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Activity 1 - Analyse the topic and brainstorm keywords - Answers

Part A

Assignment topic:

Misunderstanding can happen if you do not take into account people’s different culture and customs. What are some differences in cross-cultural communication? How could these affect understanding a message?

The keywords are misunderstanding, cross-cultural, communication

The limits/instructions ask you to outline the differences and state how they affect understanding

Part B

For each of keywords, find some alternative words that mean the same thing.

misunderstanding	cross-cultural	communication
offend confusion mistake misinterpret miscomprehend understand comprehension	multi-cultural multicultural ethnicity divergent cultures cultural norms traditions social norms	body language gesture talk listen touch written interacting

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