Please post your answers to the following questions:
1) What is a cultural difference?
2) Is a cultrual difference good or bad?
3) What is a cultrual misunderstanding and how does a cultural difference lead to a cultural misunderstanding?
4) How can you be successful in achieving intercultural communication?
1)is the set of beliefs and customs of a group
ReplyDelete2)neither bad nor good only differences that must be respected
3)when a person believes something is wrong because it is not common in their culture, becoming angry for someone to do a behavior that is not common in their culture
4)knowing other culture, reading about it, and sharing the difference as cultural difference not as a problem
Stephanie Suarez
2010-5132
1) A cultural difference is the mix of characteristics that differenciate a group of people from others
ReplyDelete2) I don´t think it is a good or bad thing. I think it is just things that some people don´t have in common.
3)A cultural misunderstanding is when you misunderstand someone´s intention. A cultural difference leads to a cultural misunderstanding when two people from different cultures interact and some attitudes, behaviors or customs that are different create the misunderstanding.
4) By using non verbal communication or finding a language that both speak.
Carlos Cano 2010-7045
ReplyDelete1) What is a cultural difference?
A cultural difference is a particular behavior that distinguishes us from another cultural group.
2) Is a cultural difference good or bad?
It depends on the situation it occurs. For example: if you are not familiar with the cultural expressions of a particular group, you can do an offensive sign for their culture or misunderstand the message they are trying to send you. On the other hand, cultural differences allow individuals to identify to their particular culture and distinguish themselves from the rest.
3) What is a cultural misunderstanding and how does a cultural difference lead to a cultural misunderstanding?
A cultural misunderstanding is the result of a misinterpretation of an act that is particular of a culture but not another. A cultural difference will most likely lead to a cultural misunderstanding because the difference between both cultures will cause these individuals to act in a specific way that the other may not understand or understand it incorrectly.
4) How can you be successful in achieving intercultural communication?
Reading about other cultures, learning other languages, traveling to other countries and most importantly respecting different beliefs and ideas.
1- The cultural differences are the aspects of a culture that makes it unique and distinctive from another culture. As we can see different cultures can have things in common, but the variations between them are the ones that make a cultural difference.
ReplyDelete2-I will say it’s both. It is good because it defines the people that belong to that culture and provides them a cultural identity and a sense of belonging, which is want of the most important emotional needs the humans have, to feel that they belong in a group.
The bad part of the cultural difference I would say is made by the same people. Because when we don’t care to learn about those differences, we build barriers between us, like when we have the belief that our culture is superior to another, only because we don't understand the differences between them and don’t take the time to learn about them. Also there can be misinterpretations that would only make damage the relationship among cultures.
3-A cultural misunderstanding is when we don’t recognize someone’s intention because what they did means something different in our culture. Cultural misunderstandings come from cultural differences, because those particular differences of a culture like gestures, expressions, the way to communicate with others, etc. are misinterpreted by another culture.
4--By learning about different cultures and what is acceptable or not in them.
-Trying not to judge when we see something different.
-Being aware of the way I behave, and the things that are proper of my culture.
Gabriela Di Vanna
2010-5417
1) What is a cultural difference?
ReplyDeleteAre the traditions, customs and behaviors that make each group of people unique from the others.
2) Is a cultrual difference good or bad?
I can't say that is one or other, for me is a difference that we should respect.
3) What is a cultural misunderstanding and how does a cultural difference lead to a cultural misunderstanding?
Is a verbal or a non verbal behavior that in my culture means one thing and in the other one has other meaning that i don't know so they interpret the behavior in a different way.
4) How can you be successful in achieving intercultural communication?
-Studying the cultures of others countries, sharing information with people of other countries...
ID: 2010-6274
ReplyDelete1. cultural differences are the traditions, customs, beliefs of a group on a society.
2. neither of both, differences are made to be learnd and respected. It make us unique.
3. cultural missunderstanding is the result of an intention of someone from other culture that we missinterpret their behavior and leads us to be unconfortable.
4. to be succesful in intercultural comunication we need to read more, be understanding if we visit some other culture, sharing information with people that we are not used to talk, don't judge people and ask if we don't understand something or someone.
Isaura Baez
ReplyDelete2010-5233
1) The variations in the way of life, beliefs, traditions between different countries, religions and people.
