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Intercultural Communication In Contexts 7th Edition Judith Martin, Thomas Nakayama - Solutions
2. Define identity.
1. Identify three communication approaches to identity.
f. How has the history of this group influenced the identity of group members today?
e. What are notable achievements of the group?
d. Who are important leaders and heroes of the group?
c. What are common stereotypes about the group? How did these stereotypes originate?
b. Are there any historical incidents of discrimination? If so, describe them.
a. What is the historical relationship between this group and other groups(particularly the dominant cultural groups)?
1. Cultural-Group History. This exercise can be done by individual students or in groups. Choose a cultural group in the United States that is unfamiliar to you.Study the history of this group, and identify and describe significant events in its history. Answer the following questions:
8. Why do some people in the United States prefer not to talk about history?What views of social reality and intercultural communication does this attitude encourage?
7. What is the significance of the shift from history to histories? How does this shift help us understand intercultural communication?
6. How do histories influence the process of identity formation?
5. When can contact between members of two cultures improve their attitudes toward each other and facilitate communication between them?
4. What factors in your experience have led to the development of positive feelings about your own cultural heritage and background? What factors have led to negative feelings, if any?
3. How do you benefit or have been disenfranchised in the telling of certain histories? How do you take responsibility for the histories from which you benefit?
2. How do the various histories of the United States influence our communication with people from other countries?
1. What are some examples of hidden histories, and why are they hidden?
10. Describe a dialectic perspective in negotiating personal histories.
9. Identify eight contact conditions that influence positive attitude change.
8. Explain the contact hypothesis.
7. Identify four antecedents that influence intercultural contact.
6. Identify seven types of hidden histories.
5. Describe the relationship between history and identity.
4. Describe the role of narratives in constructing history.
3. Explain the relationship between history, power, and intercultural communication.
2. Define “the grand narrative.”
1. Identify six different types of history.
4.How is culture a contested site?
3.What techniques do people use to assert power in communication interactions?
2.How do the values of a cultural group influence communication with members of other cultural groups?
1.How do definitions of culture influence people’s perspectives on intercultural communication?
⬛⬛ What is the orientation toward time?
⬛⬛ What is the preferred personality?
⬛⬛ What is the relationship between humans?
⬛⬛ What is the relationship between humans and nature?
What is human nature?
.Like a coconut pudding, this food comes from Hawaii:a.Lomi lomi b.Poke c.Haupia d.Kalua
9.This traditional Mexican soup is made mostly from tripe, hominy, and chili:a.Tortilla soup b.Tomatillo c.Chorizo soup d.Menudo
8.Sometimes viewed as a Scandinavian tortilla, these potato flatcakes are often sold in areas with high Scandinavian American populations:a.Lefse b.Lutefisk c.Aquavit d.Fiskepudding
7.The celebration of Buddha’s birthday is not held on Christmas, but instead on:a.Fourth of July b.July 14 c.Asian Lunar New Year’s Day d.Hanamatsuri
6. On June 12 every year, some U.S. Americans celebrate “Loving Day” to commemorate:a. Your legal right to love someone of another raceb. Your legal right to love someone of the same sexc. Your legal right to be a single parentd. Your legal right to get a divorce POINT of VIEW 94
5. The month of Ramadan, a month of fasting for Muslims, ends with which holiday?a. Eid ul-Fitrb. Allahu Akbarc. Takbird. Abu Bakr
4. Which of the following is not the name of a Native American tribe?a. Seminoleb. Apachec. Arapahod. Illini
. A very sweet pie made from molasses that originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch:a. Mincemeat pieb. Sugar piec. Shoofly pied. Lancaster pie
2. What is the name of the dish that features black-eyed peas and rice (although sometimes collards, ham hocks, stewed tomatoes, or other items) and is served in the South, especially on New Year’s Day?a. Chitlingsb. Jowlsc. Hoppin’ Johnd. Red rice
10. Describe the relationship between communication and power.
9. Describe the characteristics of power.
8. Explain the relationship between communication and context.
7. Explain how culture can function as resistance to dominant value systems.
6. Describe how communication can reinforce cultural beliefs and behavior.
5. Understand how cultural values influence conflict behavior.
4. Describe how cultural values influence communication.
3. Identify and describe nine cultural value orientations.
2. Define communication.
1. Identify three approaches to culture.
3. Analyzing a Film. View a feature film or a video (e.g., Chir-raq or Brooklyn)and assume the position of a researcher. Analyze the cultural meanings in the film from each of the three perspectives: social science, interpretive, and critical.What cultural patterns (related to nationality,
2. Analyzing Cultural Patterns. Find a text or speech that discusses some intercultural or cultural issues, and analyze the cultural patterns present in the text.Consider, for example, the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Andrews & Zarefsky, 1992), or Chief Seattle’s 1854
f. What was your neighborhood like?Discuss your answers with classmates. Analyze how your own cultural position is unique and how it is similar to that of others.
e. What do you know about your ethnic background?
d. How were you expected to contribute to family life?
c. What were you expected to do when you grew up?
b. Why were these values considered important?
a. What values did your parents or guardians attempt to instill in you?
1. Becoming Culturally Conscious. One way to understand your cultural position within the United States and your own cultural values, norms, and beliefs is to examine your upbringing. Answer the following questions:
5. What are the advantages of a dialectical approach to intercultural communication?
4. How have other fields contributed to the study of intercultural communication?
3. How have the worldviews of researchers influenced how they studied intercultural communication?
2. How did business and political interests influence what early intercultural communication researchers studied and learned?
1. How have the origins of the study of intercultural communication in the United States affected its present focus?
7. Identify six intercultural communication dialectics.
6. Explain the strengths of a dialectical approach.
5. Identify three characteristics of the dialectical approach.
4. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
3. Identify the methods used within each of the three approaches.
2. Describe three approaches to the study of intercultural communication.
1. Identify four early foci in the development of intercultural communication.
e. Based on this experience, identify some characteristics that may be important for successful intercultural communication.
d. Describe any challenges in trying to communicate. If there were no challenges, explain why you think it was so easy.
c. Describe how you felt after the encounter, and explain why you think you felt as you did.
b. Explain how you initially felt about the communication.
a. Describe the encounter. What made it “intercultural”?
2. Intercultural Encounter. Describe and analyze a recent intercultural encounter.This may mean talking with someone of a different age, ethnicity, race, religion, and so on.
h. How has your family status changed through the generations?Compare your family experience with those of your classmates. Did most immigrants come for the same reasons? What are the differences in the various stories?
g. What were their occupations before they came, and what jobs did they take on their arrival?
f. Did they change their names? For what reasons?
e. What difficulties did they encounter?
d. What language(s) did they speak?
c. What were the reasons for their move? Did they come voluntarily?
b. Where did they come from?
a. When did your ancestors come to the United States?
1. Family Tree. Interview the oldest member of your family you can contact. Then answer the following questions:
5. How do economic situations affect intergroup relations?
4. Why is it important to think beyond ourselves as individuals in intercultural interaction?
3. What are some of the potential challenges organizations face as they become more diverse?
2. How do these communication technologies change intercultural communication interaction?
1. How do electronic means of communication (e-mail, the Internet, fax, and so on) differ from face-to-face interactions?
7. Identify and describe three characteristics of an ethical student of culture.
6. Understand the difference among a universalistic, a relativist, and a dialogic approach to the study of ethics and intercultural communication.
5. Explain how studying intercultural communication can lead to increased self-understanding.
4. Explain how understanding intercultural communication can facilitate resolution of intercultural conflict.
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