Negotiating Cultural Communication

This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Dealing with Diversity

Grade Level: Adult
Subjects: Guidance, Sociology
Produced By: Governors State University
Year: 2008
Country: United States
Language: English
Running Time: 58m 33s

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Explore some of the varieties of communication styles in the U.S. as well as in other cultures around the world. Studio Guests: Isabel Lamptey, Western Illinois University, and Michel Nguessan, Governors State University. Video Insert: Asma Abdullah and Peter Shepherd, an Islamic couple from Malaysia.

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