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Reflection On Intercultural Communication

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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ESSAY Student's name: Chu Thi Ngoc Mai Class: 14E15 ID: 14040513 Topic 3: Intercultural reflection Project title: Chinese gift giving etiquette In this semester I have learned a relatively new subject named "Intercultural communication." At first, when receiving the intercultural communication course book, I was extremely confused and anxious because I did not know what "intercultural competence" or "cultural concepts" are. Moreover, the book was so cumbersome and thick, so at that time I was quite afraid that I have to learn many boring theories. But after the first lesson, teacher gave us a lot of detail information about the course and introduced us so many activities that …show more content…

When I was a freshman, I met two Chinese friends named Yu Qing and Hu Lu who learned Vietnamese at University of Social Sciences and Humanities and then I made friends with them. The relationships between us were very good. They always went to the dormitory to visit me or we went out together. We considered each other close friends as well as sisters. I taught them to speak and communicating in Vietnamese and vice versa; they taught me how to speak Chinese but the aspect that we all forgot was the two countries' culture. On Yu Qing's birthday, Hu Lu with some friends and I prepared very carefully and secretly to make her surprised. Besides preparing the birthday party together, each of us also self-prepared a small gift for Yu Qing. I chose to give her a set of teacup including four small pink cups. Because Yu Qing's favorite color was pink and these cups are super lovely so I insisted that she would love this present so much. On her birthday, everyone (including some Vietnamese and Chinese friends) wished her happy birthday and enjoyed the party that we prepared. After enjoying the party and blowing the candles, everyone gave her presents. All the Vietnamese people there was were so surprised that Yu Qing tried to refuse to receive the birthday gifts once or twice before receiving them. I asked a friend the reason why she behaved in such a strange way and the friend answered that it …show more content…

"Bookish" learning such as: reading books about culture, listening to lectures about other cultures, or dealing with the subject on an intellectual level is not sufficient. What we have to learn if we want to obtain the goal of a successful intercultural communication is that we can learn and practice from the real life, the real culture. It is necessary for individual to experience being confronted with the new situations and experience the insecurity, the fear, the rejection as well as the security, trust or

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