LESSON 3
LOCAL AND GLOBAL
COMMUNICATION IN
MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS
What is intercultural
communication?
- it refers to the
interaction with
people from diverse
cultures.
Forms of Intercultural
Communication
Interracial communication
(Jandt, 1998) - communicating
with people from different races.
International communication - interacting
with people of different ethnic origins
Intracultural communication - interacting with
members of the same racial or ethnic group or
co-culture
Improving Intercultural
Communication Competence
Recognize the validity and differences of
communication styles among people.
Learn to eliminate personal biases and
prejudices.
Strive to acquire communication skills
necessary in a multicultural world.
ACTIVITY: Answer the following
in a ¼ sheet of paper.
In what specific way
can you enhance your
ability to communicate
with people from
diverse cultures?
LESSON 3
VARIETIES AND
REGISTERS OF SPOKEN
AND WRITTEN
LANGUAGE
The spoken mode is
often associated with
everyday registers
while the written
mode is strongly
associated with
academic registers.
Varieties of
Spoken
and Written
Lin (2016) presents the following nature
Language
of language variation as prescribed by
most linguists based on the ideas of
Mahboob (2014).
1. Language varies when communicating
with people within and outside our
community.
2. Language varies in speaking and in
writing.
3. Language varies in everyday and
specialized discourses
Mahboob (2014) identifies eight different
domains in which language varies.
• Local everyday written
ex: posters looking for bed spacers
• Local everyday oral
ex: occurs in daily local communication among neighbors
• Local Specialized Written
ex: publications/websites of local societies such as the
Baguio Midland Courier
• Local Specialized
It involves specialized discourses.
Oral
ex: in a computer shop in the neighborhood
• Global Everyday Written
Avoids local colloquialisms to make the text accessible to
wider communities of readers.
ex: international newspapers/magazines
• Global Everyday
May occur in interactions between people coming from
Oral
different parts of the world talking about everyday casual
topics.
• Global Specialized Written
Expands to as many readers internationally , hence
the non-usage of local colloquial expressions.
Ex: international research journal
• Global Specialized
OralOccurs when people from different parts of the
world discuss specialized topics in spoken form.
Ex: international academic conference, international
seminars, international debates
Prelim Performance
Task
Apply the varieties and
registers of spoken and
written language in the
proper context.
To be presented on
Wednesday (before
Prelim)
