Inter Cultural Competence UG

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INTERCULTURAL

COMPETENCE

Mr. Chengappa B.M, School of Law

Mr. Mukund Naragund, Department of Electronics

Ms. Smitha Vinod, Department of Computer Science


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INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

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Life style of a people, or the learned and

shared patterns of beliefs, behaviors and

values of a group of interacting people.

(Bennett)Culture is the collective programming of

the mind. (Hofstede)

Culture is the water we live in. It surroundsus and defines us. Chinese definition

Culture is to us what water is to a fish

CULTURE ?

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The feeling of disorientation experienced by

someone who is suddenly subjected to an

unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of

attitudes.

CULTURE SHOCK

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Video of Culture Shock
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CULTURE: VISIBLE & INVISIBLE ELEMENTS

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ObservableManners

Clothes

Food (Video)

Newspapers

Books

Monuments

Rituals Festival

Gadgets

Non Observable History

Friendship

Time and Space

Negotiation Style

Communication Style

Solutions to Problems

CULTURE IS LIKE AN ICEBERG

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INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCEIN COLLEGE

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Culture hides more than it reveals and

strangely enough what it hides, it hides

most effectively fromits

ownparticipants. Years of study have

convinced me that the real job is not to

understand foreign culture but to

understand our own.

Late Edward Hall, US Anthropologist

UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN CULTURE

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UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN CULTURE

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Motivation to Communicate Effectively with

Someone from a Different Culture

Learn Skills to Communicate Effectively

Ability to Put This Knowledge to Use

Willingness of Different Groups to Respect

Cultural Rights" of Others

Dominant Culture vs Other Cultures

WHAT IS INTER CULTURAL COMPETENCE?

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CULTURAL DIVERSITY ( V I D E O )

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How do people understand one another

when they do not share a common cultural

experience?

Therefore to be successful in a foreign land

one needs to understand the inner logic of

a culture.

CHALLENGE OF INTER CULTURALCOMPETENCE

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How did

socialization

occur in your

own life?

Recall

behaviors &

Values

taught to

you.

How do they

affect you

now?

THINK ABOUT

YOUR OWN

CULTURE ?

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SeparationTendency of Minority Group to Preserve

Cultural Identity, and No Interest inPositive Relations With Dominant Culture.

IntegrationTendency of a Minority Group to Preserve

Cultural Identity and to Strive for Positive

Relations with Dominant Culture.

CAUSE OF INTER CULTURAL COMPETENCE

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Cultural Separation Video
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Allow One's Attitudes to be Challenged and

recognise that the Other Enjoys Freedom and Right

to Dif fer With Your Opinion.

Both Parties Should Have Mutual Respect.

Both Parties are Responsible for the process.

Both Have to Enable Diverse experiences /

Viewpoints to be Identified and Related to the Issue

on Hand.

Being Non-judgemental and Aware that One Only

Interprets Issues Without a Comprehensive Picture.

INTER CULTURAL COMPETENCE

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RESPECT AND LEARN CULTURAL

DIFFERENCES

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The unconscious projection of values is the

source of cultural mishaps.

Understanding oneself and ones own culture

is necessary to avoid cultural confusion

Who understands others as well as oneselfwill be granted success in a thousand

encounters -- Chinese Proverb

CULTURAL CONFUSION

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UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

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Indirect low context) Explicit

Context not important Thinking-focused

Result-oriented

Masculine

Direct high context) Implicit

Context Important Relationship-Focused

Relationship-oriented

Feminine

CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

CULTURE DETERMINES STYLE OF COMMUNICATION

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Know that they dont know

Assume difference until similarity is proven, not the

other way around

Emphasize description

Observe what is actually said and done rather than

interpret or evaluate

Practice role reversal (empathy)

Attempt to understand an international situation

through the eyes of others Treat explanations as guesses, not as certainty

Check with colleagues from home and abroad if

guesses are plausible

TO ENSURE INTER CULTURAL COMPETENCE

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CULTURAL COMPETENCE IS A BALANCE

BETWEEN:

Knowledge(about other cultures, people,

nations, behaviours)

Empathy(understanding feelings and needs of

other people)

Self-confidence(knowledge about one's

desires, strengths and weaknesses, and

emotional stability)Cultural identity(knowledge about one's own

culture)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_identityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_identityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge


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On Campus

Language Speech Patterns and Accents

Non verbal communication

Dress code

Food Habits

Collaboration

In the Class RoomLearning ability

Seating order and postures

Peer groups

DIVERSITY IN AND AROUNDYOU

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Surprise

Discomfort

IrritationShock

Anger

EmbracementHumour

WE EXPERIENCE...

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CLASS ACTIVITY

CREATING A ZONE MAP

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Students can draw a diagram of 3 concentric circles. The middle circle is Comfort, the second is Risk, and the third is Danger.


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D = Detect

I = Interpret

E = Evaluate

UNDERSTANDING NEW BEHAVIOUR

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