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<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> <strong>Full</strong> <strong>Course</strong> <strong>Discussions</strong> <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong><br />
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<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> <strong>Full</strong> <strong>Course</strong> <strong>Discussions</strong> <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong><br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
Why is intercultural literacy needed in today’s world?<br />
dq 2<br />
What role do media technologies play in everyday intercultural communication experiences?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
Reflect on your responses to the PRICA self-assessment in the textbook. How does your<br />
worldview influence the level of apprehension you feel when communicating with people from<br />
other cultures?<br />
dq 2<br />
Reflecting on your responses in the GENE Scale, how have these attitudes influenced the way<br />
you have communicated with members of other cultural groups in the past?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
How would you explain the relationship between one’s culture and one’s identity?<br />
dq 2<br />
How is identity communicated generally, and how do you communicate your identity?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August
dq 1<br />
After watching the TEDTalk: Patricia Ryan—Don’t Insist on English! [Video file]. (2011). In<br />
Films On Demand. (Reference the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) What would be the consequences<br />
(positive or negative) of one world language?<br />
http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/PortalPlaylist<br />
s.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=48621<br />
dq 2<br />
What are examples from your own life of your language shaping your worldview and how does<br />
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis influence your understanding of this relationship?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
If a professor had an Indian student in class and the student asked the professor to not pass out<br />
handouts with his left hand, do you think the professor should comply?<br />
dq 2<br />
How does the way you dress reflect the culture with which you identify?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
What are some positive outcomes of intercultural conflict? Think about a recent example in your<br />
own life and explain why you think it occurred and how you benefited from the experience?<br />
dq 2<br />
How does your cultural background affect how you handle conflict?<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2 <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
dq 1<br />
If you traveled to another country, what elements would most likely cause you to experience<br />
culture shock?<br />
dq 2<br />
What strategies do you think are most helpful for coping with culture shock?
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 1 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
Select a culture that has an established community/presence in your area/city/state. You will<br />
focus your research throughout the semester on learning about this group.<br />
Create a presentation using PowerPoint or another tool with your instructor’s approval. A<br />
minimum of fifteen slides are required for this assignment. A script/notes must be included in<br />
your presentation. The PowerPoint should include the following:<br />
1. 1. Explain the core values and history of the cultural group and describe how the culture became<br />
established in your area (e.g., what events, motivations, persons were influential in their<br />
establishment in your area?) Include a timeline of significant events (be selective – keep the<br />
timeline minimal).<br />
2. 2. Describe how this group has shaped the culture of the area.<br />
3. 3. Research and describe opportunities in which this culture could be experienced locally (e.g.,<br />
festival, store, restaurant, cultural center, etc.).<br />
4. 4. Three sources are required for this assignment.<br />
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is<br />
expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation<br />
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 2 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
This assignment builds on Part 1. You will continue to focus your research on the cultural group<br />
you selected in Topic 1. Write 500-750 words in response to the following:<br />
1. 1. Clarify the definitions as well as compare and contrast the concepts of stereotyping and<br />
ethnocentrism.<br />
2. 2. Find concrete examples that show how this group is represented by local and/or national media<br />
(This could include Comic Strips, Newspaper Articles, Advertisements, TV Shows, etc.). Give<br />
specific examples of stereotyping and ethnocentrism.<br />
3. 3. Outline concrete examples of how these media caricatures influence people’s perceptions of<br />
this culture. Next, explain how these perceptions (as elements of the media consumer’s<br />
worldview) might influence their attitudes and behaviors when interacting with someone from<br />
that culture.
4. 4. Two to three academic resources are required for this assignment.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student<br />
Success Center.<br />
The Identification of Communication Challenges assignment is the benchmark for:<br />
GED2C1: Construct logical, cohesive, and persuasive arguments.<br />
GED2C2: Locate, verify, evaluate, and correctly cite print and electronic resources.<br />
GED2C3: Exhibit proficiency in Standard American English for academic purposes.<br />
GED2C4: Demonstrate knowledge of the power and ethical ramifications of language choice<br />
and communication style.<br />
GED3C2: Apply appropriate critical inquiry strategies (e.g., inductive and deductive reasoning,<br />
analysis, evaluation, and synthesis) to issues and questions.<br />
GED4C1: Articulate knowledge of individual, group, and societal behavior.<br />
GED4C3: Acknowledge individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and belief systems, and<br />
interact appropriately.<br />
GED4C4: Use knowledge of the past to develop understandings concerning the present or<br />
future.<br />
GED4C5 Evaluate artistic and literary expression and how they influence and reflect society.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 3 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
In 750-1,000 words, research and explain what factors influence the individual and collective<br />
identities of members of your selected cultural group. Consider the following examples of<br />
important factors to address:<br />
1. 1. How do people from the cultural group communicate their identities through their architecture<br />
or how they organize their private and public environments?<br />
2. 2. What is unique about their art or other mass mediated communications (e.g., magazines, books,<br />
films, comics)? You may choose to explain an individual’s work or a message/artifact created by<br />
a group or organization.<br />
3. 3. How do they establish and manifest roles in relationships?<br />
Give concrete examples to illustrate your selected culture’s value orientations and explain how<br />
these value orientations influence the group’s communication behaviors. Include:<br />
1. 1. High vs. low-context
2. 2. Power-distance<br />
3. 3. Individualistic vs. collectivistic<br />
4. 4. Uncertainty avoidance<br />
5. 5. Polychronic vs. monochronic<br />
Identify one or two events in history when this group’s identity or values have been clearly<br />
challenged or encroached upon. Describe how these events may have shaped this culture’s<br />
perception of the world.<br />
Explain how this culture’s identity is expressed through mass media channels (e.g., radio,<br />
newspapers, magazines, websites) that are created or produced by individuals within the culture.<br />
Three to four academic resources are required for this assignment.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student<br />
Success Center.<br />
This assignment measures the following competency: C2.3: Compare and contrast how<br />
communicative behaviors reflect various cultural norms.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 4 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
This section should be 500-750 words.<br />
Research important elements of your selected culture’s language that are important to understand<br />
in order to understand the culture (syntactics, semantics, phronology, pragmatics).<br />
1. 1. Attend a group gathering or event that is prominent in your selected culture.<br />
2. 2. Take field notes in which you describe the verbal communication traits of the people you<br />
observe in the service (e.g., what does it sound like? What are unusual words, phrases, or idioms<br />
used?).<br />
3. 3. Write down as many phrases or utterances you can. Explain how the verbal communication<br />
traits you wrote about in point 2 differ from the verbal communication traits of your own cultural<br />
groups.
