Cultural Change Final Report

Comm 2150
In this 4-6 page paper, typed, single space minimum 3 citations Learning Packet, textbook and
other scholarly source). You will appraise your progress and experience using the following
headings.
Overview
Competency Area
Goal
Chapter 8 Transitions
Tactic 8
Tactic Implementation
Tactic Recommendations
Chapter 9 Popular Culture
Tactic 9
Tactic Implementation
Tactic Recommendations
Chapter 10 Relationships
Tactic 10
Tactic Implementation
Tactic Recommendations
Chapter 10 Relationships
Tactic 11 Conflict
Tactic Implementation
Tactic Recommendations
Reflection *(new section)
Work Cited
Attachments
Overview
In one or two sentences summarize the content of each section. The reader should know from
your overview how successful your project has been. The overview should read as one smoothly
flowing paragraph.
Competency Area
Define the competency you selected in your Change Proposal.
Example:
Competency: Relationship Interest-This dimension measures the extent to which I have a
genuine interest in other people (McKay 7).
Describe in depth your weakness in this area. Illustrate with two or three typical, specific
conversations from the past, when you were experiencing this unwanted communication pattern.
Explain the consequences how did this pattern impact you and your relationship. Include

information from the textbook or other sources that explains why this type of pattern is
ineffective.
Goal:
Include a description of the goal you set for yourself this semester. You have already briefly
outlined this goal in your proposal submitted earlier.
Example:
Goal: I chose to increase my relationship interest by becoming a better friend with someone
from a different culture than myself. This includes initiating connection with one particular
acquaintance, Maria.
Tactics
Describe in depth the tactics you chose from each chapter that you wanted to implement to meet
your goal. You have already briefly described some of these strategies in your Progress Report.
For each chapter include the following headings.
Chapter # and Title
Example:
Chapter 5 Identity and Intercultural Communication
Tactic # List the specific tactic/communication behavior that you are applying to help you
achieve your goal/competency. Include in-text citations for each chapter.
Example:
Tactic 2: I think I have not shared much of myself with Maria and have not really learned much
about her. I have assumed she is Mexican but after reading about avowal and ascription of
identities I realize I may have ascribed the wrong identity to Maria. Avowal is how Maria
identifies herself and ascription is the identity I give to Maria (Martin and Nakayama 167169). When we see each other in class this week Im going to share with her one personal
experience about my family and where we are from. I will also ask her about her family and
where she is from. The text says ethnic identity and national identity are different (Martin and
Nakayama 197). I hope to learn more about how Maria sees her ethnic and national identity in
this conversation.
Tactic Implementation Describe the following:
How are you applying the tactic to your own relationships? Draw from your journal
entries to help illustrate with specific examples.
How is this change being received by the other person(s) in the relationship?
What are the positive consequences of this new behavior?
What problems, frustrations or set-backs are you experiencing with your new behavior?

Tactic Recommendations Outline your plans for future interactions:

Will you continue your present course of actions? Why? Why not?
Will you modify your actions or change your tactic? Why?
Support your recommendations with citations from the text.
Reflection questions and answers. (Write a few paragraphs answering the following
questions)
1. How does this assignment illustrate the growth/change/progress you
have made in this class?
2. How can you apply what youve learned in this class to other classes, to
the workplace and to other areas of your life? Please be sincere. You dont need
to over-inflate your claims.
Reflective writing is very important to your learning, for it allows you to figure out how the
assignment benefits you academically and personally. Reflection invites you to think about your
thinking metacognition.
Keep in mind that reflection in your ePortfolio is not a place to evaluate your course or your
instructor but to think about your learning process.

Works Cited: Include a complete bibliography for your text and any additional authoritative
references that you have cited in your progress report. Use MLA format.
Example:
Work Cited
Martin, Judith N. and Thomas K. Nakayama. Intercultural Communication in Contexts. 6th Ed.
Boston, MA: McGrawHill, 2013.
McKay, Shirene. Intercultural Communication Learning Packet. Salt Lake City, UT: SLCC,
2014.