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CUC 107
Cultural Intelligence and Capability
Critical Reflection Essay
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Susi Woolf
Self-cultural-awareness is an important component of cultural intelligence as it helps us to explore,
understand, acknowledge, and value our cultural and social background regarding race. Cultural
intelligence has refer to the traits and skills of people who adjust quickly, with minimal stress. While
cultural self-awareness refers to being conscious of one’s own culturally shaped values, beliefs,
perceptions, and biases. Cultural self-awareness made people more culturally intelligent by increasing
awareness by our own learning processes, strengths, weaknesses, successes, failures, biases, values, goals,
and emotions. The reason why cultural self-awareness assists people to be more culturally intelligent is it
helps to understand and respond to areas of conflict and tension when we encounter individuals from
unfamiliar cultures. By these means we can be relax with uncomfortable and new cultures too.
My topic for cultural self I choose to cover is family. We typically don’t think of families as having a
culture. Countries and communities have cultures, but not families. Right? Well for me, I come from a
place where family culture are taken seriously as it is considered the most important social unit and a high
value is placed on family ties. My parents do not want me to hang out with my friends a lot around the
holidays because they want to bond and become stronger as a family. I am glad I have a strong bond with
my family. The reason I like to have a strong bond with my family is because, I have people to depend on
when no one else is there. But I have a big family so sometimes it gets really hectic, but my family means
everything to me. No matter what culture we call our own, there are distinct differences between that of
other cultures around us. One of the major differences occurs in the realm of family; family affection to be
more specific. Every family has a unique family culture.
Throughout my life I have been influenced and taught lots of things by many people. My biggest
influences were and still are my family. I personally feel that values are strong feelings or beliefs about
important issues in life. Values guide our behaviour and give purpose and direction to our life. Different
individuals have different values. Different families and different cultures have different values. Values
are influenced by traditions, religion, and mass media, social and political situations. Values help people
decide how to behave and interact with others. All teaching of right and wrong begins with attachment-the warm, emotional tie that children have with their parents. Children learn from and are influenced most
by those persons who are most meaningful to them, and the most meaningful adults are those to whom the
child is emotionally attached. Moral values must be purposely taught, modelled, and reinforced by
parents.
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Comment [M3]: There are numerous
grammatical errors throughout this essay.
Comment [M4]: This statement needs
to be supported by reference to some
published academic paper.
All academic essays must rely on "in-text
citations" to support their viewpoints. But
this essay has none.
Comment [M5]: This seems to be the
end of this essay's introduction, but so far it
has not stated the 'purpose' of this essay –
what is sometimes called the 'thesis'. Please
always do this in future essay introductions,
so that the reader knows exactly what to
expect to find in the essay's body. (This can
often be easier if the body is written first.)
Comment [M6]: This text has shading,
but shading of text is inappropriate.
I believe that every of our behaviours are reflected by our parents and family members. A good example
must continually be set. Indeed, strongly attached children will follow the example of parents' behaviour
even when it is bad. Culture is the full range of learned behavioural patterns of a group of people. We
have family, ethnic culture, state culture, corporate culture and national culture. It is the imbibed or
adopted culture of a man from the society at large. One of the main approaches to teaching behaviour is to
build on a child's instinctive feelings of empathy, for example through the regular use of reasoning and
"inductions" in behaviour management. This involves pointing out the consequences of the child's
behaviour on other people.
I think learning and experience are intertwined with each other. We learn by our past experiences which
help us making right decisions. The end result of our actions always leave a strong impact on our mind.
On the other hand, if we listen to the advice of our family and friends, we will remember that advice for
a short duration only and after that, we will forget what was advised to us. Ostensibly, advice of our
family and friends are also very beneficial. Our parents are elder to us and hence more experienced.
They can guide us from their experiences and suggest us to move in the right direction. To sum up,
although we learn a lot from our family and friends but the best way of learning is through our
experiences. This is because our experience teaches us a lesson and help us learn from our mistakes.
