INTERCULTURAL FILM JOURNAL INSTRUCTIONS

HIGHLIGHTED SKILLS

Describe how culture can influence communication.
Use critical thinking skills
Articulate diversity in the manner by which people communicate.

Prepare:

Watch film.
Actively and thoughtfully reflect on the ideas of culture in the film.

Post:

Compare and contrast your personal beliefs on intercultural communication with those seen in the films.

Write a 5 – 7 paragraph submission demonstrating practical and conceptual understandings of culture and how these constructs and influence communication in the global and/or domestic contexts of the film.

Use at least 3 key terms from the textbook and cite them in-text and as a reference section using APA format.

My suggestion is to break the paper down into the following design:

Paragraph 1: Talk briefly about the film and the key ideas you will be touching upon
Paragraphs 2 – 3: Discuss intercultural communication within one aspect of the film and how that helps you grow as a responsible intercultural communication personally, interpersonally, socially and globally. Perhaps draw on some research or the textbook to support these ideas.
Paragraph 4: Link the film directly back to key ideas in the books and research
Paragraph 5: Conclusion

Helpful Hints

The journal entry should contain well-focused and well-developed ideas. The key idea is simply to try and choose concepts from the textbook that accurately link intercultural communication and what you are viewing in the film. Each film will provide a critical window into the larger cultural and social communication themes that underlie global levels of intercultural communication.