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Question 1, How do you feel your communication skills impact you quality of life? Do you believe that as you improve your ability to communicate you improve your relationships both personally and professionally? Provide an example to support you answer.

Question 2, Have you ever been discriminated against because of your race or ethnicity? How has this impacted your ability to adapt to the given social situation? Provide an example.

Question 3, Describe a time when you were in another culture and did not speak the language. How did you communicate? How did it feel not being able to have a conversation with the native speakers? How did this impact your experience in that culture?

Question 4, Empathic listening is often referred to as putting yourself in someone else's shoes. Is this possible? Can you truly see the world from someone else's perspectives simply by listening empathically? Provide an example.

Question 5, Did you ever have an experience whereby you said something inappropriate? Describe a time when you spoke inappropriately. What did you say or do (gestures and the like) which was found inappropriate? Why did you express yourself with those words or gestures? Provide an example.

Question 6, What actions can people take to be more interculturally competent in everyday encounters? Provide some examples of what you have done in your most recent encounters.

Question 7, Are you an Easterner or a Westerner when it comes to your motivational behaviors? Provide an example to support your answer.

Question 8, What were your experiences growing up? Were you taught to be more aggressive or more respectful in your communication with others? Was this teaching relevant to your cultural background? Was it influenced by some other factor (i.e., gender)? Provide an example to support your point.

Question 9, Examine the employment section of any newspaper. How many times (or how many ads) mention the importance of communication skills? How important are communication skills in your work place?

Question 10, What do you believe would be some positive effects or outcomes if the United States became a more "collectivist" oriented society? What would be some negative effects or outcomes? Provide an example.

Question 11, How would you have acted in this situation? How do you interpret the student's behavior based on your beliefs and experiences? Explain your answer.

Question 12, Have youever been looked down upon from someone with a different cultural background? Have you ever had to communicate with a highly ethnocentric person? How did you respond to the interaction? Provide an example.

Question 13, Have you ever experienced flaming messages when communicating online? How common has this experience been? How have you responded to these messages? Provide an example.

Question 14, Are you an ethical communicator? What does it mean to be an ethical communicator? Provide an example to support your definition.

Question 15, How competent are you as a communicator? Outline some ways in which you are competent and some areas in which you can improve your competence as an intercultural communicator.