Intercultural Communication Paper
This assignment demonstrates your critical thinking skills as well as your intercultural communication competency.
It consists of two parts:
Part 1:
Complete the INCA survey and develop a one-page reflection summarizing your ideas and your results. (Include your Intercultural Competence Scoresheet)
Part 2:
Select 3 critical incidents and analyze them. Frame your analyses of each incident using the cultural dimensions studied in class. Your analysis should contain at least three scholarly references that pertain directly to the incident (can be pulled from class materials). Your analysis should be complete and supported by the literature not an opinion. You will be evaluated on how well you can forma an argument, that is, present a statement and support it with credible sources.
Complete both parts in a formal written paper using APA format. Use headings to mark each part: Part 1 and Part 2. Use subheadings to indicate the discussion of each critical incident. Please review the requirements for all written assignments on page 3 of the syllabus.
INCA is an acronym for Intercultural Competency Assessment. The purpose of the INCA survey is for you to examine your intercultural awareness and assess your cultural sensitivity. This activity is designed to help you become aware of your own attitude towards cultural diversity. The dimensions of cultural competence measured by the INCA survey are:1) Tolerance of ambiguity, 2) Behavioral flexibility, 3) Communicative awareness, 4) Knowledge discovery, 5) Respect for Otherness, and 6) Empathy.
NOTE: This project and the instrument created was funded by the Council of Europe and the Leonardo da Vinci II Program. You can read more about this project
Directions: Complete all of the INCA Survey questions. When you are done, use the INCA survey key to help you analyze your results. Read about the different dimensions of intercultural competency and what they mean.
Note that a total score for the INCA survey is not important for the purpose of this assignment. (You will not get a total score).
Intercultural Communication Paper: I suggest all read this to help you earn the grade you are aiming for. Based on experience on teaching this course of the last 10 years, reoccurring mistakes students make in all formal, academic written assignments include:
– Do NOT use contractions in a formal, academic paper
– Watch your grammar and spelling. Use your computer grammar- and spell-check software
– Adhere to syllabus directions for formatting paper, e.g., margins, spacing, font size, font type
– Title and reference pages do NOT count toward narrative page count
– Introduction-, Summary-, Synopsis-, Conclusion-type paragraphs are NOT stand-alone pages and need to be included in your content pages – one after the other with the correct spacing in note bullet above between them
– Assignment content page count does NOT mean 1/3rd or ½ or 3/4th’s of a page but a complete page
– Including required minimum references in APA format linked to Web sites or correctly formatted print publications and in-text citations
