UNIT 6

INTRODUCTION

Focus on core assessment.

 Ethnic food.

Relevant Course Outcomes for Unit

1. To facilitate more effective communication episodes across gender, ethnicity, culture, and other barriers.

2. To examine the origins of personal beliefs and individual perception.

3. To provide opportunities for exploration of other cultures.

4. To develop strategies for improving communication across cultural boundaries.

5. To establish a philosophical foundation for the study of communication and culture.

Unit Outcomes

  1. To self analyze, using the various self-assessment measures in the textbook and additional ones provided in class.
  2. To explain of key intercultural communication skills you need to improve.
  3. To plan for improving your intercultural communication skills.
  4. To apply research-based principles about intercultural communication in order to help the improvement process.

Assignments for this week 6:
Read and work through unit/weekly content in eCollege, but focus on core assessment.
Complete all Discussion Board assignments.
Core Assessment due by midnight Sunday!

Cartoon about the difficulty of effective communication.

Source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6B8tPuW7TwQ/R0_BFyDzOEI/AAAAAAAADf8/OYcafvvOeEs/s1600-R/projects.jpg

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Core Assessment Due

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There is no new reading or lecture this week. Concentrate on completing and discussing your project. You will find instructions for the core assessment under the Course Home link. Remember to post your project or a segment of your project to the Discussion Board by Thursday.

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DISCUSSION BOARD--

Post project section by Thursday. Discuss projects by Sunday.

 

Please post your Core Assessment project in the body of a post. If some of the content is too personal or too long, post a section of your project. Read and respond to at least two other student projects. Talk about what you still need to do to improve your intercultural communication. You'll need to post your project section by Thursday to provide time for others to discuss your project.

 

PROFESSOR'S CHOICE
General discussion, alternative points of views, stories, videos to watch, and media links.  If the provided link doesn't work, conduct an Internet search to find your own choice for an interesting link about exemplary multicultural communication.