My reaction to Barna text

It is useful to know the stumbling blocks which are written in an organized way. I have already experienced most of the stumbling blocks which Barna described. His structural approach helped me to organize my experiences about stumbling blocks in my mind.

Through the group discussion, I realized that I experience the six stumbling blocks not only in intercultural communication with people who have different cultures but also in daily communication in Japan. For example when I take part in group discussions at foundation classes in ICU I feel anxiety because I need to discuss with senior students I do not know and I do not know their cultures. This example shows the “High Anxiety”.

Barna denoted some examples to support his idea. However the number of samples is so few that his idea is not fully demonstrated. For example he could arbitrarily choose students who have the characteristics or behavior which he explained.