Bronx Community College
Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
COMM 11 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
REASONING AND ANALYSIS Paper (Essay)
Spring 2020
For this paper:
You will analyze a conflict that arises when people from different cultural backgrounds communicate and write a 3-page (750-1000 words) essay in which you use assigned video case study and articles to answer the prompt question.
You must include at least one example each from the video case study and two articles to support your response.
You must also use one detailed personal experience example to support your response.
You must include a Works Cited page.
Please be aware that you are NOT providing a summary of the video case study and articles, but rather using each to support your thesis.
Completed papers must be:
1) Submitted on Blackboard via turnitin.com
2) Hand-in hardcopy to instructor (due dates for two-step submission process on
syllabus).
Prompt Question:
What are the major causes of intercultural communication conflict?
How can these causes be successfully resolved?
Explain your position and provide evidence to support it. (use the Video Case Study and two articles provided).
Video Case Study:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDGlobal talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.
Articles:
Berardo, Kate and Simma Lieberman. “Bridging Age Gaps in the Workplace: Beyond Stereotypes to Strategies.” The Culturosity Group, LLC, n.d., http://www.culturosity.com/articles/bridgingtheagegap.htm. Accessed 18 Oct. 2017.
Headlee, Celeste. “I’m Black. I’m White. I’m Both. I’m Neither. Georgia Public Radio, GPB Media, 20 May 2015, www.gpb.org/blogs/on-second-thought/2015/05/20/im-black-im-white-im-both-im-neither. Accessed 14 April 2016.
Important things to remember:
Submit electronic copy to turnitin via Blackboard. (the system will not accept late submission) (see due date on syllabus).
Submit hard copy in class (see due date on syllabus).
Your paper will be marked using the Departmental Scoring Rubric.
Please highlight your thesis statement in the first paragraph of your paper.
Follow MLA guidelines for format and citation. Include Works Cited.
No email submission accepted.
Other important things to remember:
Include your name, class section (see syllabus), and due date.
Use 12-point font.
Double-spaced.
Hard copy should be printed double-side.
Staple pages (absolutely no paper clip).
Tip:
This is not a research paper, but an essay.
Please be aware that you are NOT providing a summary of the video case study and articles, but rather using each to support your thesis.
References and Citation
When you use another person’s words, ideas, or work in your paper, you must cite them. If you directly quote their work, you use quotation marks to signify this and give the page number, as well. If you are simply paraphrasing or borrowing from one (or more) person’s work, you do not need quotation marks, but you still signify whose words you are using.
*At the end of your paper, you will have a Works Cited page in which you list all of the references used in your paper. Visit https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ for more information on formatting in MLA.
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