Reflection 8

I Shan Yeh

Comm 211

Reflection 8

    The semester past really fast, it is almost the end of the semester, which is also a great time to look back what I have learnt from intercultural communication class. In the last chapter, “Striving for engaged and effective intercultural communication” is a good chapter that wrap up all of the chapter that we learnt from this class.

    In terms of knowledge, as an individual, I feel I learn many knowledges about different types of approaches and see how each approaches is like to use in different kinds of situation, which includes strengths and weakness. I also learnt about attitude toward different people. In terms of attitude, I feel taking this class makes me have different perception to many things, especially the chance of being able to paired up with SUSI students from Africa, I feel my attitude change to open up myself to my partner that I got pair up with.

    I also feel my intercultural communication competence changed from conscious incompetence to conscious competence. I wasn’t sure about why there are so many difference between me and American students in class and I don’t know why, to using the knowledges I learnt from this class applied in daily life and think about “why,” understand “why.” I feel glad to be able to take this class and be able to know more cultures.