Communicating Policy in a Cultural Context

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

45 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Stringer, D. M., & Cassiday, P. A. (2009). Communicating policy in a cultural context. In 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural communication (pp. 59-60). Intercultural Press. 

Tags:

  1. communication
  2. other awareness
  3. perspective
  4. Stringer and Cassiday
  5. worldview frameworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. "Recognize the difficulty of interpreting policy statements in a multicultural setting. 2. Identify how culture influences word choice and omissions. 3. Describe ways cultural perspective may influence the interpretation of policy" (Stringer & Cassiday, 2009, p. 59).