Cross-Cultural Communication

Purpose:

Through discussion students

explore the underlying issues

common to Deaf and Hearing

situations.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situations: Breakout groups of 3 to 4 students Go over each situation and identify the issues Discuss and share your point of view with your

group Instructor will select a speaker randomly for

each situation and you as speaker will present your group discussions in front of the class.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #1:

Deaf-Blind person ask you tointerpret but you are unsure of your ability to handle the situation.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #2:

You and a Deaf student are in a class together. His/her hearing aid is making a noise – which makes it difficult for you to hear the discussion.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #3:

A Deaf person voices and signs at the same time when talking with you. S/he thinks it’ll make it easier for you to understand them, but you find it distracting.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #4:

You are sitting next to a Deaf couple with hearing kids. The kids are making a lot of noise and disturbing you and others, who are trying to ignore the commotion and focus on the church services.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #5:

You are a volunteer in a self-contained classroom with about 10 Deaf children. The hearing teacher knows sign language but when she talks about the kids, she doesn’t sign, and says things in front of them she would never say if the children could hear.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #6:

Your friend is upset because she just found out that her baby is Deaf-Blind.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #7:

You are sitting with your Deaf-Blind friend at a café ready to order. The waitress come to you to ask you what your Deaf-Blind friend want to order.

Cross-Cultural Communication

Situation #8:

You always sign when you are at ASL classes. Some people prefer to use their voice and sign only when Deaf people approach them. Is this appropriate? If not, why?

Cross-Cultural Communication

FOR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

Please type 1 ½ pages report to summarize about the Cross-Culture Communication.

Your summary should includes: - three things you learned from the discussion- your own experiences/situations that left you unsure about the best approach- add a new situation you most likely would encounter with a Deaf and Deaf-Blind person and what would you handle the situation- your thoughts on guest lecturer’s comments.