local and global
communication
IN
multicultural setting
Reporters:
Jonnever Cabo
Nick Jhune Prieto
INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION
refers to interaction with people from
diverse cultures (Jandt, 1998)
it also enhance our intercultural
awareness and competence.
FORMS OF INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION- JANDT,1998
1.Interracial communication- communicating with people
from different races.
Intherethnic communication- interacting with people of
different ethnic origins.
2. International communication- communicating between
representatives from different nations.
3. Intracultural communication- interacting with members of
the same racial or ethnic group or co-culture.
Communication style among cultures
differs- gamble and gamble(2018)
High-context communication- is a
tradition-linked communication system
which adheres strongly to being indirect.
Low-context communication- is a system
that works on straightforward
communication.
IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE
1. Recognize the validity and differences of
communication styes among people.
2.Learn to eliminate personal biases and
prejudice.
3.Strive to acquire communication skills
necessary in a multicultural world.
The spoken mode is
often associated
with everyday
registers while the
written mode is
strongly associated
with the academic
register.
VARIETES OF SPOKEN
AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Lin (2016) presents the following nature of language
variation as prescribed by most linguists based on the ideas
of Mahbooh (2014)
1.Language varies when communicating with people within
(local) and outside (global) our community.
2.Language varies in speaking and in writing.
3.Language varies in everyday and specialized discourses.
8 DIFFERENT DOMAINS IN
LANGUAGE VARIES DEPENDING
ON THE COMBINATIONS OF
DIFFERENT VALUES ON THE
THREE DIMENSIONS.
- MAHBOOB (2014)
Local everyday
(written)
this may include
instances of local
everyday written
usage found in the
neighborhood
posters
Local everyday
oral
may occur in local
communication
among neighbors
in everyday,
informal and local
varieties of
languages.
Local specialized
written
an example of local
specialized written
usage can be found
in the publications
and websites of
local societies such
as the Bagiuo
Midland Courrier.
Local specialized
oral
involves specialized
discourses. For
instance, in a
computer ship in the
neighborhood,
specialized local
usage can be found.
Global Everyday
written
avoids local
colloqiualisms to
make the text
accessible to wider
communities of
readers.
Global everyday
oral
may occur
interactionn
between people
coming from
different parts of
the world when they
talk about everyday
casual topics.
Global/specialized
writted
expands to as many
readers
internationally,
hence the non-
usage of local
colloquial
expressions.
Global specialized
oral
occurs when people
from different parts
of the world discuss
specialized topics in
spoken form.
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YOU
