Introduction to Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication is of importance to international businesses as it examines how people from different cultures‚ beliefs and religions come together to work and communicate with each other. Demands for intercultural communication skills are increasing as more and more businesses go global or international. They realize that there are barriers and limitations when entering a foreign territory. Without the help of intercultural communication
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Recognizing cultural differences when you write or speak with someone from another culture‚ you encode your message using the assumptions of your own culture. Members of your audience decode the message relating to the assumptions of their culture. So your meaning may be misunderstood. The greater the difference between cultures‚ the greater the chance for misunderstanding. Cultural differences are listed in four categories: Contextual‚ Legal and Ethical‚ Social‚ and Nonverbal. Cultural context
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References: Scollon‚ R.‚ Scollon‚ S. W. & Jones‚ R. (2012). Intercultural Communication: a discourse approach. West Sussex‚ United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. Jones‚ R. (2012) Discourse analysis: A resource book for students. London: Routledge.
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Intercultural Experience Communications 1 My friend Julie invited me to go to a family gathering with her and her boyfriend. I was a little reluctant to go because her boyfriend is Chinese and I was afraid I wouldn’t have anything in common with the people there. Eventually I decided to go. This is my experience: There is a difference in nationality‚ since I am an American. There are also distinct differences in religion (I am a Christian and they are Buddhists) and language (they speak Chinese
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October 11‚ 2011 Film Application Paper Mean Girls Speech and communication are a very large part of life. From face to face contact to the media‚ concepts and theories in human communication are incorporated into daily life. There are many concepts and theories in communication‚ and specifically introduced in the following paper are five major components of communication. The components of culture and co-culture‚ non-verbal behaviors‚ types of listening and barriers to effective listening
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I went to the Irish Festival downtown for this intercultural assignment. I spent well over an hour at this festival because it was actually very enjoyable. From what I’ve been told Irish people are not heavily religious. Me being a Christian‚ I didn’t know how different this experience was going to be or if I would feel uncomfortable or out of the loop. I wanted to avoid those negative feelings so I did some research to be prepared for this experience. Walking through the festival I heard loud
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Intercultural Conflict and Organizations During our lifetime‚ we are bound to become part of an organization. With America becoming more and more diverse‚ it has led to a rise in intercultural organizations. Anytime you have individuals of different ethnic backgrounds‚ there is a chance for some type of communication conflict. When people from different areas of the world engage in conflict‚ they often have different expectations of how the conflict should be dealt with. Conflict is a clash of
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Intercultural communication and conflicts The communication between different cultures is very difficult. Intercultural communication can lead to misunderstanding and confusion. You may offend someone without even knowing it. Nonverbal communication is challenge as well such as handshakes‚ eye contact‚ hug‚ and etc. These problems happened so many times from my fiancée who is from America and me who is from South Korea. One day‚ my father visited to our place for holiday. When my father walked
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Complications of Intercultural Communication This meaning of culture is used when academic discuss artifacts of the high culture and low culture. Culture can be best understood of it is broken up into four main categories. History and world view‚ including values‚ beliefs and religion‚ Socialization‚ including education‚ enculturation and personal growth‚ Language and Non-verbal communication. Culture is breaking up into a series of constituent‚ sometimes overlapping‚ parts in order to better understand
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Nikole Braddy SPCH100 Intercultural Interview Introduction Stacey Mente’s British accent and word choices intrigued me to learn more about the history of where she came from‚ Holidays celebrated in England‚ and what the actual word definitions and variances there are in British English versus American English. I am also fascinated by the royal family and wanted to learn the role of the royal family in England and what the Queen of England does in her role. When I first think of England‚ I think
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