[ vuZs.net ] ENG301 Assignment#2 Fall 2011

Assignment No. 2 (Fall 2011)

 

Business Communication-ENG301

Lesson 10-16

Total Marks: 15

 

 

Objective:

The assessment of students' understanding of Business Communication and to get them motivated for acquiring conceptual knowledge and practical application of the subject.

         

 

Instructions:

 

• Late assignments will not be accepted.
• If the file is corrupt or problematic, it will be marked zero.
• Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it was his or her own; however, taking the ideas from different sources and to express it in your own words will be encouraged.
• No assignment will be accepted via e-mail.
• The solution file should be in Word doc form; the font color should be preferably black and font size can be 12 Times New Roman.

                                                                       

 

Q 1-  Define ethnocentrism. Compare four cultural variables of Pakistan with that of USA and highlight their differences.                                                       (10)

 

 

Q 2-     Select the most appropriate answer.                                    (5)

 

1.         In a conversation, the eyes can serve to regulate:

 

• the speaker's rate of speech, monitor the other person's thought processes, and to signal interest in the relationship
• the conversation, provide guidance, and to signal interest in the relationship
• the conversation, monitor the other person's thought processes, and to signal objections
• the conversation, monitor the other person's thought processes, and to signal interest in the relationship

 

2.         Intimate space or intimate distance for most Americans is under:

 

·         24 inches

·         48 inches

·         18 inches

·         12 inches

 

3.         Appearance is a part of an individual's:

 

• subjective appearance
• body appearance
• superficial appearance
• regulating appearance

 

 

4.         The transmission of culture from one generation to another is called:

              

• individualistic
• enculturation
• cultural shock
• acculturation

 

 

5.         Intercultural communication occurs when:

              

• people from different races gather for conferences and seminars
• people from different ethnic backgrounds meet
• people with different cultural beliefs, values or ways of behaving communicate
• conflict occurs among people with different cultural beliefs

 

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