Cross Cultural Communication In English Language

This phenomena and Korean mindset toward English shed a light on a need to investigate “What is English?” and “Who are native speakers and owners of English?” A school of scholars researching a variety of English on a world scale investigates the ownership of English from a critical viewpoint (Jenkins, 2003; Kirkapatrick, 2006; Pennycook, 2001; Tam, 2004l; Kumaravadivelu, 2008). As more and more people learn English, the language begins to belong to not one culture but to many cultures, and no single country insists that its way of speaking is the best one irrespective of accents or variations. A categorized model of target variety as shown in Table 1.
The debate on the ownership of the English language was sparked by Smith (1976). He insisted

Lustig and Koester (1996) defined the definition of communication as a symbolic process in which people create shared meanings. Intercultural communication occurs between culturally similar individuals who share value orientations, communication codes, role expectations, and perceived rules of social relationships (Lustig and Koester, 1996). Also, it can occur when the degree of cultural difference between people is great. As a similar concept, cross-cultural communication refers to the study of a particular idea or concept within many cultures and involves a comparison of interactions among people from one culture to those from another culture (Sercu,

43). There are four stages: first stage, an initial willingness to respect local ways and viewpoints; second stage, personal participation which is a concrete demonstration of respect; third stage, advanced participation where one lives the culture; fourth stage, showing an in-depth understanding. Both the soft and hard approaches within international education merge within this cross-cultural process, and underscores that contact alone will not accomplish the larger goals of internationalization. Hanvey (1976) strikes the same code by saying that “there must be a readiness to respect and accept, a capacity to participate, and one must assume some plasticity in the individual since the ability to learn and change is crucial” (p.