2.1. The concept of Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication is an impact between different cultures, different linguistic orgins and social groups which helps to establish contact between them and mutual understanding. Term Intercultural Communication is used to describe processes and problems which appear among different cultures, religions, educational backgrounds, ethnic and social. The lack of these contacts may led to the ignorance and unaquaintance of other cultures which is called a cultural shock and it may also lead to the misunderstandings between that cultures. Intercultural communication is often called a cross-culture communication.
Culture and Interpersonal Communication Culture is the programming of the mind and also known as the human-made part of the environment (Larry, Richard, Edwin, and Carolyn, 2013). Culture is made up by religion, history, values, language, and social organizations. Communication between people from different cultures is important. It has been occurs ring for thousands of years as cultural groups waged war, conducted commercial activities, and engaged in social exchanges with each other (Larry, Richard, Edwin, and Carolyn, 2013). People are moving from place to place throughout the world.
People must be ready to learn new traditions and customs. Secondly, relating with people from different backgrounds can be difficult due to the fear of the unknown, bias and stereotypical thoughts that guide social interactions and contributes to the misperceptions about certain cultural groups. There is also the panic and discomfort that exists when a person interacts with a different cultural group. The benefits of intercultural relationships Intercultural relationships enable individuals to gain more knowledge about other cultures around the world. Through interacting with people from different cultures, learning occurs.
Even though they are very different cultures, these conflicts will be still be the same and still will be as long a the people do not respect others point of views or try to understand them. These situation will become normal and no one will see a difference in a normal conversation and a conversation that has crossed lines. We can conclude that these stories have more things and topics in common than differences. Intercultural communication is a very difficult topic that has many theories that explain communication in different cultures and why they communicate this way. People do not realize nowadays that communication is our most important and precious tool for our existence.
The paper by Watt and Wolf are both concerned with the study of religion in the discourse of intercultural communication. Watt’s main argument is that religion plays an important role in intercultural communication, it helps unite people from diverse culture. People with the same religion from all around the world have their belief originated from the same language. Wolf’s paper explores the relationship between inter-religious dialogue and dialogical identity and questions the privileging of the secular state in discussions of intercultural communication. His discussion is predicated on the idea that to be intercultural is to be inter-religious, it is to place ourselves in a fundamentally holy space.
Communication is used everyday by everyone in order to be able to express what they are feeling or thinking with other people. There are multiple ways of communication and everyone communicates in different manners. These ways of communications are learned based on the culture that a person grows with and it then influences the way that they practice communication in their own lives when building relationships with others that may not come from their same cultural background. Communication is a mechanism that individuals use in order to be able to share out ideas or form relationships, but what is the basis of communication? According to the texbook Real Communication: An introduction, it states “ Research shows that people with high self-esteem are more confident in their interpersonal relationships” (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven,
Contents Introduction Page Question 1……………………………………………………………………….2-5 Question 2…...5-8 Question 3……………………………..…………………………………….…8-11 Question 4 ………………………………..……………………………………11-12 Conclusion ……………………………………………………..………………..13 List of reference……………………….………………………………………..14 Intercultural is communication that aims to divulge information throughout or across various cultures and social groups. People from different countries and cultures, communication and perceive the world around them. With regard to intercultural communication proper, it studies situations where people from different culture backgrounds interact. 1. What is meant by the statement: In studying other cultures, we do so very often from the perspective of our own
The Body: 1.1 cross cultural communication barriers: The majority of research carried out in the literature review is concerned with cross cultural communication barriers. Our world is growing to be a global village, and communicating with people from different cultures has become a necessity. On one hand communicating with people from different cultures can be an opportunity to benefit our growth and to gain the advantage of cultural diversity. On the other hand, this sort of communication can be the reason behind unpleasant consequences and conflicts between cultures due to the many differences between each culture such as, language, traditions, beliefs and religions. According to Stephan, Gudykunst and Lee (2002), these differences cause conflicts, misunderstanding, and anxiety which lead to miscommunication (p.1).
Name: Thao Phuong Nguyen Student ID: 4622926 Programme Title: Media and Communication Unit Title: Communication Theory Unit tutor: Dr Nael Jebril ACADEMIC ESSAY Essay Question: Discuss the influence of cultural norms on interpersonal communication. In the context of globalization, the opportunities of communication, sharing experiences and mutual learning between cultures across the world are strongly increasing. Language can be seen as a barrier to intercultural communication - communication between communities with different cultural ways of life and different world views - because spoken language is a mean of expression and conveying culture and culture is a lifeline for language development. This essay looks into the importance of language in intercultural communication, base on previous perspectives of scholars throughout the centuries on language, culture, communication and the relationship among them. From those, solutions are drawn to overcome this barrier of language through intercultural effective communication.
Students should be encouraged to consider the cultural connection as an alternative to the traditional approach because it focuses on the socio-cultural process that will prepare the students to handle prejudice, stereotyping and racism that impact them negatively in self-esteem, mental health and academic achievement. Evidence shows that traditional conflict strategies can be beneficial when used for personal and group conflicts. However, there is no evidence that it has a lasting impact on cultural differences. Conflicts will occur because of the inaccurate portrayals of particular groups in the media. The mounting inter-group tensions among students plead for cultural connection.