If I think back on all the things that I learned in this class I think that the topic that interested me the most and the one that I will remember in the future was the one where we looked at our culture. I thought that it was interesting that the world we live in today can be so diverse and have so many different perspectives on just one certain topic. I was able to look at my culture and see this that I hadn’t before. With every generation of people there comes a new perspective or way of looking at things. The ideas and the beliefs that our grandparents or great grandparents had, seem very conservative and old-fashioned and our children’s children will think that of us.
Another thing that stuck with me though this class was the activity where we viewed people’s actions and norms. This was a fun activity and watching how we react to others and the things that we do without knowing was fascinating. After doing the activity I still find myself doing the same things that the people I viewed were doing and see the same types of norms that I saw during my observation.
I think the biggest thing that I learned from this class was that every person has their own culture and their own background. Doing the activity about our ethnicity showed me that everyone grew up with different views and ideas. We are the way we are because of the people that we grew up with. Doing these activities and having to think about my culture, ethnicity, and about the different accents there are just in the United States opened my eye to something that I had never thought about. One thing that I will do is to continue think about my culture and why we act the way we do. How we do things without knowing it and the norms that are set that we unknowingly follow. I think that after taking this class I will be able to better understand why intercultural conflicts occur and ways that we can help prevent them. We did a lot of different activities that taught us about intercultural communication and helped us to better understand what intercultural communication really was about. What activity did you enjoy doing the most?
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I think the history activity was the most eye opening for me. Previously, I'd known that the dominant group writes history... blah, blah, whatever. I'd never realized how true this statement is and how it affects my life. I was shocked, and I mean shocked, to discover how little I know about historical figures from other cultures. This activity really inspired me to read and learn more about other cultures and their histories.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun meeting you in this class! Good luck with school!
I enjoyed the little accent quiz the most. It was surprising to me about the subtleness of the accents in some different areas. Plus, I just liked playing a game, it added a little zest to the course.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed activity11 (conflicts). I watched a movie which was about Indian and British colonists. In the movie, colonist's boss called Indians "it". I was shocked but it might have happened in real. Also, a colonist man told Indian "you do not know better". This words made an Indian woman angry. He evaluated her culture by his stand point. I thouight it was one of cause of conflicts. This activity tought me a lot about conflicts between two different cultures.
ReplyDeleteI found many of the activities fascinating. Two of my favorites were observing and the accent quizzes. I found it interesting to know that people act differently in different areas/evnironments. Through observation, I realized the unwritten rules and how evident they are in my observation spot. I also thought it was fun to take the quizzes and hear the different ways people talk just within the United States. It made me wonder how and why people talk with certain accents.
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