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Chapter 1: Review the sections on “Characteristics of Competent Communication†and “Social Media and Interpersonal Communicationâ€. Then, think of your current relationships that involve regular communication. Answer the following questions:
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- What do you identify as your single major strength in the area of interpersonal communication? Cite two specific personal examples where you displayed this strength.
- What do you do especially well in terms of communicating face-to-face? Over social media?
- What do you identify as your one significant weakness? Give one specific example to illustrate why you feel this is a problem area for you.
- How can you improve your face-to-face communication? Communication over social media?
- How do your strength and weakness both relate to the “Characteristics of Competent Communication†section in Chapter 1? Make sure to use course terminology in your analysis.
Chapter 2: Think of a time when you were in a situation or place that meant you had to interact with people you perceived as culturally different from you. Answer the following questions:
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- What was “different†about the other people? Ethnicity? Socioeconomic background? Age? Gender identity/sexual orientation? Ability level?
- How much experience did you have interacting with individuals from other cultures prior to this situation?
- How would you describe your usual motivation and attitude toward meeting people different than yourself?
- How did your communication alter or vary in this situation, dealing with people who were culturally different?
- How would the outcome of this interaction be different if you had the same experience again, having read this chapter/having had discussions about intercultural communication in this class?
- What steps might you take to improve your intercultural communication competence?
– Clear references to the textbook are required in both the original thread .
- Textbook references should come from the chapter(s) specified in the assignment prompt and be clearly connected to your post and the assignment topic.
- Be sure and include the chapter and page number from the textbook in your posts, for example (chapter 2, 59), just as you would do for any research paper/post !
– should be at least 500-600 words total and have a least 1 textbook reference from each specified chapter. You will have 2 references