Adapt or Be Yourself

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

30 minutes

External cost

No

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.

Lesson Plan

Tags:
  1. Adaptation
  2. bridging
  3. cilmarstaffcollection
  4. COIL
  5. Conflict
  6. context
  7. covid19
  8. critical incidents
  9. cultural adaptation
  10. differences
  11. Expatriates
  12. facilitation video
  13. identity
  14. International students
  15. mindfulness
  16. negotiation
  17. Nonverbal Communication
  18. other awareness
  19. preparationforstudyabroad
  20. relocation
  21. self-awareness
  22. Study abroad
  23. tourism
  24. 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.