Professional Documents
Culture Documents
- A dynamic perspective that spreads over education as a whole, which teaches knowing and appreciating the differences between individuals - A response to the challenge of providing Education for All (EFA) in response to UDHR in 1948
Intercultural Education
- As a learning process that addresses human rights, it is focused on changing the negative preconceived knowledge of people against another cultural group; rejecting all forms of discrimination and encouraging full participation among all groups
Intercultural Communication
- It studies cultural variation in communicative interaction and interpersonal relationships among peoples of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, with the endview of developing and improving relationships
Chronemics
- The value given by members of culture to the passage of time
- Past-oriented culture - Present-oriented culture - Future-oriented culture
Chronemics
- The way individuals observe, organize, and respond to time is a potent tool in the communication process
- Punctuality and patience
Chronemics
Monochromic time schedule - Activities are structured, planned and fixed, thus, can be organized, synchronized and quantified
- Monochrons
Chronemics
Polychromic time schedule - Activities are done without planning and without exact time in doing things. Time is continuous, cyclical and infinitively flowing
- Polychrons
Proxemics and Haptics Haptics - The study of touching in the process of communication or the means of communication through touch
Verbal Communication The way an individual communicates fundamentally stems from his or her culture.
Verbal Communication A person can learn and adopt more than one culture or a combination of cultures, but communication is a product of culture.
Direct Speech The language used is precise or explicit and the speaker says what he/she means and means what he/she says.
Indirect Speech The language uses roundabout statements, metaphors, and analogies. It utilizes hints on what one means, and relies on the receivers inference to clarify misunderstanding.
Restrained Communication It occurs when real emotions are concealed for the purpose of maintaining good interpersonal relationship.
Restrained Communication Filipinos believes in what we call Smooth Interpersonal Relationships (SIR), i.e. Utang na Loob.
Restrained Communication Filipinos believes in what we call Smooth Interpersonal Relationships (SIR), not hurting the feelings of others by conformity to the majority.
Expressive Communication It occurs when there is straightforward and precise use of words and much use of body language.
Non-verbal Communication Actions speak louder than words. They determine the senders emotions, attitudes, feelings and thoughts through movements.
Basic Behaviors
Empathy
Interaction Management
Barriers to Intercultural Communication Anxiety Assuming similarity instead of difference Ethnocentrism Stereotype and Prejudice Non-verbal misinterpretation Language