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Binalonan, Pangasinan: Coping With The Challenges of Intercultural Communication

This document discusses the challenges of intercultural communication. It begins by outlining the objectives of recognizing challenges, sources of misunderstanding, and appreciating other cultures. Several challenges are described, including different languages and lack of shared knowledge. Sources of misunderstanding can come from ambiguity, performance issues, gaps in world knowledge, and local context. Different greeting customs from around the world are provided as examples, such as handshakes, kissing, and bowing. Students are asked comprehension questions to check their understanding and assigned a worksheet to construct a script showing communication breakdown.

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Binalonan, Pangasinan: Coping With The Challenges of Intercultural Communication

This document discusses the challenges of intercultural communication. It begins by outlining the objectives of recognizing challenges, sources of misunderstanding, and appreciating other cultures. Several challenges are described, including different languages and lack of shared knowledge. Sources of misunderstanding can come from ambiguity, performance issues, gaps in world knowledge, and local context. Different greeting customs from around the world are provided as examples, such as handshakes, kissing, and bowing. Students are asked comprehension questions to check their understanding and assigned a worksheet to construct a script showing communication breakdown.

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Binalonan, Pangasinan

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
MODULE 11

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MODULE 11 – COPING WITH THE CHALLENGES OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

I.OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the module, students should be able to:

1.Recognize the challenges of intercultural communication.


2. Determine the sources of misunderstanding.
3. Appreciate learning about other cultures and identity.

DISCUSSION:

Coping with the Challenges of Intercultural Communication

Intercultural communication is commonly explained as an interaction between people of 'different cultures


whether defined in terms of racial, ethnic or socioeconomic differences.' Human communication consists of
verbal and nonverbal messages (language and gestures) which are shaped by gender, social class or culture.
Thus, what perimeters define the intercultural exchange and what primary messages do we need or try to
convey? Our communication process or the way we attribute symbolic meanings to words and gestures, in
order to express ourselves is shaped by the society in which we evolve.

Challenges of intercultural communication


 Use of different language
 Results of intercultural miscommunication and misunderstanding
 Lack of shared knowledge, beliefs and cultural diversity
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 it more complicated to arrive at the correct inference or interpretation of meanings.

Note:
 Misunderstanding in intercultural communication may now always caused by verbal utterances.
 Misunderstanding may also occur due to wrong interpretation of the non-verbal code.

The handshake
 The handshake is a globally widespread, brief greeting or parting tradition in which two people
grasp one to each other’s like, hands, in most cases accompanied by brief up and down movement
of the grasped hands.

Greetings
 Is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to
each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship between individuals or
groups of people coming in contact with each other.

Argentina: kiss on the right cheek


In Argentina, men greet other men with a kiss, so do not be surprised or offended if this occurs. Lightly
press your cheek against the right cheek of another for a light kiss.
Japan: a bow
In japan, the preferred way to greet someone you’re meeting is to bow to one another.
Nigeria: snapping fingers handshake

in Nigeria, young people usually greet each other in a special way, where they snap their fingers in the
process of a handshake. This handshake is not very easy, so you actually need a nigerian to teach you
how to snap fingers while shaking hands.

Russia: a firm handshake

in Russia, a firm handshake is the standard way for men to greet one another in public.

New Zealand: hongi (touching noses)

known as Hongi, this traditional Māori greeting in new Zealand is done by pressing your nose and forehead
to another person’s at the same time.

Greenland: Kunik

this one is a greeting typically done with those you’re close with. To perform it, place your nose and upper
lip against the cheek or forehead of the other person and take a breath.

Thailand: wai

place your palms together at your chest and bow your head so that your thumbs touch your chin and your
fingertips touch your forehead.

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France: kiss on each cheek

the common greeting in France is kissing on the cheek. Typically, it will be two kisses but the number of
kisses can vary depending on the region. As a common starting point, offer your right cheek and let the
other person lead.

India: Namaste

this greeting is carried out by placing your hands together in a praying position with your fingers pointed
upwards and bowing slightly when you say “namaste.”

Ukraine: a triple kiss

don’t pull back after a kiss on each cheek in Ukraine. Here, the custom is to kiss cheeks three times — left,
right, left— to say hello.

The Philippines: mano

when greeting elders, take their hand and press their knuckles against your forehead as a sign of respect.

Sources of Misunderstanding
Ambiguity
 Lack of explicitness on the part of the speaker in the form of problematic reference and ambiguous
sematics in which an utterance is open to different interpretations.
Performance-related misunderstaning
 Slips of the tongue and mishearing which may be due to utterances spoken quickly and unclearly.
Language-related misunderstanding
 Ungrammaticality of language.
Gaps in world knowledge
 Gaps in context rather than language
Local context
 Turns and the within the sequences produced by the participants themselves, and the orientation
of the participants as well as the repair moves that follow the displayed understanding.

Approaches to studying intercultural communication


 Need to aware or conscious of other cultures especially those that you will visit so you can avoid
offending people.

 Due to misinterpretations, miscommunication occurs

 All cultures are equal ag though sometimes difficult to understand

 No culture is superior or inferior to another

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 Aprreciate cultural diversities and learn to live with them.

 People have different languages, lifestyles, and ways of thinking, speaking, and behaving. This is
the essence of cultural diversity.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
Check your understanding of the input by answering the following questions:
1. Cite certain situations when you encountered miscommunication while talking with people
of different nationalities.
2. As a conscientious student, what have you done so far to avoid miscommunication and
misunderstanding when communicating with people of different cultures?

WORKSHEET TASK 1
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
Construct a script that caused communication breakdown based on the sources of misunderstanding
discussed in the book.

REFERENCES:
 Madrunio, Marilou R.,Martin, Isabel P., Purposive Communication, Using English in Multilingual
Contexts, C&E Publishing Inc. 2018

 Valdez, Suzette F., Dela Cruz, Rommel B., Essentials of Oral Communication Towards Effective
and Responsible Speech

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