Intercultural Communication

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Intercultural Communication

1. Culture and Food

With a lot of people from various cultural background having their food. Are you willing to try it or not? Why or Why not?

Yes, I am willing to try their food if they would ask me to join them, as I love to discover more about things that I don't know. There would be people of various backgrounds, and this would be an excellent opportunity for me to learn about different cultures. I am interested in comparative studies so I would take full advantage of this opportunity for clearing my concepts.

2. Nonverbal Communications

With communicate with the body, what does a person indicates to you? Instead of what they are verbally saying to you.

In communication, we have learned that there are various forms of communication. Non-verbal communication is one of these forms, in which a person without using even a single word can communicate his message successfully to others. They mainly indicate their feelings through their body language and gestures. For example, when children make noise, the teacher mostly put his/her finger on lips to indicate that he/she wants them to keep quiet.

3. Equality

When looking at culture do you feel that every gender is served equal or not.

We are living in twenty-first century, and despite raising voice against gender impartiality, it has been seen that males are considered superior to females. It is the dilemma of present age that at individual level, we all are just raising our voice for the equal rights of males and females, but in a real sense, we are not accepting this fact that males and females are equal and this conflict in our words and action is one of the main cause of disturbance in a society.

4. Technology

With the advancement of technology. Do you feel that technology is good for learning about culture or not?

Yes, technology is helping us in almost all the walks of life and by seeking the help of Google and other search engines, we can learn many things. Culture is related to everything that we get from our ancestors and becomes a part of our life. Technology helps in keeping the record of things of past and today we can have a look at many things that assist us in learning about the culture that is common with our ancestors.

5. History

Is History a great way to learn culture? Please Explain.

Yes, history is an excellent way of learning about culture as history is meant for teaching us about what our forefathers have been doing at their time. Whenever there comes a need to know which paths in certain situations our ancestors have adopted, we always approach history. Culture is a thing that is being transmitted from one generation to another and history shows that one thing being transmitted has followed the patterns that were meant to be followed.

6. Goals

What are your goals for the class, what do you want to learn in the course that you didn't know about a different culture before?

I have always been interested in knowing about the marriage ceremonies of different cultures, and for this, I have set a goal of reading more about comparative cultures. Knowing about various rituals that are related to the wedding ceremony has been an area of my interest as it is one of the mean things that are common in all culture.

7. Marriage

In some cultures, they still practice arranges marriages. Do you the marriages are more successful, and the divorce rate is low explained why?

Arrange marriages are still a part of many cultures and it has been seen that cultures where this practice is still alive, have comparatively low ratio of divorce. Arrange marriages have been a great success in many cultures, it has been seen as a responsibility given by both the families to both bride and groom that they have to take seriously throughout their life.

8. Religion in Society

What purpose does religion serve in our Society and to our self? Please explain?

Religion is an umbrella term that covers various dimensions of life, but as far as the purpose of the religion is concerned, in a nutshell, it could be said that one of the main purposes of religion is to enable people to discriminate between evil and good. Another primary purpose of religion is the obedience of God. For me, the purpose of religion is to make one aware of right and wrong.

9. Biracial marriage

Do you feel that they will be more biracial marriages in different parts of the world? Will this be accepted in some cultures?

For the past few decades, biracial marriages have got popularity as people believe that race should not confine love. Marrying someone who does not belong to your race should not be considered as a matter that would cause any hustle. Though many cultures are against biracial marriage but social media is playing a vital role in making it acceptable for them. Many biracial marriages have been witnessed since the revolution of the technology that is breaking the stereotypes.

10. Time

With different people having a different concept of time. Can you explain to me why?

Concept of time could relate to the age factor of people. A group of youngsters would look upon the time in different angle whether a group of mature people would be having a different conception of time. Because having a different concept about time is directly related to the stage of life one is living. Maybe for a child, time means, a period of physical growth and enjoyment but for a mature person, it means a time to achieve success.

11. Gender Roles

What gives us our cultural identity explains the different steps and defines them.

Cultural identity is the identity that gives us a feeling of belonging to a particular group in a society. It is related to the self-perspective of a person that includes religion, social class, nationality, etc. We are living in a multicultural world, where our rituals and certain customs give us our cultural identity that separates us from people of other cultures. Customs and rituals could be considered as the steps that help in defining cultural identity. Customs are the values or traditions that we are bound to follow being a part of the culture. Rituals are the actions or specific behavior followed by someone.

12. Gender Roles

In some cultures, one gender in more control of the other. And in others everyone is equal, or you agree yes or no.

Gender inequality is the main issue that has been in the limelight since long, but there is a difference in the observance of the implementation of a few rules that depicts how gender inequality is addressed. In some cultures, where people are educated, they believe in the equality of males and females, but there are some cultures where one gender is considered superior to the other, such as in most of the societies males are considered as the dominating figure than females.

13. Cultural Customs

With learning various, there are customs from that person background. Do you feel that some custom forms of culture are weird? Why, or Why not?

Yes, many times I felt that some customs of culture are quite weird, but there are quite acceptable for the followers of that particular culture but the same customs are very strange for others. One of the reasons could be the difference of culture or clash that exists between two cultures, such as, for Chinese, eating worms and insects in quite a normal thing but for English people, it may sound weird. Similarly, when there arise differences between the ideology and way of living of people, things or certain customs sounds wired.

14. Business Protocol

With Society ever changing what business protocol and or communication are changing because of culture. Please Explain.

Society is one of the most sensitive parts of the culture that gets change with even a slight change in the business protocol and way of communication. On the other hand, it could be seen that culture also gets influence with the change of way of communication. Though culture takes much time for accepting a change, it cannot be said that culture is a static thing.

15. Music and Culture

With various culture going into music. Do you see this trending continuing for a while or not?

Music has been an integral part of many cultures, and with the advancement of time, it has been seen as a part, being promoted as the latest trend. Music is being carried as a part of the value system in many cultures. Yes, it has been a trend that is continuing for a while. The way music has become a part of the present age reflects that it would remain trendy in the near future as well.

16. Competition

In culture, you feel that Competition is essential. Please explain.

Competition is a critical figure that keeps people motivated for achieving something. In almost all cultures, healthy competition has been encouraged for inculcating in people the spirit of winning. Competition is essential in a culture as it would bring forth great talent on the front foot. Without competition, it would become hard to discriminate between deserving and non-deserving candidates.

17. Intercultural Communication

What is Intercultural Communication to use? What things do you do that may be different in different cultures?

It is the communication that takes place between different cultures. Intercultural communication is used, when a person of a foreign culture wants to communicate with people of other culture. It would not be wrong to say that intercultural communication is used for having improved two-way communication. Various things in a culture, differ from other cultures such as our customer, beliefs, and values, etc.

18. Students Choice

Students can decide to discuss any topic that comes to mind.

Yes, students should have the freedom, to discuss a topic that comes to their mind. It is their right to get everything clear that comes to their mind, but at the same time students should keep this thing in mind that the topic that they want to discuss should be relevant to the subject and they should not select an irrelevant topic for discussion. Teachers should also welcome the topic that students want to discuss.

19. Social Skills

Do you feel that young people and too attach to technology to be Social? Should parent put the restriction on their technology use?

Yes, many times I feel, youngsters are more attached to the latest technology which is not a good thing, as it is said, “excess of everything is bad”. Yes, parents should put restrictions on the use of technology and should check if their children spend more time on technology. This fact cannot be denied that technology has become a need of the hour but there should a balance between the use and misuse of technology.