Challenges in Intercultural Communication and the Impact of Culture on Attitudes and Behaviors

Obstacles to Effective Intercultural Communication

1. You have been asked to deliver an information session on intercultural communication to a group of English-only speaking volunteers at a community refugee support centre. Discuss two obstacles to effective intercultural communication that you will cover in your session.2. Thuc and Hao both moved to Australia from Vietnam in the 1980s. Thucvalued and maintained relationships with Australians and Australian culture, but did not value or maintain his Vietnamese cultural identity. Hao on the other hand, valued and maintained his Vietnamese cultural identity, but did not maintain relationships with Australians or Australian culture. Discuss the different acculturation strategies and the potential similarities and differences in lived experiences and outcomes for Thuc and Hao. Remove Watermark Wonder share PDF element 3. Consider whether psychotherapy developed in a Western European context can be successfully exported to other diverse cultures: do you support a cultural relativist or universalist approach on this issue?4. Culture can affect what people pay attention to in the world around them. Consider the image below: comparing holistic and analytic perception, discuss differences in how the image could be perceived. Read the abstract below. You are interested in replicating the study in Singapore. Identify and discuss two (2) issues you will encounter relating tobias in cross-cultural research