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

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