COM101e: Mina Park and Seetha Kumar were classmates for four years during their undergraduate studies overseas: Principles and Practice of Communication Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Question 1

Mina Park and Seetha Kumar were classmates for four years during their undergraduate studies overseas. Mina was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. Seetha is a Singaporean of Indian ethnicity. Mina is visiting Singapore for the first time and will be meeting with Seetha’s family for dinner on Deepavali.

Discuss FIVE ways culture could influence nonverbal communication in the upcoming interactions between Mina and Seetha’s family members. Support your discussion with hypothetical examples for each of the various ways.

In your discussion, you must demonstrate your understanding of the similarities and/or differences between the two cultural backgrounds and appropriately cite the source(s) for the various claims.

Question 2

Explain and illustrate FIVE types of nonverbal cues displayed by the characters in the scene and the possible corresponding messages.

This scene is taken from the movie Crazy Rich Asians (2018), when the Chinese American Rachel Chu meets her boyfriend Nick Young’s mother Eleanor Young in Singapore for the first time. Nick introduces his mother to Rachel while she is overseeing the dinner preparation in the kitchen.