Erica Lenn S.

Villagracia GE 5 7:30AM
Reflective Review Essay #5 02/10/2021

Today is February 8,2021. Today we tackled Local and Global Communication in

Multicultural Setting. Globalization requires us to be mindful of accepting diversity and
recognizing each one’s differences, accepting it and valuing it. Culture is our system of
knowledge, customs, beliefs, behaviours and artifacts that we used, shared and
acquired in our daily living. Within a whole culture we are also subdivided into different
co-cultures. Just like here in the Philippines, we are subdivided into Bisaya, Hiligaynon,
Ilonggo, Cebuano, and many more. There are different Co-culture strategies.
Assimilation is when you try to forget your own culture to fit in with the Dominant culture.
Accomodation, is when you try to adapt to a certain culture, but you still have your own
culture within you and Separation is when you detach yourself from a certain culture.

While exploring Cultural Dialectics you will be introduced to different concepts.

Individualism where individual goals are stressed "I" is much more important than “we”
while collectivism is stressed in group goals,"WE" is much more important than "I".
This concept is not about being selfish or what, but because there are instances where
we must prioritize ourselves, and also vice versa, it only depends on context, there are
situations that we must do for ourselves or for other people. High context
communication is more of indirect communication, it is when you do not go directly to
the point of what you're talking about. While low context is when you’re verbally direct to
other people, you say what you want to say no matter what, even though other people
might be hurt, I know this is not bad but it is also not good all the time, most especially
when that person you’re communicating to are not that close to you. High power
distance, when you view powers differently, there is a gap in communication in each
individual, like the boss and an employee in a work. While low power distance you have
much interaction with each other, and you are closer with each other, like teacher and
student outside the school.
 I learned that context is very important for communicating with a purpose. For our
own benefit or for other people, we must learn to adapt from the different culture around
us. Remember that being diverse is not negative, hence it is something that we must be
thankful for, because we are unique in our own ways. What is important is that we learn
to understand one another and compromise, because the world didn't label us for who
we are, but it is our attitudes who give labels and discriminate the differences that each
one of us attributes. That is why I want to be more knowledgeable on how I can
effectively communicate to people from different cultures without offending them. I want
to know more on how to adapt to different cultures without forgetting my own, because
sometimes because we aggressively want to adapt to other cultures, we tend to forget
how important and rich our own culture is.

When we say Intercultural Communication it is a process of sharing and

interpreting messages of people from different cultures. Intercultural Communication
has various forms such as: Interracial Communication, which refers to communication
from different races. Interethnic Communication, is a communication from different
ethnic origins. International Communication, communication between people from
different nations. Lastly, the Intracultural Communication, or communication between
people from the same racial or ethnic groups or co-culture. Of course, there are
scenarios where it could be both Interethnic Communication and International
Communication, and so on. These various forms can just serve as our guide to
distinguish one form from another. While living in Dumaguete City for 2 years, I tried to
adapt to their rich culture and really tried myself not to forget my own culture. I tried to
dress differently from what I used to, to be more open and, but then I still did not forget
to respect my parents and the people around me.