Assignment task: Please respond to the following questions, referring to one appropriate additional research article in each response. Ensure that each response is the equivalent of 1 pg. in length per response.
1) Consider Chen & Starosta's model of intercultural communication competence. How does this model challenge ethnocentrism? Provide at least two reasons for your answer.
2) Elaborate on three historical/political issues that you think most complicate the relationship between the high-context culture of China vs. the low-context culture of The United States.
3) Consider the concepts of paralanguage, silence, and haptics.
How can we be more aware of these subtle nonverbal cues? Provide commentary on three specific elements of these modes of nonverbal communication.