Communication

When people communicate they are expressing an idea, there are two ways we can express an idea in a verbal way or a non-verbal way. Verbal communication refers to sounds and noises and non-verbal refers to symbols and signals. But communication is not that easy it faces a lot of barriers like the physical barrier which is related to the distance two people might be facing or the language barrier which refers to the ambiguity that can be created when people speak this is why is so important to be aware, flexible and patient when communicating to receive and give the right message.

                                                                                                          

Communication to change lives,2009 retreived on april 11/2011 from: http://www.wdavidphillips.com/tag/communication

Which ones are the main cultural differences in non-verbal communication?

The main cultural differences faced in non- verbal communication are the body movement, the posture you have an example of this is sitting with your legs cross can be offensive in turkey. The facial expressions even though the majority have the same meaning like crying, laughing, angry and many others too much smiling can be perceived as a sign of shallowness this why it’s important to research the culture your about to have a business with. Other cultural differences in non-verbal communication are the touch and the eye contact for example eye contact in the US means that you are interested but on the other hand in Japan when you avoid eye contact you show respect.

Non-verbal emotional communication and cultural differences, youtube, 2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQsfMppz2o

Migrant workers

A migrant can be defined as someone that moves from one region to another due to violence in their home country, economic instability or simply to get a better education and find new opportunities. Migrant workers are abused and under paid this is a fact we live every day this is why the international organization for migration works hard to provide humanitarian assistant to migrant needs

Characterize one country and its main immigrants; describe the types of labor they perform and the living conditions of them?

The United States main immigrants are Hispanic and Chinese people most of them work in construction, cutting the grass, and cleaning. What is sad is that sometimes the person could be a doctor in their home country but they are discriminated and they are not given the chance of another type of work so they have to do this type of job so that their family can eat. Their living conditions are worst than their jobs in most cases they live in small trailers with around another 10 people on the floor even though is hard to believe is true. What people ask is that if they live in such bad conditions why not stay in their home country but the thing is that in the United States they are living much better compared to their home country.

                           Migrant workers in the US. Wherexmo, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV1QifYVu14