WEEK 3 - Discussion 2

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Discussion question 2

Can you recall an experience in your life where you experienced communication breakdown? What happened and why did the breakdown occur? (answer in not less than 5 sentences).

Back when I lived in the United States of America, I had experienced a lot of communication breakdowns, especially in school. During the first months, I was shy and lacked the confidence in talking to my classmates, so the breakdown of communication was caused by psychological barriers. I also experienced cultural barriers back then as I wasn't used to the American culture and it was different from our culture, such as calling someone "ate" or "kuya" to those who are older than you, and the different holidays we celebrate there versus here in the Philippines. I had also experienced some communication barriers as  I wasn't really able to understand my classmates when they use some slang words in our conversations sometimes. Another linguistic barrier I encountered is when it is my turn to talk to them and they sometimes cannot understand my English because of my Filipino accent (because I was not used to speaking English in their way). 

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