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    Brydie Pye completed an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) pre-test which assessed her intercultural communication skills. Her perceived orientation score of 133.73 placed her at the adaptation level, but her developmental orientation score of 126.22 placed her at the acceptance level, with a 7.51 point gap. After meeting with Shannon to discuss the results, Brydie realized she is better at acknowledging cultural differences than changing her behavior across cultures. Brydie aims to improve her ability to find commonalities between cultures and feel comfortable in environments where she is the sole representative of her own culture through activities like engaging diverse classmates and learning about other cultures.

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    Brydie Pye completed an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) pre-test which assessed her intercultural communication skills. Her perceived orientation score of 133.73 placed her at the adaptation level, but her developmental orientation score of 126.22 placed her at the acceptance level, with a 7.51 point gap. After meeting with Shannon to discuss the results, Brydie realized she is better at acknowledging cultural differences than changing her behavior across cultures. Brydie aims to improve her ability to find commonalities between cultures and feel comfortable in environments where she is the sole representative of her own culture through activities like engaging diverse classmates and learning about other cultures.

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    Brydie Pye completed an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) pre-test which assessed her intercultural communication skills. Her perceived orientation score of 133.73 placed her at the adaptation level, but her developmental orientation score of 126.22 placed her at the acceptance level, with a 7.51 point gap. After meeting with Shannon to discuss the results, Brydie realized she is better at acknowledging cultural differences than changing her behavior across cultures. Brydie aims to improve her ability to find commonalities between cultures and feel comfortable in environments where she is the sole representative of her own culture through activities like engaging diverse classmates and learning about other cultures.

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    Brydie Pye

    Tiger Pride Fall 2015

    IDI Reflection (Pre-test)


    Overview:
    To me intercultural communication means not just talking and socializing
    with a different culture, but learning about their culture. Learning about their
    culture includes finding out what they do daily, which could be very similar to
    you, what their values and beliefs are, how they celebrate holidays, what
    their household is like, and the list goes on. Intercultural communication
    means establishing that their culture is different, but also appreciating it.
    When someone is in a culture different from their own and they have the
    ability to not only feel comfortable but also establish a common ground
    between their culture and the one they are in then they have reached the
    level of being an intercultural communicator. Intercultural communication is
    a very important skillset for people who work with all different types of
    cultures.
    My IDI Results:
    After taking the IDI Pre-Test my results said that for Perceived Orientation I
    scored the Adaptation level (133.73 points), and for the Developmental
    Orientation I scored the Acceptance level (126.22 points). The Orientation
    Gap was 7.51 points.
    In terms of my intercultural communication/awareness this means that I am
    aware of the similarity and differences between cultures, and I can
    appreciate them, but I am unable to change my behavior when I am in a
    different culture. If I could change my behavior then I would be at the
    adaptation level of intercultural communication.
    Reflection:
    I think intercultural communication is an important skill to possess as a
    teacher because there are always going to be students from different
    cultures within a classroom. Teachers need to be able to learn what the
    different cultures are about, accept them, and embrace them. Students learn
    better when they are in an environment where they feel comfortable. If a
    teacher incorporates aspects of all the different cultures into the classroom
    then the student will feel comfortable. It also helps the teacher improve one
    on one interaction with students. The teacher can develop different teaching
    strategies for each student based on their culture.
    I have worked with students from different cultures when I completed
    fieldwork for college classes here at the University of the Pacific. We went to
    different schools. One school we went to was called Benjamin Holt College
    Preparatory Academy and these children were very well behaved. There was
    a student who was wearing a turban and he was struggling to keep it on tight
    while running across the court. Wearing a turban is a tradition in his culture
    so he definitely couldnt take it off. We didnt say anything to him because
    we understood that even though it was slowing him down he had to wear it. I

    Brydie Pye
    Tiger Pride Fall 2015

    also worked with students from different cultures when I was home in New
    Zealand. I worked as a waterpolo referee monitor and there were a couple of
    schools that had all Pacific Island students in their team. One school
    complained that one of those schools was being too rough. I observed that
    team the next week and it was just a difference of cultures. The Pacific Island
    students were all big for their age and they played with a lot of passion
    which was mistaken as being rough. Those students just wanted to win. I told
    the lady who complained that these students werent playing unfairly; it was
    just part of how they were.
    There was a difference between my perceived orientation and developmental
    orientation. I perceived that I was at the adaptation level but my
    developmental orientation showed I was at the acceptance level. I think this
    happened because I am from a country that has a diverse population, and a
    lot of my friends are from different ethnicities. I thought that since many of
    my friends are from different places that I could interact with many cultures,
    but I think its just because theyre my friends that I feel comfortable around
    them. I might feel comfortable being around a few people from a different
    culture, but being in an environment where I am the only one not from that
    culture is not something that I would feel comfortable with. I didnt realize
    that until after the meeting with Shannon when we went over my results. I
    was nervous after Shannon explained the different stages of intercultural
    communication to me because I didnt want to have a big orientation gap
    since I thought that I was fairly good at intercultural communication. Once
    Shannon told me the results I wasnt very surprised because it made sense
    to me. I am good at seeing the differences between cultures and embracing
    them, but my actions dont show that.
    The meeting with Shannon really helped me make sense of the results. I
    definitely wouldnt have been able to understand the results if I had just read
    them. Shannon answered questions for me and clarified the difference
    between the adaptation and awareness stages. The meeting helped me see
    that it is important to establish a commonality between different cultures. I
    originally thought that each culture had a different way of doing something
    and people should accept that, but do things with their friend that doesnt
    have a chance of conflictions through culture. It is still an interesting concept
    to me because some cultures can be totally different.
    Strengths and Weaknesses in IDI:
    My strengths in IDI are that I understand that there are different cultures and
    I am interested in learning more about them. I appreciate the difference in
    values and norms between the cultures. I can say that I have lived in a
    different country for a long period of time so I do know how it feels to live in
    a different environment. But I dont think the culture is extremely different to
    what I grew up with so it wasnt an extreme change, compared to if I moved
    somewhere where English wasnt the spoken language. My weaknesses are

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    that I am not good at finding the commonalities between cultures. I just think
    they are different and thats how it is. I am also not good at being in an
    environment where I am the only person from a different culture.
    I think that Tiger Pride can help with my intercultural communication quite a
    bit because my class is full of students from different ethnicities. I will need
    to gain relationships with them to begin to find out what the cultural
    differences are and how we can find commonalities. I need to be aware of
    the way the students feel about certain things because I dont want any of
    them to feel uncomfortable and not want to participate.
    Three aspects of my intercultural communication I want to improve on are
    engaging in more conversations with people from different cultures and
    learning from them, going to events where there are presentations about
    different cultures, and lastly reading about different cultures online. I could
    just research them or I could read about them in different newspapers to be
    up to date with what is happening all over the world. If I improve in all of
    these things I think that I could be much better at intercultural
    communication.

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