GLH5 Examples, Resources, & References
Examples
- Personal Cultural Inventory Download Personal Cultural Inventory
- The Iceberg of Culture illustration Download The Iceberg of Culture illustration
- AACU rubric for Intercultural Knowledge and Communications Download AACU rubric for Intercultural Knowledge and Communications
Resources
Relevant sources for intercultural conversations can be found in these websites and books:
- Topics such as “Openings and Tone Setting in Conversation, or “Requests and commands” are easily viewed under Initiatives, Pragmatics, Speech Acts.”
- In developing activities for working with the Hispanic population, look for medical conversations that incorporate references to cultural differences in Dr. Ortega’s bilingually presented dialogues in Spanish and the Medical Interview A Textbook for Clinically Relevant Medical Spanish, (available in print or electronically). She includes activities for practicing dialogues with cultural topics, e.g. delivering bad news, modesty, understanding the structure of first and last names, religious beliefs, etc.
- The Pragmatics and Discourse at IU website Links to an external site. is readily adaptable and has good basic information about communicating across cultures. You might start with the tab “speech acts,” e.g., requests or advice. It will be key for healthcare personnel to understand cultural differences between direct and indirect speech. Another relevant tab is “politeness”; the norms and expressions of courtesy vary widely between cultures.
References
- Pragmatics and Discourse at IU website. https://pragmatics.indiana.edu/index.html
- Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota. Links to an external site.
- https://carla.umn.edu/speechacts/descriptions.htm
- DeCapua, A., & Dunham, J. F. (2007). The pragmatics of advice giving: Cross-cultural perspectives. Intercultural Pragmatics, 4
- Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Values Rubric
- Ortega, Pilar (2015). Spanish and the Medical Interview A Textbook for Clinically Relevant Medical Spanish. 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia.
- Taguchi, N. and Roever, C. (2017). Chapter 7, “Contexts for pragmatic development, pp. 177-208.” and Chapter 9: “L2 Pragmatics and globalization.” in Second Language Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Taylan, Christina and L.T. Weber. “Don’t Let me be Misunderstood: Communications with Patients from a Different Cultural Background,” Pediatr Nephrol. 2023; 38(3): 643–649. Published online 2022 Aug 5. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05573-7
Strategy provided by Dr. Judith Carlstand, Lecturer in Spanish & Coordinator of Spanish I and II, Department: World Language and Cultures, IU Indianapolis