Instructor Resource
Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 8e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Discussion Questions
Chapter 12: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Intercultural Competence
1. What factors do you think would most affect you if you were to travel to another culture?
2. Which of the five modes of acculturation best describes your group?
3. What groups do you think are the most assimilated in the United States?
ETHICS AND ACCULTURATION, CULTURE SHOCK, AND
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
1. An international student who sits near you in one of your classes passes gas frequently and has
indicated that it is acceptable in their country of origin. How will you handle this?