Activity no. 5
Culture can be defined as, learned behaviors that are
communicated from one generation to another to promote individual and social
structure.
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In our subject with Mr. Dacawe, I've learned a lot of things
about Communication and Culture. I learned that it is also important that we
know more about the nature of culture and communication and how culture may
relate to communication or vice versa. Most people will agree that communication
is the most important part of culture.
I also learned that Communication is also the main tool for
social change. Social change is very important in a community because it
changes people beliefs and practices. Through communication people are learning
how to improve their lives and share something good to other cultures. But
there has always been an obstacle in intercultural communication which is the
language.
English is an important factor in globalization because it
allows people from different places to understand each other. The rise of the
English language helps us know more about other cultures. I won’t be able to
understand them without the use of English.
For me as a teacher of the universal language, while I
taught English to Japanese, Chinese, Arab, Thai’s and Korean students, I faced
many difficult intercultural challenges, At first I didn't know what is good
and bad in their culture, I have no Idea on how to avoid insensitive and rude questions.
Sometimes I tend to hurt them unintentionally. And now I can say that I also
learned from my students through communication.
English, whether you like it or not, is the chosen language
of international communication. Speaking and understanding English can let a
person more easily communicate with others and find more job opportunities not
only in his or her home country, but around the world as well. Indeed, English
has transitioned from being a culture-specific language to an essential
inter-cultural communication tool used to conduct all transactions across
cultures around the world.
I enjoyed this subject very much because; it made me realize
how important communication to people of different cultures.
To work with different cultures, it is essential to realize
the proper use of communication because it helps us to be more understandable.
If we are members of different “cultures” and we truly want to understand and
communicate with other cultures, we can! “If you want to do it, you can always
find ways to do it”.
I've
learned different classifications of cultures and this
subject gave me an Idea on how to improve the way I communicate to people with
different cultures and beliefs.