intercultural communication and gender roles q 3

Question 1

what are the 4 factors that contribute to effective intercultural comm?

Answer 1

• Cultural relativism
• patience
• Avoid/overcome ethnocentrisms and prejudices
• Acknowledge the different social components and style of comm = verbal and non-verbal

Question 2

what are the three evidence of gender roles in the comm process?

Answer 2

• gender roles in general
• relative value placed upon genders
• communication purpose, focus and style according to gender.

Question 3

What is, briefly, the introduction of this essay?

Answer 3

1 - there are many SITUATIONS IN LIFE when ppl need to draw upon their intercultural communication skills, such as traveling, international/interculutural exchange and international diplomacy.
2- Therefore, persons need to avoid any intercultural misunderstandings, as en effective IC is a TWO-WAY PROCESS, which involved both communitors need to understand the other’s culture.
3 - LIST THE FACTORS and rules of comm between and genders and diff way women and men comm with diff purposes.

Question 4

What is in the cultural relativism paragraph?

Answer 4

• each culture has a set of values and attitudes, which distinguishes them from other cultures, therefore must adopt position of CR.
• Meaning: understanding that one culture cannot be judged according to the standards of another.
• way ppl behave can only be known in terms of their beliefs, values and norms, which are the basis of observable aspects which shape the way ppl behave.
• Try and learn about other culture’s way of life and the environment/society they live in which brought them up this way. By better understanding this and changing the perspective of other cultures as equals.
• adopting position of CR becomes important as it can often lead to effective IC.

Question 5

What is in the patience paragraph?

Answer 5

• be patient and listen and observe carefully.
• try and learn some useful words and phrases of the other person’s language and be willing to communicate and enthusiastic to learn, no matter how long it takes. (be patient)
• demonstrate some degree of social literacy as most misunderstandings arise from the lack of it.
• understand you and other person will make mistake so you will need to persevere.
• have a peaceful mind setting when comm with those of diff langauge and bring warmth in convo by showing you are willing to learn and be patient.

Question 6

What is in the avoid/overcome ethnocentrism and prejudices?

Answer 6

• believing that one culture is BETTER than another.
• must be willing to LEARN about themselves and others to avoid BIAS views.
• learn about NATURE OF THE CULTURE, it COMM PROCESS and become CULTURALLY AWARE in order to avoid any misunderstandings of ‘culture shock’.
• ENCULTURATION includes absorbing prejudices through FAMILY MEMBERS, PEERS and MEDIA.
• prejudice PREVENT independent thinking and NEGATIVE effect on comm, which is why communicator should be willing to RE-EXAMINE their ASSUMPTIONS about another culture to succeed an effective IC.

Question 7

What is in the different social components and style of comm- verbal and non-verbal paragraph?

Answer 7

• sender and receiver must acknowledge diff comm styles and attitudes and have the ability to INTERPRET messages.
• important to learn social components making up the comm process of other culture, such as Paralanguage, sense of time, body language and use of silence.
• By using multiple forms of both V and NV, messages come across better and clearer.

Question 8

What is the intro about gender roles general?

Answer 8

• VITAL factor that CONTRIBUTE to effective IC as male and female genders are often presented as being TWO SEPARATE CULTURES.
• it is the EXPECTATIONS placed upon SOCIETY based on GENDER and CULTURAL BARRIERS. Comm can be achieved with SENSITIVITY to gender roles.
• way ppl of same/diff gender speak are all distinguished by RULES OF BEHAVIOUR in society, made known through ENCULTURATION.
• according to gender, differences in word choice, tone, body language, and other aspects of comm.
• by understadning these rules and assimilating your own society’s rule of comm between gender to another culture can lead to successful Comm.
• evidence of different comm style of male and female can be seen in the comm process.

Question 9

relative value placed upon genders paragraph?

Answer 9

• in most societies, rolls are assigned on the basis of gender.
• if men are dominant, they may speak in a dominating, asserting language and tone or not speak to any women in public.
• these value placed between persons based on gender create complex structure of comm rules and by knowing these rules, a successful IC comm is achievable.

Question 10

Comm purpose, focus and style according to gender

Answer 10

• according to a sociolinguist, Deborah Tannen, she identifies difference in gender dialect and different use of language by male and females.
• Tannen states that men communicate to maintain and build status and also to communicate information (Message oriented), whereas women communicate to build connections, and seek and offer support.
• for non-verbal comm, Tannen also found that women tend to hold more eye contact and nod head to indicate they are listening.

Therefore, gender has influence on comm and that gender roles make influence social relationships and social control in certain settings.