CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

09/04/2020

Hi guys!

I hope you are just fine, fresh and happy to stay home to avoid physical contact with other people in a
crowded area. Please look after yourself and your health!!!

Below is another CCU assignment that consists of questions to answer and submit them before and/or on
Friday (April 24, 2020)

Please read the whole chapter so you have ideas to answer the questions. You can answer the questions in
Bahasa Indonesia or in English. It is up to you.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question regarding this task

I wish you all the best!

1. Sometimes nonverbal communication can help us get our message across when we don’t understand
a foreign language.

Pertanyaan: What is nonverbal communication?

2. Nonverbal communication also involves the notion of cultural space.

Pertanyaan: What are cultural spaces?

3. Nonverbal communication often communicates relational messages, status and deception.

Pertanyaan:

a. Apa yang dimaksud dengan “Nonverbal behaviour sends relational messages.” Berikan contoh!
b. Apa yang dimaksud dengan “Nonverbal behaviour communicates status.” Berikan contoh!
c. Apa yang dimaksud dengan “Nonverbal behaviour communicates deception.” Berikan contoh!

4. Personal space adalah salah satu unsur dari Nonverbal Codes.

Pertanyaan:

a. What is personal space?

b. Please explain the difference between American students and Arab students regarding personal
space.
c. Why is eye contact considered an element of personal space?
5. Some cultural groups are identified as contact cultures, and others as noncontact cultures.

Pertanyaan:

a. What are contact cultures?

b. Where are cultural groups identified as contact cultures coming from?
c. What are noncontact cultures?
d. Where are cultural groups identified as noncontact cultures coming from?

6. There are two kinds of eye contact: Direct eye contact and indirect eye contact.

Pertanyaan:

What is the perspective of the people of America and of the people of the Navajo Nation about
direct eye contact?

7. Our facial expressions or facial gestures convey emotions and attitudes.

Pertanyaan:

From the perspective of facial expression, what do a smiling face and a frowning face usually
indicate?

8. There are at least four different kinds of gestures: emblems, illustrators, regulators, and adaptors.

Pertanyaan:

Jelaskan apa yang dimaksud dengan masing-masing gesture tersebut? Berikan satu contoh untuk
masing-masing (contoh yang diberikan sesuai dengan konteks di Indonesia)

9. Berbagai suku bangsa di dunia memiliki konsep yang berbeda tentang waktu. Ada dua konsep yang
dipakai yaitu: a monochromic concept of time dan a polychromic concept of time.

Pertanyaan:

a. Apa yang dimaksud dengan kedua konsep ini?

b. Negara mana saja yang biasanya menerapkan salah satu dari kedua konsep waktu ini?