Registration for the event Intercultural Competence: Culture Laughs

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Agenda

The aim of the webinar is for participants to

Engage in reflecting on their own experiences of working or living in another culture
Explore the intercultural encounters they have been part of
Discuss strategies useful in overcoming cultural barriers in daily life and at their workplace.

Preparation:

1. Please think of an intercultural encounter you have had which you consider significant to your understanding of intercultural communication. Answer the following questions:

- When did it happen?

- Where did it happen?

- How was involved?

- What actually happened?

- How did you feel? Why did you feel like that?

2. When people gather together, they often tell each other jokes. Tell us a joke that would typically make your friends laugh. Why does it make them laugh?