Describe an experience in which you (or someone you know) interacted with a person from a culture or co-culture that differs from yours. What types of “noise” were present in the communication process? Explain how you were or were not able to communicate. Apply the guidelines presented in Chapter 2 for communicating across diversity to suggest ways for improving future communication with people from different cultural contexts.
Discuss the authors’ claim that “cultures are invisible to the people who are used to inhabiting them.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Provide specific examples to support your point.