Markel Ch. 5, Strategies for Intercultural Comm.

Instructions:

• Answer all the following questions and provide page numbers from the textbook.  

       Questions:

1. In the beginning of Chapter 5, Markel names four basic categories of reader. List three of the four categories.
    
2. Choose one of the types of reader you listed. How might you specifically appeal to that type of reader?
    
3. When you write a document, you need to consider who your reader will be. List three personal characteristics you should take into account.
    
4. When you write a document, you need to consider where and how the document will be used. List two contextual factors that will impact the way you write and/or construct the document.
    

5. Sometimes, your readers will be hostile. Markel suggests three ways in which you can address this type of audience. List and explain one of his suggestions.
    

6. Write this number in a numerical format that a non-American would understand: thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred twenty-two and seventeen hundredths.
    
7. What are some ethical challenges that can crop up when writing to audiences from different cultures? List at least two.
    
8. If you are writing to an audience from another culture, how might you go about providing definitions?
    
9. List three ways in which you can make a document easy to translate.
    
10. List two common ways in which you can design a document to fit non-American cultural preferences.