Building Cultural Bridges to Communication

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

2 hours

External Cost

No

Source

Stringer, D. M., & Cassiday, P. A. (2009). Building cultural bridges to communication. In 52 activities for improving cross-cultural communication (pp. 51-54). Intercultural Press. 

Tags:

  1. bridging
  2. conflict
  3. conflict resolution
  4. context
  5. emotional resilience
  6. negotiation
  7. other awareness
  8. Stringer and Cassiday
  9. worldview frameworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. "Identify barriers to cross-cultural communication. 2. Recognize cultural differences to the same barriers. 3. Discuss effect of barriers on relationships/productivity. 4. Develop strategies to decrease barriers" (Stringer & Cassiday, 2009, p. 51).