A student’s Journal Entry

The first thing you should do is to tell me what you saw, heard, experienced, etc. Maybe you
overheard a conversation between two culturally different people that revealed intercultural misunderstandings.
Describe the conversation. Maybe you observed a television commercial that illustrates ethnocentrism.
Describe the commercial. In this part you should play the role of a reporter or novelist – provide enough detail to put me in the context that you experienced.ANALYSIS: After you have told your story, analyze the event from some perspective you have learned in class or in your readings. Not all of your observations and analyses have to concern misunderstanding. You could focus on communication that went well because of cross-cultural
competence
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar constructions)