Entering cultural communities pdf

Developing cross-cultural attitudes allows one to develop skills for better engaging with people from all kinds of cultures. Cross-cultural skills demonstrated through the ability to communicate with respect; recognize others' values, accept knowledge, skills, and talents; and tolerate, engage, and celebrate the success of others.

Deardorff defined competence as " the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in intercultural situations based on one's intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes " Deardorff, , pp. We adopted Deardorff cross-cultural attitude strategies that help you to develop and enhance one's ability to practice effective communication in intercultural situations:. Borchum described cultural competence as " a non-linear dynamic process that is never-ending and ever expending. It is built on increases in knowledge and skill development related to its attributes " p.

We synthesized and adopted Williams's and Martin and Vaughn's studies that can assist in better understanding of components of cultural competency. These attributes will guide you in developing cultural competence:.

In conclusion, our global society necessitates interactions and relationships with people who are different from oneself. By developing one's own cultural competence, productivity and efficiency may increase and in turn improve one's customer service skills. Customers who feel valued and understood will return for repeat business.

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Accomplishing cross cultural competence in youth development programs. Journal of Extension , 39 6 , Wilson, J. Beyond culture learning theory: What can personality tell us about cultural competence? Journal of cross-cultural psychology , 44 6 , Let's Stay Connected. By entering your email, you consent to receive communications from Penn State Extension. View our privacy policy. Thank you for your submission! As care takers in the family, women are key players in the promotion of primary Health Care in communities.

Women are more familiar with child health problems. At each of these levels of leadership, communities have their own schedules and plans of carrying out development activities. There is therefore the need to recognize the position and roles of the community leaders in order that the most suitable ways could be developed in seeking their co-operation and support for program implementation.

Apart from using community leaders and contact persons through the application of PLA Participatory Learning and Action techniques to collect data in community entry, secondary information could be collected from documentary sources. Jaquansah , 1 March CET. Jump to: navigation , search. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in Request account. Namespaces Page Discussion.