Attend a group gathering or event that is prominent in your selected culture.
Take field notes in which you describe the verbal communication traits of the people you observe in the service (e.g., what does it sound like? What are unusual words, phrases, or idioms used?).
Write down as many phrases or utterances you can. Explain how the verbal communication traits you wrote about in point 2 differ from the verbal communication traits of your own cultural groups.
Summarize your experience, incorporating scholarly articles that address the relationship between verbal communication traits and cultural distinctiveness
How does your experience help you understand the culture differences between the culture you are researching and your own culture?
Two to three academic resources are required for this assignment.
Ethnography: Research important elements of your selected culture’s language that are important to understand in order to understand the culture and it is in the Hispanic culture
April 8th, 2017