Page 5 Cultural Barriers
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Page 5 Cultural Barriers
Cultural Barriers and Making Inferences
People unfamiliar with the necessary background information, may receive a different message than was intended.
Figure 1
- A student in Canada may interpret the setting in Figure 1 as a playground.
- A student in an active war country may interpret it as a prison.
Not everybody draws the same conclusions from a situation.
Be sure to check other people's interpretations, and be explicit about your own.
The following are some examples of ideas that could be misinterpreted by non-English speaking people:
Be sure to check other people's interpretations, and be explicit about your own.
The following are some examples of ideas that could be misinterpreted by non-English speaking people:
General Motor's marketing
of the Nova car did not go very well in Central and South America. No Va in Spanish means: "It doesn't go."
Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi
Generation" translates into "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave," in Chinese.
| Read about stereotypes on pages 179-181 of ResourceLines 7/8. |
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Self-Assessment
Click here for a quiz on your disagreement style in relationships. |
| Choose and read ONE of the following articles and read for problems or barriers and how to overcome them. "The Cool Crowd," SightLines 8, page 68. | OR "Handling Anger and Resolving Conflict," SightLines 8, page 92. |
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Self-Assessment
On the next page, complete the Self-Assessment quiz for your chosen selection. |
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Show What You Know
In your downloaded assignment file for Lesson 2, complete Section 1. Be sure to save your work. |
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