Individual Essay

This assignment requires us to write an essay. We are given four topics on this essay and were asked to choose only one. Therefore, I decided to choose question 1.

Below is the question.
1. Despite great technological advances and more exposure to people of other cultures, divisions between people of different cultures at times seems to have only intensified. Is it at all possible to move toward a world which has greater intercultural understanding and tolerance? Examine the issues of ethnocentrism and stereotyping that you have encountered and how we might be able to solve these problems. Focus on issues that are current in your country or in the media.

At first, I regretted for choosing question 1 because I found that the question was too tough for me. I then struggled writing the essay. When I was writing the essay, I kept on refer back to the epc textbook to see which theory should I apply in the essay. In the end, I manage to apply the principles of communication and behaviour in analyzing interaction with others in my essay. Besides that, I also learned to analyse and response to handling conflict as well as efficient negotiation skills in dealing with variety of individuals. Although this was a tough assignment for me, but I managed to learn something from it.

This is the essay that I wrote.