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This assignment asks you to examine your own cultural identity - to describe how you define yourself as a cultural being - and to show how it affects your communication style. The following questions are provided to help you construct that definition. In APA essay format, answer the following questions:
- What are my racial, ethnic, national origins?
- How do my gender and class define me?
- Are there particular myths or stories I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?
- Are there particular rituals I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?
- How does my personal cultural profile affect my relationship to American culture?
- How does my personal cultural profile affect the rituals I participate in now or the stories I tell?
- How does my personal cultural profile affect how I communicate both informally with friends and family, and in more formal settings as, for example, an internship, the classroom, or a club? Some aspects of communication style you could comment on are:
- topics you frequently find yourself talking about
- use of nonverbal communication
- use of interruption
- use of silence
- affinity for or dislike of argumentation
- channels of communication you rely on