Increasing Cultural Self-Awareness
Many people approach intercultural communication with the initial view that they must examine, research, and understand only those who they may perceive as culturally different from themselves. While this is important, it leaves out a key component of intercultural communication which is turning the lens around and examining one's own cultural identity. In this Module, earners are taken through a series of tasks on self-reflection in order to recognize yourself as a complex cultural being, to explore all the varying aspects of your own cultural identity, and become mindful of how it may influence your communication with others.
Earning Criteria
This is followed by a group discussion allowing participants to share their reflections on identity with others and consider how their unique cultural background and identity influence your values and worldviews.
Building upon this discussion, learners are introduced to the concept of cultural values and the difference between personal, cultural, or universal values.
80% completion of tasks, activities, and artifacts is the minimum requirement for the badge including:
- Written self-reflections and group discussions
- Quiz results
- e-Portfolio
Additional Details
Time to Earn
Learning Outcomes
2. Develop a deeper understanding of cultural values and how they may influence communication styles, emotional responses, physical responses, expectations, and evaluations.
3. Expand your viewpoints on how individual characteristics, personality traits, and life experience influence and shape variations among your own and othersâ personal value systems.
4. Examine how cultural background influences your values and worldview and the values and worldviews of other groups and individuals.
5. Develop strategies to increase your cultural self-awareness.
6. Deconstruct your cultural identity by identifying your core values.
7. Explain foundational concepts of intercultural and cross-cultural communication, culture, and identity.
8. Critically reflect on how the invisible dimensions of your identity impact your interactions with others in your organization.
9. Self-Assess your intercultural sensitivity/competence.
Contact
Irina Valentyinovna Golubeva
Professor
Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Fine Arts