Finding Your Feet

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity created by Dr. Kris Acheson-Clair, CILMAR, Purdue University.

 

Philipsen, G. (2010). Some thoughts on how to approach finding one’s feet in unfamiliar cultural terrain. Communication Monographs, 77(2), 160–168. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751003758243
 

Summary (in Downloads). 

Tags:

  1. adaptation
  2. CILMAR staff collection
  3. collectivism
  4. communication styles
  5. community of practice
  6. cultural adaptation
  7. differences
  8. ethnography
  9. Hofstede
  10. individualism
  11. language learning
  12. listening
  13. preparation for study abroad
  14. valuedimensions
  15. worldviewframeworks

Suitable for "pre-departure" or "preparation" work - for those about to enter an unfamiliar cultural context.