Lesson 3: Intercultural Communication

Question 1

Is a multi-faceted construct which is defined as “membership in a community or group that shares a common history, traditions, norms, and imaginings in a particular space.”

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

According to time orientation, culture may either be ?

Answer 2

Monochronic or Polychronic

Question 3

People from this culture do one thing at a time, take commitments seriously, show great respect for privacy, and are accustomed to short-term relationships.

Answer 3

Monochronic

Question 4

Engage in multi-tasking, lend or borrow things easily, and have a strong tendency to build life time relationships.

Answer 4

Polychronic

Question 5

In terms of how messages are encoded, culture may either b?

Answer 5

High context or Low Context

Question 6

This culture emphasize “Community, collaboration, shared interest, harmony, tradition, the public good, and maintaining face.

Answer 6

Collectivist Cultures

Question 7

Give primacy to “personal rights and responsibilities, privacy, voicing one’s opinion, freedom, innovation, and self expression.”

Answer 7

Individualistic Cultures

Question 8

Employ indirect communication strategies characterized by implicit verbal messages and subtle non-verbal behaviors.

Answer 8

High context cultures

Question 9

The use of touch in communication

Answer 9

Haptics

Question 10

Where people of different backgrounds converge.

Answer 10

Microcosm

Question 11

Which requires understanding dominant cultural values and understanding how our own cultural values affect the way we perceive ourselves and others.

Answer 11

Intercultural communication

Question 12

SEVEN IMPORTANT ACTIONS AS KEY COMPONENTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY: (RRVVEEC)

Answer 12

1.) RECOGNITION of the abundant diversity of culture
2.) RESPECT for the differences
3.) Acknowledging the VALIDITY of different cultural expressions and contributions.
4.) VALUING what other cultures offer.
5.) ENCOURAGING the contribution of diverse groups
6.) EMPOWERING people to strengthen themselves and others to achieve their maximum potential by being critical to their own bias.
7.) CELEBRATING rather than just tolerating the differences in order to bring about unity through diversity.

Question 13

The tendency or disposition to judge other people’s culture with disfavor and too consider one’s own as being superior to the other.

Answer 13

Ethnocentrism

Question 14

Practices prescribed by a particular society as being improper or unacceptable given their culture.

Answer 14

Cultural Taboos

Question 15

The amount of space between speakers defines their relationship in terms of gender, age, and social status.

Answer 15

Personal Space

Question 16

He explains that every ‘sign’ has two main components

Answer 16

Ferdinand de Saussere

Question 17

‘sign’ has two main components

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The signifier and the Signified

Question 18

Which may be an object, word or an image refers to the material that is signified.

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The signifier

Question 19

Refers to the concept which the signifier refers to and this would be the meaning that is drawn by the receiver of the sign.

Answer 19

The Signified

Question 20

Which refers to an understanding that cultures vary and these variances are not given labels as positive or negative, good or bad.

Answer 20

Cultural Sensitivity

Question 21

He used the term register

Answer 21

Thomas Bertam Reid

Question 22

Refers to a variety of language used by speakers in a particular setting and this variation is defined by use and user.

Answer 22

Register

Question 23

Presents a typology to describe speech styles where he identifies five language registers.

Answer 23

“The Five Clocks”

Question 24

five language registers:

Answer 24

Static/Frozen
Formal
Consultative
Casual
Intimate

Question 25

Requires the use of language that rarely or never changes.

Answer 25

Static/Frozen

Question 26

Is used in professional discourse where one of the speakers is viewed as the expert

Answer 26

Consultative

Question 27

Is used in informal settings like conversing with friends or engaging in small talk with other people.

Answer 27

Casual

Question 28

Is used for private communication where the relationship between speakers is very personal as in conversations between husband and wife, parent and child.

Answer 28

Intimate

Question 29

Is used in formal and impersonal settings.

Answer 29

Formal

Question 30

SPEAKING Mode,

Answer 30

Setting and scene Participants Ends Acts Sequence Cues Instrumentalities Norms of interaction and Interpretation Genre

Question 31

Refers to the time and place where thee communication takes place.

Answer 31

Setting and scene

Question 32

Defines the relationship between the speaker and his/her audience.

Answer 32

Participants

Question 33

Refers to the purpose, goals, and outcomes of the speech event.

Answer 33

Ends

Question 34

The intended outcome of the communication experience.

Answer 34

Ends

Question 35

Refers to the form and order of the event.

Answer 35

Acts Sequence

Question 36

Establish the tone, manner or spirit of the speech act.

Answer 36

Cues

Question 37

Which refer to both channel and code.

Answer 37

Instrumentalities

Question 38

Which refer to the specific normed behaviors and properties inherent in the communicative event and the participants' actions and reactions.

Answer 38

Norms of interaction and Interpretation

Question 39

The kind of speech act or event

Answer 39

Genre

Question 40

Is the individual's ability to use appropriate language and tone in various discourse contexts.

Answer 40

Communicative Competence

Question 41

Is ascribed in all cultures and is one of the two major requisites in being a competent speaker.

Answer 41

Politeness