Summary: Remember with culture, you are your intra-personal cultural island and have a lot to inform our class! I am learning so much from you, too, from the perspective of my island. Then we focused on all things "intra," or how our communication with ourselves influences our communication with others:
Intrapersonal Communication
Then, after reading the Macmillian cultural awareness worksheet A you discussed the readings with these question prompts:
► Do you think that cultural awareness is an important part of personal growth?
► What are your own experiences of working or living alongside people from different cultures?
► How can cultural awareness help us in business / foreign relations / diplomacy / etc.
I enjoyed our discussions about intra-personal, intra-cultural, and inter-cultural communication and the importance of awareness.
New Vocabulary:
Homework due by Class 05 (email me before or at the beginning of class please!): Please chooseonevideo that is the most interesting to you to view with the closed captions (CC) to read, and then reflect and analyze what you observed and complete the TED Talk 4-Cs worksheet attached below. The four Cs are concepts, challenges, connections, and changes.
Summary:
If the class does the homework, we can enrich our focus on our discussion reflections about how to avoid cultural misunderstandings through the 4Cs framework.
For the students who were not able or willing to prepare for Class 04, please use the time during the first 30 minutes of class. Then, the students who completed the homework will get a personal and targeted cultural lesson based on your experiences and English language skill-building. Remember, with culture, you are your intra-personal cultural island and have a lot to inform our class! I am learning so much from you, too, from the perspective of my own island.
Then we focused on all things "intra" or how our communication with ourselves influences our interaction with others:
This video is an option to review layers of culture from Class 01 to reorient your commitment to homework if you need it.
What is Culture? -Eva Haug
Lera Boroditsky examines how language shapes our intra- and inter-cultural communication and how we think about the world.
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
Amy Cuddy describes body language can influence our cultural communication effectiveness.
Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are: Amy Cuddy
