Overview
2,500 words in length (approximately 10 pages), not including your title page or list of references. Since this is a course in communication, how you communicate your ideas in this paper (i.e., grammar, spelling, proofreading, clarity, style, referencing, etc.) substantially influences my evaluation of your work. If your paper does not reflect upper-division writing proficiency, it will earn no credit. You will need to integrate a minimum of 8 credible, academic sources into your discussion, properly citing and referencing them using a standard format (I prefer APA style, but MLA or Chicago are acceptable as well).
1. Discuss a real-world intercultural communication problem. This should be very specific and narrow. For example, it is not sufficient to use something as vague as “sometimes people from different cultures misunderstand each other.” Instead, your statement of the problem should specify the context of the communication problem (Workplace? Interpersonal? Family? Education? Healthcare? Something else?), specify who is involved, specify what cultures are involved, and give evidence of how culture relates to the problem Further you should also clearly describe one specific, non-fictional example of how this problem plays out.
2. Discuss a specific theory of intercultural communication in substantial depth. You may select any theory discussed in your textbook, and your textbook is a good initial source
3. Discuss how this theory applies to the communication problem you discussed in the first part of your paper. You should bring together a specific element of the problem and a specific element of the theory, and draw reasonable conclusions from applying the theory to the problem
4. Discuss how this theory applies to the communication problem you discussed in the first part of your paper. You should bring together a specific element of the problem and a specific element of the theory, and draw reasonable conclusions from applying the theory to the problem