Cultural Miscommunication
Claudia Acosta
5/19/17
Cultural
Miscommunication
The cultural miscommunication is the way people from different
countries communicate with one another, especially when there are different languages.
The communication and culture are two universes inserted in the human life.
Analogy
of my different experiences
When I emigrated from Uruguay to the United States and began to have
contact with people from many places around the world I was able to see the
existing miscommunication.
I was with some people from a specific area from Colombia, they spoke to me very seriously
and seemed angry when they said things. Later I discovered that only some
Colombians from a certain part of Colombia are like that, but it is normal,
they are not angry.
Other people told me that the people from Uruguay and Argentina when
they speak seem to be giving orders.
The people from Mexico, they used so many thousands of words so
different from the ones we used in Uruguay that it seemed to me that they were
speaking to me in another language. Some words I used for them was a bad word
which is not for me. Also some words to me mean one thing and for the people of
Mexico the same word means something totally different.
The people from Puerto Rico have a way of being so open to say and do
things that I sometimes felt intimidated.
Here in the USA many customs, way of saying and doing things my
different to my customs which in the beginning caused embarrassing moments
because of cultural communication.
Conclusion
Communication is part of social life. As a teacher I would like to teach
my students about the different cultural and the causes of miscommunication.
Communication is forged in the behavior of people. As we saw in the
videos, people often only observe the appearance of another person, their
behavior, the way of speaking, etc.
In such a small world we could be surprised with so many new cultures,
languages, behavior, reactions to different situations that we would be in
shock. We have to be open-minded, and even more so when we live in a place
where we are surrounded by people from different parts of the world, accepting
differences and learning from them, this is part of communication, gaining
knowledge and not living in ignorance.
Beautifully written. You've made several important points about being open-minded and accepting. Understanding one another is key.
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