Communication through culture

In a book I am reading about a teacher working with immigrant students, communication is highly important. The book is titled "The Inner World of the Immigrant Child" and it was written by Cristina Igoa who was once an immigrant child herself. In the book, Cristina Igoa writes about how children from different countries communicate in different ways, often strange to Americans. For instance, direct eye contact is a form of disrespect in many countries. Cristina Igoa is forced to deal with all sorts of miscommunications such as one child from mainland China who didn't know whether to act American or Chinese so he decided not to open up or talk to anyone outside of his family for three years. This book is important when studying communication errors between cultures because it gives examples of cultures such as those found in Figi, China, Vietnam, the middle east, Mexico, and Romania.

Shakespeare

In my English 210 class we had to read "Much Ado About Nothing" written by William Shakespeare. When I read the play, I had a hard time visualizing what exactly was happening and for parts of the play I had problems understanding what they were talking about. Last class period, we watched the film by Kenneth Branagh and just by watching the blocking I could better comprehend what was going on. The characters non-verbal communication helped me to understand the play and the comedy Shakespeare put in it. I now fully understand that NVC contributes a lot to communication.

Communication In "Indignation"

The book that I am reading for my English class is called "Indignation" by Philip Roth. The book takes place in the 1950s. The main character, Marcus, goes on his first date at his new college. . The girls name is Olivia and Marcus takes her out to dinner. After dinner Marcus drives to the local make out spot. The two participate in some sexual activity and Marcus is left speechless. For the next two weeks Marcus and Olivia ignored each other in class and outside of class until one day when they run into each other at the school book store. Marcus couldn't figure out why Olivia had interacted with him in that way and was scared to talk to her. In the book store Olivia explains to Marcus that she did that because she liked him. This is an example of mis-communication because Marcus knew this just didn't happen between two conventionally brought up young adults but Olivia did it to show her affection.

Sicko

The other day I watched the documentary "Sicko" by Michael Moore. The documentary was about health care in the United States. One part I thought was interesting was when the health care companies and the government would talk about a new bill, etc passed that would help people afford health care and improve health care. After they said how great it was, they gave a list of restrictions which would probably limit about 85% of Americans, so it wasn't very "good" after all.

Communication

Last night I was watching tv. On this tv show, this kid was talking to his friend, but only saying one word. He changed his pitch, tone, and volume and his friend understood what he was saying because of the fluctuation. We listened to one of these in class a couple of weeks ago, and I thought this was another neat example.

Communication

This is my first blog that is connected to communication issues.

Last night when I was driving home from weight lifting at Mo West, I was listening to Love Line with Dr. Drew on 96.5 the buzz. It's a show where people call in to ask Doctor Drew, his co-host stryker, and any special guest they have on, questions about gender, sex, std's, drugs, life problems, depression, etc.

One male caller was on and was talking about his friend. The way communication deals into this story is that the caller described his friend as having girl companions and woman companions. In saying both girl and woman, the listeners do not need further explanation. Listeners know that a girl is a female until the age of 20-22, after that females are often called women.

First time

Hi,
My name is Britney Johnson and I created this blog to talk about communication. I will have various blogs talking about how we use communication in different ways.

I am a sophomore at MWSU, studying to be an elementary education teacher.

My favorite hobbies are photography, shopping, watching movies, listening to music/going to concerts, working at Niche of Time Jewelry, and being with friends.