I have noticed that I communicate differently with people from different cultures. When communicating with people from my own culture, I tend to use more culturally relative terms and slang. In a professional setting, I am more comfortable communicating with my own culture. On the other hand, I am more tense when communicating with people from other cultures. For example, when I work with people from the majority culture, I tend to be more professional and self conscious.
I have also learned that cultural competence is important when working with people from different cultures. It is important to assess how people from different cultures assess information and their values and beliefs. This helps me to make some adjustments with my communication skills. Therefore, I have learned that it is important to develop strategies for communicating with different cultural groups.
It is very important that we learn how different cultures communicate and even assess information. It is important to know whether a culture exercises the use or eye contact or know how close a culture may talk to one another. It is never our intent to be offensive, so it is very important to learn how other cultures communicate and what their values and beliefs are.
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