“Understanding communication and cultural competence”.

Cultural competenc y  is the way which people in a given culture communicate in appropriate and effective manner. When I came to the United States I had trouble communicating with other people. It was hard to learn about another culture. It was hard to understand the context to English language and cultural bondaries.The author talks about the communiction process in which one translates his/her cultural knowledge into cultural behaviors, is from communication with others one. When human being is born they learn how to communicate and behave in the context of their culture. Where I grow up it was easy for me to understand the culture because I was familiar with the culture since I was raised in it. When I came to the United States it was difficult because I have to re-learn culture. Human being learn culture by verbal and non-verbal cues. People learn through verbal language and body language. Body language is importance to understand the culture norms to avoid inappropriateness. In a Somali house it is inapportate for women and a men to shake hands.When you  communicate with your community you have to give up some of your freedom to the groups. The words have different meaning in different cultures and languages, the meaning of joke might not translate. Every language follows a structure and catagores vocabulary. To fully understand the language you have to live in that environment.