speak through our senses. When we see a delicious
food from the street or from the restaurant our sense of sight will speak that the food looks
delicious then it will go through our sense of smell and taste. Which we start to crave and want
to try it. We use our sense of sight, smell, and taste in determining what food are we going to eat
or the food we eat. If the food attracts us because of its smell, it has the possibility that we will
try to taste and eat it. There is always a connection between those three senses most especially
the sense of smell and taste. We cannot determine the taste of the food without trying it,
without even smelling and tasting it. That’s how the food speak in our palate and senses.
2. How are there only two words for the tea?
There are only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is like the English term “tee” and
“the” and the other one is “cha” both of these came from China. The word “cha” spread across
the land along the Silk Road and tea spread over the water by the Dutch traders bringing the
novel leaves back to Europe. That means if the word for tea sounds like “tea” in your language, it
means it was brought to you through water and if It sound like cha, it got there through land.
3. Share an experience that you actually use food as a communication in a communication.
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We can actually used food as a form of communication, we can actually say something
through food without actually speaking. Because some food has meaning and symbolizes such
things. Like for example, it is traditional that if someone has a birthday and as his/her friend or a
loved one we will give him/her a cake. Giving him a present like a cake means you are greeting
him/her a “happy birthday.” Cake symbolizes that there is a celebration most specifically a
birthday. On Mother’s Day, as a way of greeting my mom I gave her a cake. The cake that i gave
her also means expressing how thankful I am for her. Even if we don’t say anything if they
receive a gift from you, they already know the meaning of it. Food speaks a lot and deliver
message to whom you can’t say it verbally. You can apologize using food, you can thank a person
using food, and you can express your love using food without saying it directly to a certain
person.
CHECKPOINT:
Activity: Write a journal where you are or a person you know experience and encounter multicular
communication. Tell a story how you or the person you know faced and went through it. Write your
response on the space provided below.
I don’t have an experience and haven’t encounter multicultural communication yet, because I’m
here in the Philippines and all the people I’m communicating with has the same nationality as mine. So
maybe I’ll just tell the story about the youtuber I always watch on YouTube. She is Krystel Fulgar a Filipina
actress, she’s a pure Filipina but she’s really fond of Korean celebrities, Korean foods, Korean culture and
even their language. At first, she doesn’t know how to speak and understand Korean but because of her
hobbies on watching Korean dramas and Korean movies she has been able to adapt the way Korean
speaks, the food they eat and the culture they have. She learns how to speak Korean little by little. She
has a Korean friend which also helps her to improve it. She even traveled in Korea and practice talking to
some of Korean people there. Until she became good in speaking it. She can now be able to build a
relationship and communicate to Koreans easily because she can now understand their culture and the
way they speak.
I really wanted to experience it with other nationality, I wanted to experience on how to
communicate with them and talk about our culture. Communicating with different culture is really fun,
because you can develop your speaking and adaptability skills. You can also learn from them about
different things including their culture and how they view life is.
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