Explain the difference between Intercultural and Intracultural communication.

Interesting Fact & Idea
The protests at the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle in 2000 were part of a series of protests against globalization and international business. Many feel that the United States take unfair advantage of cheap labor and lax environmental laws of other cultures.
Relate this to what the text says about the International Imperative for Intercultural Competence.
Summarize what the text says about the International Imperative for Intercultural Competence.
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Inter vs Intra Cultural Communication
Even though Andy Wong’s parents immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong before he was born, they still speak Chinese at home and expect Andy and his brothers and sisters to behave like proper Chinese children. Because Andy is the eldest child, his parents have additional expectations from him. Andy loves his parents very much, but he finds their expectations difficult to fulfill. He thinks he speaks respectfully to his mother when he tells her that he is going out with his friends after dinner, but his parents tell him he is being disrespectful. The family reaches a major crisis when Andy announces that he is going to go to a college that has a good studio arts program, rather than pursue the solid science background his parents want him to have in preparation for medical school.
Is Andy’s communication with his parents intercultural, either because Andy is very U.S. American or his parents are Chinese or because parents and children have different cultures? Explain
Explain the difference between Intercultural and Intracultural communication.
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Movie Clip
You just viewed a scene from the film “Kundun”. This is the biographical story of the Dalai Lama (the leader of Tibet). In this scene, the Dalai Lama is speaking with a high-ranking man from the Chinese military. The Chinese invaded the country of Tibet, yet the Tibetans did not defend themselves because of their Buddhists traditions. Religion is an important institutional network for all cultures.
Explain what impact religion has on a culture?
Summarize what the text says about this notion.
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Movie Clip
You just viewed a scene from the film “Iron Silk”. This is the story of an American teacher who travels to China to teach English to Chinese Professors.

In this scene, the American teacher is being visited (in his dorm at the university where he teaches) by his Chinese liaison that helps him “fit” into Chinese society.
Why is the American not competent in this situation?
Relate what the text says about Competence and Intercultural Communication to this scene.
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The Globe

Please check to see if the Image(s) you are being asked to review has a title. If there is a title, then I expect you to click on the title and read the corresponding document about the image and phrase your answer in a way that demonstrates your comprehension of this document as it relates to the theory in the text.

Go to The Globe. Locate the countries of Austria (in Europe), Bulgaria (in Europe), Poland (in Europe), Bolivia (in South America), China (in Asia), India (in Asia), Indonesia (in Asia), and Japan (in Asia),. Take a look at the photographs; specifically
#8 from Austria
#16 from Bulgaria
#5 Poland
#17 from Bolivia
#29 from China
#15 from India
#7 from Indonesia
#23 from Japan
Use the interaction tool Description, Interpretation and Evaluation, (a section of the textbook reading this week) to compare and/or contrast the different styles of music in these pictures.
Explain the theory Description, Interpretation and Evaluation (in detail).
Describe what you see
Interpret what you see
Evaluate what you see
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Movie Clip
You just viewed a scene from the film “Mr. Baseball” starring Tom Selleck. Tom Selleck’s character, Jack Elliot, is an aging baseball player who has been traded to a team in Japan. If Tom wants to continue to play baseball professionally, he must move to Japan.

In this particular scene, he has just arrived in Japan and the press is gathered to greet him. One reporter asks, “What do you think of Japan?”
Tom’s response is an example of which of the following: social categorizing, ethnocentrism, stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination or racism?
Be specific and explain your answer in detail.
Define each of these terms.
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Australia
Which Activity Orientation (being, becoming or doing) defines how the Aborigines view human actions?
Explain your answer with SPECIFIC examples from the essay.
Summarize this theory defining each orientation.
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The Globe
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Go to The Globe. Locate Rwanda (in Africa). Take a look at the photographs and read the link. Rwanda experienced genocide in 1994.
What cultural differences existed between the Hutu and Tutsi Tribes—summarize what the link says?
Is this based upon prejudice, discrimination, or racism? Be specific and explain.
Define the terms prejudice, discrimination, and racism.
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Proverbs and Culture
Proverbs are statements of wisdom that serve as a window into a particular culture’s worldview. Consider the perspectives these proverbs reflect.

Africa
All lizards lie on their bellies, but nobody knows which of them suffers a stomachache. (Nigeria)
Nobody refers to part of his body as a hump. (Nigeria referring to family)
North America
Every man for himself.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Arab
The son of a son is dear. The son of a daughter a stranger. (Saudi Arabia)
A big mouth person’s words and point of view are worthless. (Iran)
Asia
The nail that sticks up gets pounded. (Japan)
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. (Korea)
Europe
Don’t put off until tomorrow what can be done today. (German)
One father is better at caring for ten children than ten children are for one father. (Norway)
South America
A people without history are like the wind. (Peru)
Those who came before us will know us forever. (Argentina)
Oceania
Roads are for journeys, not destinations. (Tonga)
With due a flower will bloom again. (Kiribati)
Compare and contrast the proverbs of South America and Europe. What do the proverbs tell you about the respective worldview or world orientation (the definition of world orientation is in the text)?
Explain what the text says about world orientation.
How does ones world orientation impact communication?
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Interesting Fact & Idea
Although cultures are dynamic and heterogeneous we often have very static images of what other cultures “look” like. Think of what is often called “ethnic costume” the stereotypical kinds of things supposedly worn by people in other cultures. For instance, when you were a kid, did you think that Hawaiian girls wore grass skirts? That Dutch boys wore wooden shoes? That Native Americans wore feathers? That Fiji islanders wore loincloths?
How have these stereotypes influenced your perceptions of those cultures?
Explain what a stereotype is.
Can stereotypes create a false notion–why or why not?
Do stereotypes serve a purpose–why or why not?

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