SLO Assessment COMM150
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SLO #1 Explain the relationship of culture and communication using various models of
intercultural communication
Linked to GE SLO Effective Communication and Social Awareness and Diversity
Assignment: Essay Question
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Culture
Defined
Communication Cause and
Defined
Effect
argument both
ways (i.e. how
culture affects
communication
and
communication
affects culture)
Data from
Writing
models used
quality is
for
clear
substantiation
of claims
SLO Assessment for SPCH 150
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SLO #2 Differentiate between the dominate culture and co-cultures within the U.S. and
discuss the influence they have upon one another
Linked to GE SLO Effective Communication and Social Awareness and Diversity
Assignment: Essay Question
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Definition of
Culture
Definition of
co-culture
Example of
influence of
co-culture
onto
dominant
culture
Example of
influence of
dominant
culture onto
co-culture
SLO Assessment for SPCH 150
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SLO #3 Distinguish between attitudes, beliefs, and values and critically apply different
value orientations
Linked to GE SLO Critical Thinking and Social Awareness and Diversity
Assignment: Exam or Essay
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Distinguish
beliefs,
values and
attitudes
Recognize
applications
of
collectivist
or
individualist
value
orientations
Recognize
applications
of high
power and
low power
distance
value
orientations
SLO Assessment for SPCH 150
Your name ________________________ Semester/class/section ____________
SLO #4 (Showing an increased awareness of factors that contribute to some of our
societal problems), discuss overt and covert cultural behaviors that manifest in the form
of prejudice, discrimination, and ethnocentrism (P, D, and E)
Linked to GE SLO Effective Communication and Social Awareness and Diversity
Assignment: Group Project including Paper and Presentation plus quiz
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Implicit
(covert
examples) of
P, D, and E
Explicit
(overt
examples of
P, D, and E
Causes of P,
D, and E
SLO Assessment for SPCH 150
Your name ________________________ Semester/class/section ____________
SLO #5 Demonstrate knowledge of how different cultures use verbal and nonverbal
communication
Linked to GE SLO Social Awareness and Diversity
Assignment: Presentations, Exam Questions, Role-plays
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High
context
and low
context
Polychronic
Emblems
and
Monochronic
Proxemics
Eye
Contact
High
and low
contact
cultures