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Improving Intercultural Communication (Recognize differences (Yourself and…
Improving Intercultural Communication
Prepare yourself
Learn about the other culture
Recognize and face fears
Reduce your ethnocentrism
Tendency to evaluate other's culture and compare it to yours
Be more positive and neutral when comparing cultures
Confront your stereotypes
A fixed impression
Stereotyping can lead to two barriers
Perceiving someone in a certain way based on their culture (can be positive or negative)
May fail to benefit from someone based on a previous sterotype
Be mindful
Being cautious with a sitiuation
Be mindful of the communication situation you're in
Reduce uncertainty
Recognize differences
Yourself and culturally different people
Similarities exist but differences do not
Culturally different group
Each group has wide and important differences
Meaning
Exist not in words, but in people
Adjust your communication
Recognize that each culture has their own symbols and meanings
Set cultural rules and guidelines on communicating
Recognize culture shock
Reaction you experience when you encounter a different culture
Reverse culture shock
Unpleasant and frustrating
