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Healthcare & Intercultural Communication

29:17

Education & Intercultural Communication

33:30

Nonverbal Communication and Culture

21:13

The Nature of Nonverbal Communication

12:36

Language and Culture

28:39

The Nature of Language

15:53

Expanding Cultural Competence

Knowledge and information establish a critical foundation for any growth but there are limits to how far they can get you. Eventually you must make the leap to applying these lessons in a practical way. This mini-lecture lays out strategies for expanding your cultural competence using the framework of intercultural competence outlined in the research and models by Dr. Darla Deardorff (2006) - attitudes, knowledge and comprehension, skills, desired internal outcome, and desired external outcome.

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Healthcare & Intercultural Communication

29:17

Healthcare & Intercultural Communication

Переглядів 404 місяці тому

Let’s set aside the most obvious reason for improving our intercultural competence as it relates to healthcare. (You know…that pesky little matter of providing the best possible care for everyone in our society.) Even in the coldest hearted analysis, just think of the impact on the bottom line for one of the biggest economic industries in a highly multicultural country. This mini-lecture will e...

33:30

Education & Intercultural Communication

Переглядів 344 місяці тому

Culture and education go hand-in-hand in many respects. Culture informs the curriculum and objectives for educational systems. Education shares, reinforces, and perpetuates the elements of culture. This mini-lecture will explore the intersection of culture and education including differences in educational systems, the impact of culture and education on each other, and the practical application...

21:13

Nonverbal Communication and Culture

Переглядів 305 місяців тому

We can sometimes be fooled into thinking that using and understanding nonverbal behavior is just something with which we are born. In truth, we learn the vast majority of nonverbal cues as part of cultural dissemination. This also means that any time we engage with someone from a different culture we could be using two different sets of nonverbal behaviors. This mini-lecture illustrates the div...

12:36

The Nature of Nonverbal Communication

Переглядів 1255 місяців тому

Have you ever tried to follow a movie or television show while the sound is muted? Odds are good that you can follow along pretty well because the nonverbal behaviors communicate with such power. This mini-lecture lays out the foundational principles of nonverbal communication necessary to begin the process of mastering this critical function.

28:39

Language and Culture

Переглядів 1455 місяців тому

Language and culture are inextricably intertwined. Language is crucial to both learning and sharing a culture. Culture also impacts and influences the rules and evolution of language. Like Lucy and Ricky, Calvin and Hobbs, and Merriam and Webster, it’s hard to imagine one without the other! This mini-lecture explores the dynamic interaction between language and culture and the impact of languag...

15:53

The Nature of Language

Переглядів 405 місяців тому

Self & Identity + Intercultural Communication

30:02

Self & Identity + Intercultural Communication

Переглядів 606 місяців тому

There is an undeniable symbiosis between culture and our identity (or more accurately identities); each informs, influences, and shares in the creatin of the other. As such, an understanding of self and identity is critical to the development of effective intercultural skills. This mini-lecture defines some core terms and concepts of the self, examines the intersecting principles of identity an...

23:28

Culture and Communication

Переглядів 626 місяців тому

You would be hard pressed to find a more impactful influence on communication than culture. Culture has multiple points of contact with every aspect of communication. This mini-lecture lays out some of the primary dimensions of culture and discusses their impact on the communication process.

26:01

Defining Culture

Переглядів 586 місяців тому

The word “culture” gets thrown around a lot, often with too little understanding of what it actually MEANS. This mini-lecture breaks the definition of culture down into bite-sized chunks and debunks a couple of common misconceptions surrounding the concept.

9:59

The Process of Communication

Переглядів 876 місяців тому

The communication process is simple - but not necessarily easy. The good news is that no matter what form or how many people, the process of communication always involves the same seven elements. The bad news is that each of those seven elements presents a nearly inifinite number potential variables. This mini-lecture breaks down the transactional model of communication, identifying the element...

6:58

Communication Defined

Переглядів 646 місяців тому

Just because we do something a lot doesn’t mean we do it well or really understand how it works. I know plenty of people with thousands of hours behind the wheel of a car who are terrible drivers and don’t know a spark plug from a lug nut. The same holds true for communication - experience is not the same as understanding. This mini-lecture breaks down a simple definition of “communication” in ...

15:35

Intercultural Competence

Переглядів 1966 місяців тому

The goal of improving intercultural skills can present a bit of a moving target, since the work is never realloy complete. Just when you think you’ve got it mastered, another culture will emerge or a current culture will change. It’s a lifeflong pursuit demanding constant evoloution. As such, effective intercultural skills aren’t measured in terms of “complete” but rather as a degree of compete...

16:34

Why Study Intercultural Communication?

Переглядів 3586 місяців тому

Understanding and improving intercultural communication skills is important to our development as effective communicators - and as effective human beings. This mini-lecture discusses the six imperatives (or reasons) for enhancing intercultural skills - peace, demographic, economic, technological, self-awareness, and ethical.