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Mayra Spinello

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Communication

September 30, 2019.

Assignment

Recently, I visited India on a cultural tour. I interacted with people and visited different streets to interact with local Indians. I was surprised to see multiculturalism and an increased level of cultural heterogeneity in India. I saw different cultures and how people enjoy and live their moments. My experience with people in India was tremendous in terms of hospitality and greetings. India really taught me to accept differences among cultures.

Human values remain the same everywhere. The greetings of peace provide us the opportunity to relish our initial interaction. I have watched various movies which reflect different aspects of multiculturalism and in such instances, I believe greetings of peace are important to convey the message of respect and compassion to others. As peace should be the first gesture to supervene your stay at a different land ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"HFrsHC0x","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Chung and Ting-Toomey)","plainCitation":"(Chung and Ting-Toomey)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":416,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/FW67M9B3"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/FW67M9B3"],"itemData":{"id":416,"type":"book","title":"Understanding intercultural communication","publisher":"Oxford University Press","ISBN":"0-19-533006-4","author":[{"family":"Chung","given":"Leeva C."},{"family":"Ting-Toomey","given":"S."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2005"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Chung and Ting-Toomey).

The culture of which I have been a part of is much accepting. I have interacted with people from different backgrounds in my community. I can assure a heightened level of acceptability in my culture for the fact that there is no racial or religious discrimination. People enjoy their rituals and no other people or any authority hinders in their celebrations.

Dr. John Oommen views communication an essential strategy for being successful in life. He reflects on the importance of intercultural communication as he believes that communication makes the perception of things easier to comprehend. The three important things he talked about, in the video, are

Perception of the audience: To know beforehand what the audience is thinking about you and experience the sensation of their perception during your talk.

Humor: Humor helps in keeping the flow of communication acceptable. R. Oommen opines that changing humor for the audience places one at a comfortable level with audience ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"4KZtOyrx","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Intercultural Communication Principles on Vimeo})","plainCitation":"(Intercultural Communication Principles on Vimeo)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":414,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/ACAPKRLF"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/ACAPKRLF"],"itemData":{"id":414,"type":"webpage","title":"Intercultural Communication Principles on Vimeo","URL":"https://vimeo.com/45218475","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",10,1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Intercultural Communication Principles on Vimeo).

Dynamics of meeting: the dynamics of the meeting are derived from the cultural values which are different everywhere. As values are different, it, therefore, requires the speakers to adapt to changing values.

Works Cited:

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Chung, Leeva C., and S. Ting-Toomey. Understanding Intercultural Communication. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Intercultural Communication Principles on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/45218475. Accessed 1 Oct. 2019.