Intercultural Communication

February 13, 2019

This week has presented some challenges yet again with this group project. One of the members submitted a draft for the project which is seemingly finished other than editing and some tweaking. There is little to no communication about what work should be divided where and to whom. It seems as though whoever wishes to take a part of the project does so without consulting the group. I reached out to one of my fellow UCF group members and we share similar frustrations in this area. We wish we were more involved instead of simpling answering an email chain. And the email chain is yet another source of frustration. There are several different email chains going on at once, it is confusing and makes little sense, to say the least.

The frustrations I am voicing are ones that would typically spur me to action in contacting my professor to find a remedy for. However, the fact that this group consists largely of international students makes, makes this situation a little more difficult to approach. The international students who are jumping right into completing the project without any consultation clearly view that as a 'non-issue'. I may reach out to my fellow UCF group members to see what their opinion is of trying to find a remedy for this problem. I most definitely do not want this project to pass without me contributing my fair share, as right now I feel as though I have done very little.




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