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Negotiating Cultural Communication
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Dealing with Diversity
- Grade Level: Adult
- Subjects: Sociology, Guidance
- Produced By: Governors State University
- Year: 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 58m 33s
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Explore some of the varieties of communication styles in the U.S. as well as in other cultures around the world. Studio Guests: Isabel Lamptey, Western Illinois University, and Michel Nguessan, Governors State University. Video Insert: Asma Abdullah and Peter Shepherd, an Islamic couple from Malaysia.
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