gr5_local and global communication in multicultural setting

• Local communication - is being able to communicate with the members of your local area. It can either be in your local language (mother tongue), or a common language that you speak within your town.
• Global Community - refers to the people or nations of the world, connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent.
• Global communication - is the term used to describe ways to connect, share, relate and mobilize across geographic, political, economic, social and cultural divides.
• Culture - is a term used to encompass a group of people who share common characteristics like language or social practices.
• Cultural Awareness - is knowing that there are multiple different cultures. () is based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, and other factors that have different attitudes and outlooks.
• Cultural Diversity - the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society.
• Cultural sensitivity - involves accepting those differences without insisting your own culture is better, or that everyone should do it your way.
• COMMUNICATION IN MULTICULTURAL SETTING - A process of communication by people coming from different culture with different sets of beliefs and practices.
• Global Awareness - is a skill that an individual must possess, especially in communicating in multicultural setting.
• Ethnocentrism - is a belief hat one culture is better or superior than any other culture.
• Cultural Relativism - is a belief that all culture is of equal value and should be treated with respect and fairness rather than being treated with criticism and negative judgement.
• Cultural Appreciation - is the manner of giving honor and respect to one's culture.
• Cultural Appropriation - is the inappropriate adoption and the lack of acknowledgment of one's culture for the sake of one's interest.
• COMMUNICATION IN MULTICULTURAL SETTING

  • Communication is culture bound
  • Communication is a reflection of the culture of a society or community.
  • Our verbal and nonverbal communication reflect our culture and vice-versa.
• The effect of globalization is internationalization and inter-culturalization.
• TO BE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR IN INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL SETTING

  1. Global awareness.
  2. Cultural sensitivity.
  3. Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and competence.
  4. Respect for the cultures and beliefs of others.
  5. Openness and positive attitude towards others.
• ETHNOCENTRISM (2) - is a habitual disposition to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards and practices of one's own culture or ethnic group.
• THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF ETHNOCENTRISM TO INTERCULTURAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION

  1. Bias
  2. Prejudice
  3. Discrimination
  4. Loyalty
  5. Miscommunication
  6. Division