Reflection Number 5 (Chapter 6)

Danny Clare

2/18/15

COMM 211

Reflection 5 (Chapter 6)

            I thought that chapter 6 tied into a lot of what you have been trying to emphasize which is the communication part of culture.  It was interesting in our presentation to learn about the different styles of communication that we use in our daily lives but yet don’t realize we are doing it.  One of the interesting things I enjoyed learning about was slang.  I thought that slang was something important to bring up because now a days, we don’t have normal conversations.  Almost every single conversation we have has slang in it which makes me feel a little dumber.  It’s almost like I don’t know my own language.  Slang makes it incredibly hard for students of other cultures to come to the United States and understand us.  That is why I was so confused when I met my intercultural communication student named Modiri.  Between the two of us, he was definitely the first to use slang in our conversation, even over texting. 

            Other than slang, another interesting topic that we chose was the different ways of communication and how words can mean different things to different people in our own culture.  When we are talking to students and friends of our own, we may be more sarcastic.  But when we are talking with parents and adults, we may be a little bit more serious and not as joking.  It just depends on who we are talking to, because they will take our words in differently than others.  Not only does the person matter, but the way we speak and emphasize words in a sentence.  I enjoyed doing a presentation because it made me look at my topic from all sides which made things more interesting in my eyes.