2) In my opinion is good because make our world unique, sharing religions and cultures and always we can learn about other cultures and languages.
3) A cultural misunderstanding is how the meaning of a word or saying can change between cultures and the person could understand other thing or acting wrong for example with the gestures and the expressions and the person could feel angry and impotent.
4) Research the customs and language of the person you will be communicating, be patient, reading, learning about the gestures, respect their culture and different traditions.
Pedro Senior
ReplyDelete2010-6615
1) The way the different cultures live, their beliefs, what they eat, their religious beliefs and their traditions.
2) I think that is dependent the country and the people, because something that is good for me could be wrong for others.
3) Is when people misunderstand the meaning of words or expressions and act differently and other people may feel bad because they do not realize that they do not understand that this is a different culture and that's the problem sometimes with these situations.
4) Learn the language, read books in that language to learn expressions, practice hard, respect other cultures, searching on the internet about that country and its culture and not judge the people.
Paola Certo
ReplyDelete2010-6857
1)A cultural difference takes place when a person, or a population, has habits, myths, beliefs or way of behaving different from other population or person. These ways of being are characteristics of the place that in many occasion are not equal to another city.
2)A cultural difference could be good or bad, it’s depends on the intention of the person or the population. This happen when the person doesn’t know the other culture or theirs habits.
3)A cultural misunderstanding is when a person acts in some ways, or when the person says something for him normal r habitual, to another person who is not accustomed and misunderstood the intention of the first person. A cultural difference leads to a cultural misunderstanding when a person doesn’t know the culture of another person. In china, for example, Chinese people use to eats everything that they has in theirs plate. If they don’t eat everything that is considerate rude and they may thinks that that’s person is ill-mannered. So if a person who doesn’t know that habits or behaves goes to china and leave food in his plate, this action will be a cultural misunderstanding. Because the purpose or the intention of that person is not to be rude, but may be ‘cause that person is full.
4)A person, who wants to be successful in achieving intercultural communication, can learn or study the habits and the custom of the country where he’ll travel, before travelling. Also that person can ask before he talks or do the action, to a friend if that action or manner to be its considerate rude or if it’s ok doing it.
1)A cultural difference is when a country has a different tradition than the one that you grow up in.
ReplyDelete2)In my opinion I think is more bad than good, because most people interpret cultural difference offensive. Maybe in my Country something that is cultural in other Countries can be offensive.
3) A cultural misunderstanding if when you interpret a cultural difference in a bad way. This leads to a misunderstanding, because by not knowing the tradition in the Country that you are in you can do or the people in that Country that might offend that person or offends you.
4)Learning about the cultural traditions that the Country that we’re going to visit or maybe live in, if we don’t know anything about it we can misinterpret situation that are actually a welcome or just trying to be nice in a way.
1) What is a cultural difference?
ReplyDeleteIs all about the way of life, beliefs, traditions and laws between different countries, religions, societies and people.
2) Is a cultrual difference good or bad?
That´s depend, I think some cultures may have some interesting and positive things to others cultures, but also may be negative depending of the intention.
3) What is a cultrual misunderstanding and how does a cultural difference lead to a cultural misunderstanding?
It refers when someone interpret in the wrong way one action with others cultures.
4) How can you be successful in achieving intercultural communication?
Searching about others cultures, the behavior, the way to communicate, vocabulary, religion, food, etc to avoid the misunderstanding.
1) a cultural difference are different ways of behave, believe and customs from a determined group.
ReplyDelete2) I think cultural difference is not good or bad is that so people don`t share the same customs.
3) cultural misurderstanding is when we don`t recognize the intentions of someone`s.
a cultural difference can lead to a cultural misurderstanding because, when 2 people from different customs interact and realize that don`t share the same customs and personality this can cause misurderstanding between they.
4) learnig about others cultures and respect the traditions of others countries.
1) Cultural difference is how each culture have something different from each other, different belives, mithology, food and customs.
ReplyDelete2) Different cultures are good because people are different.
3) Is when someone from a culture dont understand other cultures belives, rituals, etc. This can lead to some troubles because for one person culture something can be the biggest offense but for the other person is the highest honor ever made to someone. You have to be carefull with this.
4)Before visiting new cultures, read about that culture. Learn the good and bad things and then you will know better what is going on when you get to that place.