User:Saintgraciemay/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Intercultural communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose to evaluate this article because in my last semester I had taken a class in Intercultural communication and learned a lot from the class. It matters to me because as someone who identifies as biracial, I've noticed certain communication barriers and struggles that my mother has experienced after immigrating to Canada. My preliminary impression of the article was that it contained a various different amounts of information concerning intercultural communication but was interested to see how clear and how well the sources were cited due to the large volume of information.

Evaluate the article
This article was a good, easy read that provided plenty of information but there would be a few changes I would make. This is what I suggest moving forward.

Overall, very informative and written well, just a few extra suggestions that I feel would help with clarity and the flow of the article!
 * When discussing the "co-cultural theory", it was identified that there's explanation for how different persons communicate based on six factors but these six factors were never noted. Add what the six factors are at the end to complete the discussion and provide more clear information/
 * In the section "Identity negotiation or management", only a small list of theories and models were put in. Yes, there were links to the definition of what most of these theories and models meant but it would be nice to see some examples or further discussion on each of them.
 * In the section "Communication networks", it resembles the same as the section "Identity negotiation or management", meaning there was only a small list provided of the communication networks. In addition, there were no links to what these communication networks meant so it left me confused and unclear about what they were.
 * Like mentioned, there were list provided for topics such as "Communication networks", "Tools for Improvement", "Traits" and other. After evaluating and looking at the talk page, it seems as there is an agreement that instead of using lists to talk about these topics, a prose format may be better in this context.
 * Although this article was very informative, there could have been more citations to provide better authentication of what was written. Places that could have used extra citations included "Components", "Important Factors", "Cross-cultural business strategies", and other sections with little to no citations.