12 pages intercultural communication homework

The group I chose is “young international students who under 15 years old.”

Here is some link to look at:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/yzyd/local/20130525/c_115906852_2.htmhttp://www.china.com.cn/education/cgym/2013-05/24/content_28919553.htm

Assessment item 2: Research Report

Objective(s): c, d, e

Weight: 60%

Due: Week 13, Presentations in Weeks 13 & 14

Length: 3000 words + appendices

* Note: if teams are more than two people the word limit is an extra 1,500 words per team member. Eg, Team of 3 submits 4,500 words + appendices.

Task: Complete in teams of two.

Further information:

Weight distributed as follows: Group report 30%; Presentation of findings 20%; Individual reflection 10%. Work in pairs. Choose an identifiable group or community in society that meets together, research the group (its composition, history, features etc) and then interview three to five representatives of this community. Do not choose a group of which either team member is a part, or with which you would strongly identify. For instance, you could choose a cultural group, community cultural organisation, business-based cultural group or society, political group associated with a specific culture, a specific support group etc. Check your choice of group with

your workshop leader. Provide a report (in report format with contents page and headings) that addresses the following points:

Who is the group and how are they defined? (both self definition and external definition)

How did you contact the group, how did you investigate who they are, and what are the results of your interviews with their members?

How can members who are not part of this group understand and communicate with members of the group?

What are the relevant ‘concept notes’ you would suggest to aid communication with this group? (i.e., how can you describe the way important parts of language, words, special concepts etc are defined by the group in a special way to aid understanding of people outside the group).

What strategic suggestions would you offer to form and build a communicative relationship with this group?

What are your experiences of learning about a culture that is not your own?

Present your report and findings in a 20 minute presentation to your workshop group in either week 13 or 14.

Criteria: Approach to the group ethical and professional

Information reported relevant to the topic area – degree of referencing to previous literature

Analysis and critique of communication approaches in relation to the literature

Communication suggestions strategic, relevant and well informed

Written expression – grammatically and syntactically correct; spelling – free of ALL errors, professional written standard; typed/word-processed, 1.5 spacing, numbered pages; cover sheet attached; scholarly referencing –Harvard.

For individual reflection on the task 10%: Depth of reflection on learning in terms of personal discovery; demonstrated ability to analyse activities and issues discovered in the task and translate them to a learning outcome; understanding and insight displayed to a cross cultural communication situation.

For presentation 20%: degree of creativity in presentation; ability to summarise key points and present conclusions; degree of audience engagement; ability to observe time limit in organising the material to be presented; demonstrated extent of involvement of all team members