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The document provides instructions for an online learning activity. It instructs students to read concepts and complete tasks before the synchronous session. It also directs students to the learning platform for online tool instructions and activity submission details. It then includes a self-inventory activity where students assess their preparedness for communicating across cultures. Students must label statements as true or false. Finally, it provides a writing assignment where students must write a four paragraph essay explaining the importance of cultural awareness and understanding in multicultural communication.

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Assignment 6

The document provides instructions for an online learning activity. It instructs students to read concepts and complete tasks before the synchronous session. It also directs students to the learning platform for online tool instructions and activity submission details. It then includes a self-inventory activity where students assess their preparedness for communicating across cultures. Students must label statements as true or false. Finally, it provides a writing assignment where students must write a four paragraph essay explaining the importance of cultural awareness and understanding in multicultural communication.

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General Directions:

 Before going online for our synchronous sessions, you must


first read the key concepts a nd perform the required tasks
on this part of the module.
 Visit our digital learning platform for the instructions on the
online tools to be used and the mode and deadline of
Activity 1 submission of your activities.

Self-Inventory
Instruction: Assess your personal preparedness to communicate effectively with persons of
different cultures by labeling each of the following statements as true or false.

1. I enjoy communicating with persons unlike me as much as with persons like me. True

2. I am equally sensitive to the concerns of all groups in our multicultural society. True

3. I can tell when persons from other cultures do not understand me or are confused by my
actions. True

4. I do not fear interacting with persons from minority groups any more than I fear i nteracting
with persons from the dominant culture. True

5. Persons from other cultures have a right to be angry at members of my culture. False

6. Persons from other cultures who don’t actively participate in a conversation, dialogue or
debate with others may act that way because of their culture’s rules. True

7. How I handle disagreements with persons from other culture depends on the situation and
the culture(s) they are from. True

8. My culture is not superior to other cultures. True

9. I am knowledgeable of how to behave with pe rsons of different cultures. True

10. I respect the communication rules of cultures other than my own. True
Assignment

Write a four-paragraph essay that explains the importance of awareness and


understanding of cultural diversity and communication in multicultural settings.

Cultural diversity is important because our country, our workplaces and schools are
increasingly made up of different cultural, racial, and ethnic groups. We can learn from each
other, but first we need to understand each other a little. Knowing other cultures helps us
understand different perspectives within the world in which we live. It helps to dispel negative
stereotypes and personal prejudices against different groups.

Furthermore, cultural diversity helps us recognize and respect “beings of being” that are not
necessarily ours. So that we can build bridges for trust, respect and understanding between cultures in our
interaction with others. Furthermore, this diversity makes our country more livable. Because people from
different cultures bring language skills, new ways of thinking, new knowledge and different experiences.
Cultural awareness is the understanding that our own culture differs from one person and group to
another, and especially from our target language. Cultural awareness enables us to communicate more
effectively with people beyond words and grammar by understanding their culture. Learning a foreign
language gives us access to another society and culture. That is good, because language is the most
important means of communication between people.

Cultural awareness makes communicating with different people easier and less stressful. Culture
and awareness also increase our cultural competence of people around us and around the world, it helps
us develop a deeper understanding of other people’s culture, as well as our own, to increase our tolerance
and broaden our minds.Effective communication in a multicultural environment means structuring your
dialogue in such a way that it is understandable to everyone involved. When we speak, we make
assumptions about what words and ideas mean. These are based on your personal and shared beliefs and
experiences. If you are talking to someone who has different beliefs and experiences than you, these
words may not mean the same thing. If you cannot compensate for this scenario, your communication has
failed.

Here is an example of not being aware of and not understanding cultural diversity. If you talk to
your close friends, co-workers, siblings, parents, and grandparents in a very different way. For friends,
you can tell memes that everyone has seen, but probably not with grandparents. They wouldn’t
understand the reference or the language. Effective communication in a multicultural environment is
therefore not a matter of “tossing”, but of every day and simply requires empathy, imagination and
consideration. Inclusion we need to be aware and be careful to engaging communication with other people
because you might say something that can offend them or they can’t understand you and can’t relate to
you.

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