Direction:

1. Work in groups of five

2. Create a fictional country. Answer the
following question.
a. What is the name of the country?
What are its citizens called?
b. What is its tourist attraction
c. What is your country famous for?
d. What are its citizens known for?
3. Describe the way these citizens use language
a. Behavior (Are they reserved? Loud?
Humorous?)
b. Language use (Are they talkative? Do they
use polite words?)
c. Nonverbal cues (Do they think shaking hands
is distasteful?)
d. Values (What do they find offensive? What
positive they are known for?)
 4. Create a list of 5 dos and 5 don’ts which your
fictional citizens adhere to when they attend a
casual dinner party with friends.

5. Once the “party” starts, each of you has to roam

around and talk with people from other groups.
Keep in mind the following rules.
 a.Refrain from speaking with your group mates
b.Do not talk about the rules which your group created.

6. Discuss the following with your group mates.

a. Was there a difference between your group’s

behavior and others?
b. How did you handle the differences between your
behaviors?
 Intercultural
Communication
 It happens when individuals
interact, negotiate, and create
meanings whole bringing their
varied cultural backgrounds.
 The Developmental
Model of Intercultural
Sensitivity
 Stage 1: Denial
The individual does not
recognize cultural difference.
“I don’t think there’s
any other way”
Stage 2: Defense
The individual starts to
recognize cultural differences by
them, resulting in either
superior view on own culture.
“my way is the best”
 Ethnocentric
Having or based on the idea that your
own group or culture is better or more
important than the other.
Stage 3: Minimization
Universality of ideas rather
than on cultural differences.
 “What we have is
common is much more
important”
 Etnorelative
Is a word coined to express the opposite of
ethnocentric; it refers to a person who is
comfortable with many standards and customs
and who can adapt his/her behavior and
judgements to many interpersonal settings.
Stage 4: Acceptance
Individual begins to appreciate
important cultural differences in
behaviors and eventually in
values.
 “People’s values and
behaviors are different”
Stage 5: Adaptation
The individual is very open
to world views when
accepting new perspectives.
 “I’m adding new
behaviors to be more
effective”
Stage 6: Integration
Individual start to go beyond their
own cultures and see themselves
and their actions based on
multifarious viewpoints.
“I can move in between
cultures”
 Characteristics of
Competent Intercultural
Communicators
 1. Flexibility
2. Reflectiveness
3. Open-mindedness
 4. Sensitivity
5. Adaptability
6. Ability to engage in divergent
thinking
7. politeness