Writing 2111F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cultural Diversity, Anti-Globalization Movement, Communication

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2111F/G
• Professor: Christopher Lee

Document Summary

Communication across cultures: our values, priorities and practices are shaped by the culture in which we grow up, our culture is dynamic. It changes in response to travel and trauma and economic, political and environmental change. The rst step in understanding another culture is to realize that it may do things very differently and that the difference is not bad or inferior. Understanding diversity in canada cultural competence - the capacity to communicate effectively across cultural differences. The successful intercultural communicator is: aware that his or her preferred values and behaviors are in uenced by culture and are not necessarily right. Immersion in local cultures can help identify competitive advantages and opportunities that might otherwise be missed in global businesses. Understanding cultures: our cultures provide patterns of acceptable behaviors and beliefs. Involves judgment of others by norms speci c to ones own culture.