Welcome to week 8 CCC or Cross Cultural Communication

I hope you guys have read my notes from last week about Interpret communication cues relating to a range of cultures. If not please go through it and note down any problems or questions you may have. Intercultural communication is a global as well as a local hot-spot of communication. Cultural factors take in language, cultural, social and economic differences. It does not mean that we have to 'know' the languages and cultures of the world so as to communicate with people. It means that we simply acknowledge the differences in the cultural landscape facing us and then work out ways to navigate through, up, under and over the land in order to communicate meaning effectively.

What marks a cultural difference?

It's how we dress
Our language
Gestures
Hstorical background
Social dynamics
Type of Government
Rituals
Laws
Geography and topography
Climate
Art

There are hundreds if not thousands of cultural differences, some obvious many subtle, however, we are all human beings and the means of communication and understanding each other is possible by understanding and acting on the examples in the list above.

To be an effective communicator in the cultural context is to use patience, understanding and flexibility.

I have made a DVD of short YouTube videos with the theme of Cross Cultural Communication in mind to demonstrate through various examples the pitfalls and successes of CCC.