Professional essay

This assignment asks you to examine your own cultural identity - to describe how you define yourself as a cultural being - and to show how it affects your communication style. The following questions are provided to help you construct that definition. In APA essay format, answer the following questions:

· What are my racial, ethnic, national origins?

· How do my gender and class define me?

· Are there particular myths or stories I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?

· Are there particular rituals I remember from childhood that have helped to define me?

· How does my personal cultural profile affect my relationship to American culture?

· How does my personal cultural profile affect the rituals I participate in now or the stories I tell?

· How does my personal cultural profile affect how I communicate both informally with friends and family, and in more formal settings as, for example, an internship, the classroom, or a club? Some aspects of communication style you could comment on are:

· topics you frequently find yourself talking about

· use of nonverbal communication

· use of interruption

· use of silence

· affinity for or dislike of argumentation

· channels of communication you rely on