Which bring us to conclusion that culture are shared by at least two or more people and everyone are a
member of several different cultural groups which are said to have multicultural membership. For an idea,
a thing, or a behaviour to be considered cultural, it must be shared by some type of social group or
society. Culture can be differentiated from both universal human nature and unique individual personality.
Each group of institution places and individuals in different experiential worlds can be a potential
container for culture.
REFERENCES LIST
Ader, N. (1997) International Dimensions of Organizational Behaviour. 3rd ed. Ohio: South-Western
College Publishing.
Spencer-Oatey, H. (2012) what is culture? A complication of quotations. GlobalPAD Core Concepts.
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the 'promise' made in the introduction. This
conclusion of your essay is interesting, but
lacks a clear 'looking back' at the body.
Comment [M8]: The items in this list
are not in APA Style. Use alphabetical
ordering, with hanging-indent. Italic font
must be used only for certain elements.
Comment [M9]: article or book?
Hofstede, G. (1991/1994) Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. London: HarperCollins
Business.
Schein, E. (1990) Organizational culture. American Psychologist 45(2): 109-119.
Tridandis, H. C. (1994) Culture and Social Behaviour. New York: MCGraw Hill
Spencer-Oatey, H. (2008) Culturally Speaking. Culture, Communication and Politeness Theory. 2nd
edition. London: Continuum.
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Content
(45%)
20
Organisation
(20%)
12
Referencing
(15%)
2
Punctuation,
grammar,
and spelling
(10%)
HD (85-100)
D (75-84)
C (65-74)
Pass (50-64)
Fail (0-49)
Shows significant
understanding of how
cultural awareness
relates to cultural
intelligence. The
reflection uses a wide
range of examples from
the cultural blueprint.
Demonstrates extensive
understanding in the
use of readings.
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Shows depth of
understanding of how
cultural awareness
relates to cultural
intelligence. The
reflection uses a range
of examples from the
cultural blueprint.
Demonstrates
understanding in the
use of readings.
38 34
Shows a reasonable
understanding of how
cultural awareness
relates to cultural
intelligence. The
reflection uses
examples from the
cultural blueprint.
The reflection
demonstrates
use of readings.
33 29
Shows some
understanding of how
cultural awareness
relates to cultural
intelligence. The
reflection uses
examples from the
cultural blueprint.
Demonstrates
inconsistent or
superficial use
of readings.
28.5 22.5
Shows no
understanding of how
cultural awareness
relates to cultural
intelligence. The
reflection uses
inadequate or no
examples from the
cultural blueprint.
Demonstrates no
use of readings.
A clearly articulated and
appropriate beginning,
development and
conclusion. The
organisation is logical;
paragraphs and
transitions between
ideas are unified and
exceptionally coherent.
There is a clear and
easy-to- follow sequence
of ideas. There is no
unnecessary duplication
of ideas or Information.
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A clear beginning,
development and
conclusion. The
organisation is logical;
paragraphs and
transitions are
consistent. There is a
clear and easy-to- follow
sequence of ideas.
There is no unnecessary
duplication of ideas or
information.
A beginning,
development and
conclusion used to
structure the
reflection. The
organisation is logical;
paragraphs and
transitions are unified.
There is a clear and
easy-to-follow
sequence of ideas.
There is some
duplication of ideas
or information.
14.5 13
A beginning,
development and
conclusion included.
The organisation is
somewhat logical;
paragraphs and
transitions are
awkward. At times
there is difficultly in
the sequence of ideas.
There is some
duplication of ideas
or information.
The beginning,
development and
conclusion is limited
and confusing. The
organisation is unclear
and there is no
attempt to use
paragraphs and/or
transitions. The
sequence of ideas is
limited or nonexistent. There is
much duplication of
ideas or information.
