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Communication Experiment

  PART 1 Did you find this experiment difficult or easy?  Describe your experience to explain your answer. (5 pts) I did find communicating to be more difficult just using just symbolic language. Since I was not allowed to use words in ASL, the conversation led to more of a charades game. At the end of the 15 minutes, I would say approximately 70% of what I was trying to say was actually understood by the other person.  What were the impressions of partners in the conversation? Did they alter their way of communicating with you because of your absence of symbolic communication? Describe. (5 pts) I would say that my communication partner was trying to piece together my side of the conversation with a fair amount of effort. She would ask more specific and basic questions so as to further the conversation. I would say that communication was severely hampered and it would take a while to actually get something across. Imagine that you and your partners in the conversation rep...
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Location and Area Description The Zulu population resides in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The mean annual rainfall there ranges from 650 mm in the eastern Grasslands to 1400 mm in the eastern Coastal Bushveld. Opposite from us, The Zulu experience a summer (October to April) and winter (May to September) season. As for the climate, the area is known to be a subtropical climate that experiences a hot and humid wet season during summer. However, it is dry and warm during the winter during the day and cold at night.  As for the Andean Indians, they mostly reside along the Pacific coast and in the Andean highlands. Although some Andeans moved to cities/ urban centers, such as La Paz and Lima, there are many spread along the pacific coast of South America. However, the majority of this population live in small communities throughout the mountains of the Andes, with a very low population density. The average temperatures of the Andes range from 11˚–18˚C, and annual rainfal...
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