Lesson 7

Communicating Across Cultures

Module 7-Week 7

Look up the meanings of the following words and phrases that you are going to encounter later on the
selection you are going to read.

PHRASES
1. Take for granted
2. Cultural biases
3. Domestic Workforce
4. Durable Bond
5. Grossly Disloyal
DEFINITION
It is where people doesn’t care for you or the other person
that gives him importance or time.
Cultural biases is where people idolizes international artist
than our own artist. It is also where people rather do our
country lifestyle or cute than ours.
This is a illegal way to have work in other country without
any legit or legal papers. We call them TnT.
able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration in quality
It is something that very unacceptable manner of a person
that is really bad.

Instructions:
In 50 words, continue the following phrase based on what you have learned from this module.

In this lesson Communicating Across Cultures, I learned that

That it is hard to communicate with other culture but with proper knowledge and determination to
pursue to understand others cultures it is not possible for it to make. If we are going to or communicate
with other culture we should effort for other cultures to understand them and do not let them adjust for
us same for them.

Lovely Joy Apalla, LPT

Purposive Communication
 PART 1
In 3-5 sentences, answer the following questions. (5 points each)
1. How does each of the items in the following contrasting pairs differ from the other?
a. High-context vs. Low-context
High context is where people observe strictly your body language, facial
expression or your tone. Unlike low context is more in direct communication and
clear.
b. Sequential vs. Synchronic
Sequential is where people on the community or country strictly follows times
and rules, for them time is very Important that it should spend on useless things.
While in synchronic people of this country tends to do their priorities regardless
of time they spend on this thing.
c. Affective vs. Neutral
Affective person is where people do extra or sometimes exaggerated facial
expressions or body language they are carried by their feelings. While in neutral is
where people are very chill and they talk smoothly because they can control their
emotions.
2. What does the author recommend that we do to be successful in cross-cultural
communication?
Understanding each other and respecting different beliefs will be surely always successful
by communicating with others cultures.
3. In what ways can you enhance your ability to communicate with people from diverse
cultures?
By searching to internet what that cultures beliefs and try to apply for my self in time
where I will be visiting other cultures. If it’s funny to do, do not laugh at it and try to
respect them.

RUBRIC FOR POST-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY

Category 5 4 3
Claim Make a claim that is Makes a claim that is Does not claim or makes
sufficient to answer the sufficient to answer the an incoherent claim.
question and is coherent. question or is coherent.
Explanatio It provides an It provides an Does not provide an
n explanation that explanation that explanation.
addresses how and why a addresses how or why a
phenomenon occurs. phenomenon occurs.
Creativity Expresses original Expresses original ideas Lacks original idea and
ideas and insightful but has few details. has few details.
perspectives with an
appropriate amount of
details. Source:
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Lovely Joy Apalla, LPT

Purposive Communication
 PART 2
Write a letter to a non-Filipino who plans to reside in the Philippines someday. In this letter, give
this person some advice about how to communicate with the Filipinos. (20 points)
Hey people. Yes you, I wouldn’t say anything good in Philippines for you to stay. But what we are
going to do when you visit Philippines is to make your visit very unforgettable in good terms. I will show
you around what things we are doing on our daily basis. And will make sure you wouldn’t resist the
beauty of Philippines.

Rate this module using a scale of 1-10. 1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest score.

Rating: 9

Why? The module is very informative. I’ve learned a lot of new information to how we can
effectively communicate with other culture.

Lovely Joy Apalla, LPT

Purposive Communication