Erika Beedle
Intercultural Communications
Reflection #8
As
we enter in the last few weeks of class I think it was very appropriate that
our final chapter was “Striving For Engaged And Effective Intercultural
Communication.” One of the most
interesting topics I found from this chapter was William Howell’s four levels
of intercultural communication competence.
The four levels he describes are unconscious incompetence, conscious
incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence. For my research paper, I am talking about how
traveling increasing intercultural competence, so Howell’s idea correlates with
my findings.
I
believe through this class I am on the third level intercultural communication
competence: conscious competence. When
you are at this level you are aware that interaction is going well and
understand why. Reaching this level is a
necessary part of the process of becoming a competent communicator. I hope at this level I will move forward to
become unconsciously competent, and help others move on from being consciously
incompetent, or unconsciously incompetent.
If
I reach an unconscious competence, I will be able to communicate smoothly, but
it is not a conscious process. This
level of competence is not something we can acquire by consciously trying to.
It occurs when the analytic and holistic parts are functioning together. My goal is continue traveling, learning
about other cultures, creating intercultural friendships, and acquire unconscious
competence.
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