Communication

I chose Paige’s post on the folkloric ballet because, while I understand a fair amount of Spanish, I shared some of her feelings on miscommunication. In Paige’s blog post about the folkloric ballet, I saw a lot of ineffective communication on part of the man speaking during the intermission. It was no one person’s fault that it was ineffective communication, but since many of us could not keep up with what he was saying, I feel as if Paige is right to say that we missed out on something that could have been very interesting. As a result of not being native Spanish speakers, the jokes and references made during the intermission were not communicated well to us.

I chose Sam’s post about shopping Otavalo because I feel as if many of my classmates had the same experience as him and that it showed very effective intercultural communication. Being able to barter with the native people of Otavalo shows improvement on communication skills and the ability to work with a new culture. This communication was very effective for becoming a part of a new culture.


I chose Matt’s post about the changing of the guards because I feel as if it is a mix of both effective and ineffective communication. The guards clearly communicated with each other well, as they were completely in synchronization the whole ceremony. There was ineffective communication as well because many of the people at the ceremony had mixed opinions on the president and the guards themselves.

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