A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No. 3‚ pp.303 – 312. Communication Competence: A Malaysian Perspective Lailawati Mohd Salleh‚ PhD Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang‚ Selangor Malaysia Email: lailawati_mohd_salleh@hotmail.com 304 Communication Competence Introduction Communication competence has been studied in a diverse array of scholarship such as human-computer interaction‚ marketing‚ gerontology‚ institutional
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Helping Homeless Youth A. What is the problem? a. There are homeless youth without supervision on the streets of America b. They are abusing substances and that may be the cause of them being homeless c. Their family does not accept their lifestyle (LGBTQ) B. What is being done to fix the problem? a. Shelters are being built specifically for them b. People are getting the word out c. Giving kids hope d. Foundations are being created C
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The word “homeless” is used to describe many different kinds of people with a variety of problems; the “homeless” includes veterans‚ the mentally ill‚ the physically disabled or chronically ill‚ the elderly on fixed incomes‚ men‚ women‚ and families that have lost their source of income‚ single parents‚ runaway children who’ve been abused‚ alcoholics and drug addicts‚ immigrants‚ and traditional tramps‚ hobos‚ and transients (Martin‚ 1999). In “Helping and Hating the Homeless”‚ Peter Martin claims
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Known as the “City of Trees” for its abundance of greenery‚ my hometown of Sacramento‚ California could also be called the “City of the Homeless”. There are staggering numbers of homeless Sacramentans and a significant amount of people who lack consistent access to nightly shelter. On any given night‚ the homeless population of Sacramento County totals nearly 2‚700 people (www.sacramentostepsforward.org)‚ and this number is on the rise. My dream is to become a professional in the field of architecture
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Communication Competence is the impression that communicative behaviour is both appropriate and effective in a given situation. This means that when information is exchanged between individuals (during the communication process)‚ it is properly/correctly understood and interpreted. This shows that communication is only effective when it achieves the desired goal/goals‚ and is appropriate when it thoroughly projects what is expected in a situation. From my point of view‚ communication competence is truly
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Today‚ the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ is widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high rent for the habitation‚ low salary‚ mental disability or the loss of all the members of the family. When people are in such a difficult situation‚ they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries started different social
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It would be difficult for most of us to consider the predicament of being a stereotyped homeless man; Alexie takes us on that journey via Jackson Jackson with “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”. Jackson is a Spokane Native descent that comes across his grandmother’s powwow dance regalia at a pawn shop. He sets out to win this family heirloom back‚ in which he faces many obstacles along the way. During this difficult 24 hour period Jackson crosses paths with many people that are willing to help him‚ resulting
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Cultural Humility and Cultural Competency Cultural humility is the overall acceptance that there is a multitudinous amount of variations in every culture and everyone’s cultural experience is different. A study conducted by Hook‚ Davis‚ Owen‚ Worthington‚ and Utsey says that cultural humility is‚ “marked by respect for and lack of superiority toward another individual’s cultural background and experience.” This is such an important part of being a culturally humble healthcare worker. I feel that
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In “Homeless on Campus” author‚ Kingsborough Community College English Department Instructor‚ Eleanor Bader explains the increasing amount of homeless students and ways the public can help get them into various necessary living situations. There are a number of students that are homeless. Bader mention a few different students’ situations and how they over came being homeless with the help of Legendre grants. The article discusses the need for a median wage to comfortably live. She explains the
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stoplight and a homeless woman stood by the curb‚ holding a cardboard sign with “Homeless‚ anything helps” scratched into it. Seeing that we had stopped‚ she approached the car and began tapping on the window‚ calmly asking for spare change. My friend quickly locked all the doors and anxiously banged on the steering wheel. As she urged the red light to change‚ her brother and I stared at the floor‚ avoiding
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