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This document outlines a lesson plan on local and global communication in multicultural settings. It covers learning outcomes around culturally appropriate communication. The lesson includes sections on cultural diversity, the global community, cultural awareness and sensitivity, gender sensitivity, and political correctness. Guidelines are provided for developing cultural awareness, sensitivity to different genders, and using politically correct terminology when communicating across cultures.

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L3 Local and Global Communication

This document outlines a lesson plan on local and global communication in multicultural settings. It covers learning outcomes around culturally appropriate communication. The lesson includes sections on cultural diversity, the global community, cultural awareness and sensitivity, gender sensitivity, and political correctness. Guidelines are provided for developing cultural awareness, sensitivity to different genders, and using politically correct terminology when communicating across cultures.

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LOCA L AND GL OBA L

COMMUNICATION IN
MUL T ICULTU R A L SETTING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Determine culturally- appropriate terms,
expressions, and images (sensitivity to
gender, race, class, etc.)
2. Adopt cultural awareness and
sensitivity in communication of ideas
LESSON 3 OUTLINE:
1. A World of Diversity
2. The Global Community
3. Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
4. Gender Sensitivity
5. Political Correctness
A.
A WORLD OF
DIVERSITY
A WORLD OF DIVERSITY
Parapak (1995) describes our world as a world of diversity .
B.
THE G LOBAL
COMMUNITY
GLOBAL COMMUNITY
- refers to the people or nations of the world, considered
as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as
being economically, socially, and politically interdependent

Examples:
✘ Major off ices and some homes linked with optical f iber systems
✘ Global multimedia servicews
✘ Satellite transmissions
C.
CULTURAL
AWARENESS AND
SENSITIVITY
WHAT IS CUL T U R A L AWA R ENESS?
- is knowing that there are multiple different cultures
– based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, and other
factors- that have different attitudes and
outlooks.
WHAT IS CUL T U R A L SENSITIVITY?
- involves accepting those differences without
insisting your own culture is better , or that everyone
should do it your way (Sherman, 2018)
CULTURAL AWA R ENESS & SENSITIVITY GUIDELINES

1. View human difference as positive and a cause for celebration;


2. Have a clear sense of your own ethnic, cultural, and racial identity;
3. Be aware that in order to learn about others, you need to
understand and be prepared to share your own culture;
4. Be aware of your own discomfort when you encounter differences in
race, color, religion, sexual orientation, language, and ethnicity;
5. Be aware of the assumptions that you hold about people of
cultures different from your own;
6. Be aware of your stereotypes as they arise and develop personal
strategies for reducing the harm that they cause;
7. Be aware of how your cultural perspective influences your judgments
about what appropriate, normal, or superior behaviors, values, and
communication styles are;
8. Accept that in cross-cultural situations, there can be uncertainty, and
that uncertainty can make you anxious. It can also mean that you do not
respond quickly and take the time needed to get more information;
9. Take any opportunity to put yourself in places where you can learn about
differences and create relationships; and
10. Understand that you will likely be perceived as a person with power and
racial privilege (or the opposite), and that you may not be seen as
unbiased or as an ally.
D.
GENDER SENSITIVITY
WHAT IS GENDER SENSITIVIT Y?

- refers to the aim of understanding and


taking account of the societal and cultural factors
involved in gender- based exclusion and discrimination
in the most diverse spheres of public and private life.
What is gender- sensitive language?

- is the realization of gender equality in written and


spoken language.
- it is attained when women and men and those who
do not conform to the binary gender system are m ade
visible and addressed in language as persons of equal
value, dignity, integrity, and respect.
GENDER- NEUTRAL WORDS

1. ancestors, forebears (instead of forefathers)


2. Artif ical, manufactured (instead of man- made)
3. Average/ordinary person (instead of common man)
4. Chair, chairperson, coordinator (instead of chairman)
5. Courteous, cultrues (instead of ladylike)
6. First- year student (instead of freshman )
7. Flight attendant (instead of stewardess )
8. Human resources (instead of manpower)
9. legislator, representative (instead of congressman)
10. Mail carrier, letter carrier, postal worker (instead of mailman, postman )
11. people, human beings (instead of mankind )
12. person, individual (instead of man )
13. Police officer (instead of policeman )
14. Solidarity (instead of brotherhood )
15. To operate, to cover, to staff (instead of to man )
CHECKLIST F O R GENDER REVISIONS

1. Have you used man or men or words containing one of them


to refer to people who may be female? If so, consider
substituting another word.
2. If you have mentioned someone’s gender, was it necessary to do
so? If you identify someone as a female architect, for example, do
you (or would you) refer to someone else as a male architect ? And
if you then note that the woman is an attractive blonde mother
of two , do you mention that the man is a muscular, square-
jawed father of three? Unless gender and related matters – looks,
clothes, parenthood – are relevant to your point, leave them
unmentioned,
3. Do you use any occupational stereotypes? Watch for the use of
female pronouns for nurses and male ones for scientists, for
example.
4. Do you use language that in any away shows a lack of respect for
either sex?
5. Have you used he, him, his, or himself to refer to people who m ay be
female?
E.
POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS
WHAT IS POLITICA L CORRECTNESS?
- is used to describe language, policies, or measures that
are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to
members of particular groups in society.
SOME WORDS T H A T MAY BE USED F O R POLITICAL
C O R R ECTNESS A R E A S F OLLOWS:
1. academic dishonesty (instead of cheating)
2. aesthetically challenged (instead of ugly)
3. black (instead of negra)
4. comb- free (instead of bald)
5. differently abled (instead of disabled)
6. drug dependent (instead of drug addict)
7. dysfunctional family (instead of broken home)
8. economically marginalized (instead of poor)
9. elderly, senior (instead of old)
10. ethnically disoriented (instead of dishonest)
11. Hearing impaired (instead of deaf )
12. Informal settlers (instead of squatters )
13. Intellectual disability, intellectual development disorder
(instead of mental retardation )
14. Intellectually impaired (instead of stupid )
15. Little people (instead of midget )
16. Morally challenged (instead of a crook )
17. Nondiscretionary fragrance (instead of body odor )
18. Outdoor urban (instead of homeless )
19. People of mass (instead of fat )
20. Rape survivor (instead of rape victim)
21. sexually dysfunctional (instead of perverted)
22. Socially misaligned (instead of psychopath)
23. Technologically challenged (instead of computer illiterate)
24. Vertically challenged (instead of short)
25. Visually challenged (instead of blind)
a s PUPians,
How will local and global communication in
multicultural setting be applied to:
1. PUPians core values (FAITH, SERVICE, EXCELLENCE)
2. Fam ily, friends, and to the society;
3. Course
quiz
LOCA L AND GL OBA L
COMMUNICATION IN
MULT ICULTU R A L
SETTING

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