9.5 4
Sources are clearly
integrated and advance
the viewpoint through
accurate use of
summary, paraphrase,
and quotation. The
reflection consistently
and accurately uses APA
6th referencing style.
Source materials flow
smoothly into the
writer’s own text.
Reference list is in the
correct format and listed
in alphabetical order. All
sources cited are listed
in the reference list.
15 13
Reflection has no errors
in word selection and
use of spelling,
punctuation and
grammar. Exceptional
use of conventions of
edited standard
written English.
Sources are clearly
related to and advance
the view-point through
accurate and
appropriate use of
summary, paraphrase
and quotation. There is
accurate use of APA 6th
referencing style.
Reference list is mostly
in correct format and
listed in alphabetical
order. Reference list is
mostly an accurate list of
sources cited within the
document.
There is a consistent
attempt to use
sources to
substantiate ideas,
but these are not
always integrated
well. Appropriate
use of summary,
paraphrase and
quotation. APA 6th
referencing style,
however some errors
present. Reference list
is generally in correct
format and listed
alphabetically.
Source material may be
used non-critically, may
lack variety, or is mostly
limited to quotation.
There are some errors in
APA 6th referencing
style which interferes
with the reader’s ability
to check sources.
Reference list has a
number of errors and
alphabetical listing is
not used.
12.5 11.5
Reflection is relatively
free of errors in word
selection and use of
spelling, punctuation
and capitalisation.
Effective use of the
conventions of
edited standard
written English.
11
10
8.5
8
6
Presentation
(10%)
5
16 15
7.5
Contains a coversheet
which is completed with
correct information.
File submitted in the
correct format for
marking. Readability
enhanced through
accurate use of
specified formatting
requirements: font
type & size; spacing,
paragraphing,
page numbers and
Identification.
Contains a coversheet
which is completed with
correct information.
File submitted in the
correct format for
marking.
Readability enhanced
through use of specified
formatting
requirements: font
type & size; spacing,
paragraphing,
page numbers and
Identification.
10
8 7.5
8.5
12.5 10
22 6
Source material is
not referred to all,
or the student relies
heavily on quotations.
There is no clear
referencing system.
7
0
9.5 7.5
10
Reflection is good with
some errors in word
selection and use of
spelling, punctuation
and capitalisation.
Good use of the
conventions of
edited standard
written English.
However, some
errors are present.
7 6.5
Reflection contains
several major errors in
word selection and use
of spelling, punctuation
and/or capitalisation.
Attempted use of
conventions of edited
standard written English.
However, many errors
are present.
Contains a coversheet
which is mostly
correct. File submitted
in the correct format
for marking.
Readability enhanced
through some
observation of the
specified formatting
requirements: font
type & size; spacing,
paragraphing,
page numbers and
Identification. More
attention required.
7 6.5
Contains a coversheet
which is a separate
document. File
submitted in the correct
format for marking.
Readability issues:
little attention paid to
the specified formatting
requirements: font
type & size; spacing,
paragraphing,
page numbers and
Identification. More
attention required.
Errors in grammar
and punctuation are
so frequent that it
makes it difficult to
read or understand.
4.5
2
6 5
6
5
No coversheet
is attached or
coversheet is
incomplete. No
attention paid to
correct file type
for submission.
Serious readability
issues: Little or no
attention paid to the
specified formatting
requirements: font
type & size; spacing,
paragraphing, and
Identification.
4.5 2
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Dear Evan,
This essay says many interesting things. However, you must be careful to write what the assignment task requires.
This essay should critically reflect on why cultural self-awareness is important to develop cultural intelligence. So it
needed to focus clearly on 'why' these things are linked. In this kind of essay, you are invited to discuss your own
cultural experiences, but only where it helps to clarify your critical reflection on the main topic. In turn, this depends
greatly on discussing relevant research in your essay, and referencing that research. Please read all my comments.
Regards,
Merin Nielsen
CUC107 marking lecturer