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general I do not find myself communicating differently with people in different
cultures or different groups. I typically am just myself and try to speak to
everyone in a respectful manner. One exception would be that I do speak differently
to the children in the center than I would to an adult. I think every good
childcare educator has a “child speak”, from the words “walking feet please”,
to getting down on the child’s level and using a pleasant tone. Of course when
I am in situations where I do not know anyone I can initially be quieter than
with friends and family. I have been lucky in my travels that many of the
places I visited have spoken English and I was able to communicate fairly well.
The slang can certainly be different and confusing and I have experienced a bit
of culture shock but not to the degree that is severely hindered communication.
Thanks for sharing your response with the class. You mentioned that you do not talk differently to people from other cultures. What do you think you would do to prepare yourself if you were to travel to a country that you did not speak their language? I feel the strategies you would use could be the strategies you could use in talking and working with other cultures for this assignment. Just a suggestion. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHello Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you don't communicate different from those culturally differently. Unfortunately, this is not the case for myself. This course has definitely taught me the importance of understanding others and developing empathy for them. I just loved the idea of the platinum rule and plan to start exercising this principle. You also brought up valid points about how we communicate differently with an adult vs a child.
Good job,
Tierra Jackson