Experiential Learning in Communities for Cultural Attitudes

Question: Discuss about theExperiential Learning in Communities for Cultural Attitudes. Answer: Intercultural communication is seen as communication existing between various groups or persons from different cultural and linguistic origins. For example, a university enrolls students from different cultural origins and hence they have great chances to acquire educational experiences such as competence together. Cultural competence is a central concept discussed in intercultural communication and it focuses on knowledge of various cultures, cultural attitudes, cultural awareness, and skills for cross-cultural associations (Grellier Goerke, 2010). Cultural competence closely relates to cultural diversity as it involves ethnicity or racial identity. However, the intercultural communication is dynamic and therefore individuals should access new resources which may guide them as they communicate with the aboriginal Australians. Intercultural communication is associated with various challenges such as meeting new persons. Meeting new persons is a challenge as people relate with others from various cultural backgrounds and they need to learn how to communicate with them to overcome the problem. A verbal language difference is a challenge as people may meet those who communicate in languages that they are not familiar (Jandt, 2017). Therefore, people should listen carefully and ensure they understand to avoid issues associated with colloquialisms, grammar, and ascents. Dress and nonverbal language is also a challenge as it focuses on understanding how other people look. Samovar, Porter, McDaniel Roy (2014) confirms that how people do their hair and make-up also matters. However, an individual must be open-minded to accommodate anyone regardless of dress and nonverbal language to overcome this challenge (House, 2014). Finally, understanding time is also important. To summarize, people should learn the inclusiv e language and learn to exercise patience as they communicate with people from other cultural backgrounds. This step ensures that there is understanding among people hence the challenge of unique and complex relations are addressed. Reflection After analyzing this article Intercultural communication, I think it is educative as people will learn how to relate to new people from different cultural backgrounds. From my experience, I have had unique and complex relations with people from different cultural backgrounds. Hence I believe that at some point, communications can go wrong. Therefore, this issue of intercultural communication should be handled with care as people need to observe respect and patience. Based on the reading, I have applied the themes when learning together with others in my mentoring partnership through various ways. For instance, I know the value of inclusive language which is English and I use it to communicate effectively. I try not to marginalize and I communicate with all people in the mentoring partnership. I do not label people whom we do not share stereotypes to avoid offending them. Moreover, I present a sophisticated and accurate view using the inclusive language when communicating with other p eople. Also, I have learned it is important to avoid using words like them and us in communications. I try to develop intercultural competencies for people in the mentoring partnership to ensure that understanding is achieved as language is connected to thoughts. Finally, the reading has helped me learn to overcome challenges associated with the intercultural communication. References Grellier, J., Goerke, V. (2010). Intercultural Communication. Communication Skills Toolkit: Unlocking the Secrets of Tertiary Success (pp. 196-207). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning. House, J. (2014). Moving across languages and cultures in translation as intercultural communication. InTranslational action and intercultural communication(pp. 14-46). Routledge. Jandt, F. E. (2017).An introduction to intercultural communication: Identities in a global community. Sage Publications. Samovar, L. A., Porter, R. E., McDaniel, E. R., Roy, C. S. (2014).Intercultural communication: A reader. Cengage Learning.