PROFILE OF INTERCULTURAL ADJUSTMENT LANGUAGE ABILITY
Learn to speak and understand a few simple foreign words and phrases, sufficient to meet basic communication needs.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION ABILITY
Learn to communicate using their forms of "body language" such as touch, eye movement, physical distance between self and others, facial expressions, and gestures.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE
Learn not to criticize, make fun of, or "put down" foreign customs and behavior patterns, but to accept them as different from one's own, and to accept them as valid for themselves.
TRANSFER OF REINFORCING ACTIVITIES FROM ONE'S OWN CULTURE
Learn to transfer appropriate personal and family activities from the home community to the new culture.
ENGAGE IN REINFORCING ACTIVITIES OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE
Learn to engage in appropriate personal and family activities that are characteristic of the foreign country.
AVOID OFFENSIVE MANNERISMS OF OWN CULTURE
Learn to do some of the things that they like about Americans, and to avoid · doing those things that are annoying to them.
POSITIVE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
Learn to experience good, positive feelings about the country, particularly people-to-people relationships.
KNOWLEDGE OF FACTUAL INFORMATION
Learn enough historical and contemporary information about the country to engage in conversation without appearing ignorant or uninterested, and to pursue interests in their culture which support individual and family lifestyles.
PROFILE OF INTERCULTURAL ADJUSTMENT LANGUAGE ABILITY
Learn to speak and understand a few simple foreign words and phrases, sufficient to meet basic communication needs.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION ABILITY
Learn to communicate using their forms of "body language" such as touch, eye movement, physical distance between self and others, facial expressions, and gestures.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE
Learn not to criticize, make fun of, or "put down" foreign customs and behavior patterns, but to accept them as different from one's own, and to accept them as valid for themselves.
TRANSFER OF REINFORCING ACTIVITIES FROM ONE'S OWN CULTURE
Learn to transfer appropriate personal and family activities from the home community to the new culture.
ENGAGE IN REINFORCING ACTIVITIES OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE
Learn to engage in appropriate personal and family activities that are characteristic of the foreign country.
AVOID OFFENSIVE MANNERISMS OF OWN CULTURE
Learn to do some of the things that they like about Americans, and to avoid · doing those things that are annoying to them.
POSITIVE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
Learn to experience good, positive feelings about the country, particularly people-to-people relationships.
KNOWLEDGE OF FACTUAL INFORMATION
Learn enough historical and contemporary information about the country to engage in conversation without appearing ignorant or uninterested, and to pursue interests in their culture which support individual and family lifestyles.
