Blog Post #16 Prompt

Please choose blog posts from three of your classmates and respond to the following questions:  Of the three posts you chose, what strikes you as an example of effective intercultural communication and why? What strikes you as an example of ineffective communication and why? What made you choose these three posts?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog Post Sixteen: Effective and Ineffective Communication

A great example of effective communication that I found came from Thea. Thea was communicating with her host mom and mentions: “I have enjoyed hearing about politics and the ways of life from Maria my host mother and would love to learn more from her.” Thea showing interest and engaging within their culture is very effective and can lead to continued effective communication. An example of ineffective communication came from Elizabeth. She mentioned that: “I feel like I respond to my host parents with the same answers all the time. I want to be able to tell them more about myself and let them understand more of who I am.” Ineffective communication is never positive, but thankfully Elizabeth’s was only due to a language barrier and not a form of ethnocentrism. She shows eagerness to communicate effectively as well which is positive. One more example of effective communication comes from Meng during her time at Mitad del Mundo. When she saw the shrunken head she initially felt “a...
Read more

Blog Post #15 Prompt

(This is the prompt I sent earlier via What's App) Please respond to the following questions:  1) What are you most excited to return to in the U.S? 2) What will you miss the most about Ecuador?
Read more

#16 Communication- Caitlin

Carolina's post about the Artisanal Market and Ñeque showed me that she truly communicated effectively while we were cooking with professors. Even though my experience cooking was different than hers, she got a lot out of it while I didn't. She learned new things about the culture and the language even though there wasn't much to do the entire time. She got a completely different experience than I did. I think she did a great job communicating and I need to rethink my experience a bit more. Thea's post about our host family and Ñeque, like Carolina's, demonstrated a really effective communication. Living with Thea, I experienced these things with her and know what she is talking about how easy it was to talk to Maria Dolores. Thea's blog discusses the fact that we discussed everything and anything with Maria Dolores and how nice it was to sit and talk for a few hours. Thea was always open to Maria Dolores and willing to discuss everything with passion and excit...
Read more