Adapt or Be Yourself

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

30 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity created by Kris Acheson-Clair, PhD and Lindsey Macdonald, PhD CILMAR.

Ting-Toomey, S. (1999). Transcultural communication competence. In Communicating across cultures (pp. 261-276). Guilford Press.

International student version adapted by Kelsey Patton based on conversations with Dr. Kris Acheson-Clair, Annette Benson, CILMAR, Subulola Jiboye and Elisa Quaresma-Ragone, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, and Ayaka Matsuo, PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages – Japanese pedagogy, Purdue University.

Tags:

  1. adaptation
  2. bridging
  3. CILMAR staff collection
  4. COIL
  5. conflict
  6. context
  7. critical incidents
  8. cultural adaptation
  9. differences
  10. expatriates
  11. facilitation video
  12. identity
  13. international students
  14. mindfulness
  15. negotiation
  16. nonverbal communication
  17. other awareness
  18. preparation for study abroad
  19. self-awareness
  20. worldviewframeworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Analyze how effective, appropriate, and satisfactory adapting to other cultural expectations would be for them in a variety of situations. 2. Draw conclusions about the difficulties of negotiating adaptive behaviors across cultures.