The story of “Intercultural Communication stumbling blocks” was quite interesting to me in many ways. It had examples of Koreans which is not that often and it also made me agree with the examples. Moreover, the article about the language made me think a lot about how it was for me when I first tried to adapt to a new environment.
When I first had contact with the new environment I was annoyed that I could not talk fluently with the person I wanted to get close to. It was hard for me; because everyone had a hard time understanding my broken English and I had a hard time understanding the proper one. Like the example, in the book when Americans ask a question that start with a negative attitude I always get confused to say “yes,” or “no”. When I first met international student who was not able to talk in fluent English it was hard for us to communicate. When we really needed to talk we had to use body language and sign language. When people first meet who live in a different cultural the most difficulty with them are the language.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Is really true.I agree with you because for International student and No international student is really hard understand new lenguage and culture. The enviromental is new and the expectative of the life change in few seconds. The use of the body lenguage in many opportunity is necessary for help to improve the lenguage situation.
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