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For this assignment, you will create your own list of co-cultures with which you identify and then write an expository essay explaining how these cultural groups influence your communication with those who may be outside of your co-cultures.

To begin your Assignment, think about the co-cultures with which you identify. For example of co-cultures by a woman named Anna who identifies herself as an American, a Native American, a Navajo, a Midwesterner, a married woman, a mother, a lawyer, a person with a yearly income of over $100,000, and a Catholic.

As you think about your co-cultures, think about the following questions:

1. To how many cultural groups do you relate?

2. Does one take prominence in terms of personal importance?

3. Would you be comfortable limiting yourself to only one co-culture?

4. Why/ why not?

4. How we describe ourselves and the groups that we identify with is a significant aspect of understanding intercultural communication since we do not belong to just one cultural group. It is also important to note that culture is not just a racial or ethnic designation.

Once you have identified your co-cultures, you can begin writing your expository essay explaining how these cultural groups influence your communication with those who may be outside of your co-cultures. Your essay must include the following:

1. List the co-cultures you identify with and would use to describe yourself.

2. Explain which co-culture is the dominant one; the one you would use to describe yourself the most.

3. Explain why you would or would not be comfortable limiting yourself to one co-culture as a description.

4. Briefly explain how these co-cultures might influence your communication with those outside of your co-cultures,