4. 4. Summarize your experience, incorporating scholarly articles that address the relationship<br />
between verbal communication traits and cultural distinctiveness<br />
5. 5. How does your experience help you understand the culture differences between the culture you<br />
are researching and your own culture?<br />
6. 6. Two to three academic resources are required for this assignment.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student<br />
Success Center.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 5 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
Choose a film that represents interactions between at least two distinct cultures. The film must be<br />
approved by the instructor.<br />
1. 1. As you watch the film, take notes on the nonverbal cues that the characters in the film exhibit.<br />
Be as descriptive as possible when describing the nonverbal codes you witness throughout the<br />
film.<br />
2. 2. Explain how the nonverbal cues you witnessed in the film compare to the types of nonverbal<br />
communication codes used by the culture you have chosen to examine this semester, cite one to<br />
two scholarly sources to support your insights.<br />
3. 3. Describe a faux pas that you witnessed in the film. To spot a faux pas, look for nonverbal or<br />
verbal communication that is not received well by members of the native culture.<br />
The total assignment should be 500-750 words.<br />
Two to three academic resources are required for this assignment.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student<br />
Success Center.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
This assignment measures the following competency: Comp 2.1: Interpret the meaning of<br />
symbols across cultures.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 6 <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
Find a recent situation in which a conflict related to cultural differences occurred. You can find<br />
the situation by asking a friend if they have had any experiences, looking into the news/media for<br />
an example, or relating a personal experience you witnessed. In a total of 500-750 words, write<br />
out the details of the conflict as communicated by the source of the story.<br />
1. 1. Based on your research in intercultural communication, explain why you think the conflict<br />
arose (reference at least one source from the textbook and/or scholarly articles on intercultural<br />
conflict to back up your recommendations).<br />
2. 2. Explain the role of mass media and/or new media in shaping the conflict (e.g., Is one<br />
communicator responding to a negative, stereotyped view of the other?). Explain the connections<br />
between the communication behaviors of each individual in this conflict scenario and their<br />
differing worldviews.<br />
3. 3. Write out a consultation (250-500 words from the total), outlining what the communicators in<br />
the conflict scenario need to know or do to best handle the conflict. Be specific in your<br />
recommendations and justify them with scholarly evidence (when you justify, explain what<br />
ethical considerations should be taken into account when handling the situation described in the<br />
case study). Two academic sources are required for the consultation.<br />
Two to three academic sources are required for the consultation.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
You are required to submit the case study and the consultation to Turnitin. Refer to the directions<br />
in the Student Success Center.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
This assignment measures the following competency: Comp 4.1: Evaluate the connection<br />
between ethical communication and different worldviews.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 7 Culture Shock Reflection <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
Think about a time when you were immersed in a new culture or co-culture.
Write a 250-500 word reflection, addressing the following:<br />
1. 1. Explain the circumstances surrounding your immersion in a new culture/co-culture. What was<br />
the reason for your trip/experience?<br />
2. 2. Identify the stages of culture shock present in your experience of the new culture/co-culture.<br />
3. 3. Explain how you tried to cope with the culture shock.<br />
4. 4. Discuss how you might cope with the culture shock in a healthier way in the future based upon<br />
what you learned about culture shock in this topic.<br />
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located<br />
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.<br />
<strong>GC</strong> <strong>COM263</strong> Week 7 Research Presentation <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Latest</strong> 2016 August<br />
Details:<br />
Compile parts 1-6 of your research project into a presentation. Your presentation can be<br />
constructed using one of the following formats: a video presentation, PowerPoint, or Prezi (or a<br />
format not listed, as long as it is approved by your instructor). A minimum of 20 slides are<br />
required for this assignment. A script/notes must be included in your presentation. Be creative.<br />
Just make sure that you include the following sections:<br />
1. 1. Background Information<br />
2. 2. Media and Cultural Communication Challenges<br />
3. 3. Cultural Identity and Value Orientations<br />
4. 4. Verbal Communication Characteristics<br />
5. 5. Nonverbal Communication Characteristics<br />
6. 6. Conflict Styles and Management<br />
7. 7. Conclusion<br />
In the conclusion of your presentation, include a reflection on what you learned from this culture<br />
and explain why you think your intercultural communication research is an important part of<br />
minimizing the negative effects of culture shock associated with the culture you studied.
Three to five sources are required for this assignment. Each student will be assigned a<br />
presentation to review. Each student will post their peer review in the discussion forum posted in<br />
the course. The instructor will provide further instructions for the peer review.<br />
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is<br />
expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation<br />
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.<br />
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to<br />
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.<br />
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.