ESL English for Intercultural Communication

1. Week 4 Lesson 4

3. https://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Your-
Presentation-Skills

4. Name Some Presentation Skills
We Talked About Last Time
• Relax
• Be confident
• Stand-up straight
• Don’t dance
• Make eye contact
• Use body language

5. Our sense of self is made
up of 3 components
• Self-awareness: conscious knowledge of one’s
own character, feelings, thoughts, and values.
• Self-concept is your overall perception of who
you think you are. Beliefs about yourself.
• Self-esteem is how we value ourselves. Do you
feel positively or negatively about yourself
compared to others?

6. Identity (เอกลักษณ์)
1. Identities are created through communication
(remember the dog child?)
2. Identities are created in spurts (พ่นออก)
3. Most people have developed multiple identities
depending on group you are with.
4. Identities may come from outside or inside us.
5. Identities develop differently in different
cultures.

7. Our Identity have 3 components
• Personal identities include the components of
self that are primarily intrapersonal and
connected to our life experiences.
• Social identities are the components of self
that are derived from involvement in social
groups (sports clubs, country, family).
• Cultural identities are based on ethnicity,
culture and history.

9. 2 Views About Culture
• Culture is a structure (thing): focuses on
differences in values, beliefs, goals and
acting among nations, regions, ethnicities
and religions.
• Culture is a transaction: values, beliefs, and
behaviours are used in communication to
improve understanding.

10. Principles of Culture
• Culture is Learned
• Culture is Shared With a Large
Group
• Culture Teaches Beliefs, Values,
Norms (rules), and Behaviours
• Culture is Dynamic, it changes

11. What Is Value Orientation Theory?

12. Value Orientation Theory
Anthropologists Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (1961)
said that every culture must answer five questions if
it wants to survive:
1. What is human nature?
2. What is the relationship between humans and
the natural world?
3. What is the nature of time?
4. What is the purpose of human activity?
5. What is the best social relations between
humans?

13. How does Afrikaners
answer the 5 questions?

14. What is Thai culture’s
answers to the 5 questions?

17. Uncertainly Avoidance
• People who have high uncertainty avoidance
generally prefer to steer clear of risk, conflict
and competition.
• Low uncertainty avoidance people tend to
accept or embrace change and are willing to
take risks.

20. Do you have high or low
uncertainly avoidance? Why?

22. Power Distance
• Power distance refers to how openly a
society or culture accepts or does not
accept differences between people
• high power distance cultures accept
that a boss is “higher” and as such
deserves a more formal respect and
authority.
• low power distance cultures, where
superiors and subordinates are more
likely to see each other as equal

23. Rank Thailand

25. Cultural Dialogue – 3 people

26. • A: What does the word "culture" mean to you?
• B: Don't ask him, he doesn't know what the word means!
• C: Of course I do. I know quite a lot about culture. It's traditional
activities, clothes, music, food and movies.
• A: Right. And do either of you take part in any cultural activities?
• B: Well I watch quite a lot of films. That's cultural, isn't it ?
• C: It depends on the film. I mean, some films are cultural, but
there's plenty that aren't.
• A: What about Titanic? Was that culture?
• B: Oh absolutely! It was really cool!
• C: Yeah, I disagree. It was history, not culture.
• A: And what about other forms of culture? Do you ever go to the
theatre, to a concert or to church?
• C: I've only ever been to the theatre once; I hated it!
• B: No, they never go out.... except to the pub.