Webinar: Intercultural Competence: Culture Laughs

The aim of the webinar is for participants to

• Engage in reflecting on their own experiences of working or living in another culture
• Explore theintercultural 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?