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Definition and Nature of Intercultural Communication

Here are potential responses that apply the traits of a competent intercultural communicator: 1. Who has it easier in life, man or woman? Why? I do not feel comfortable making generalizations about entire groups. Both men and women face challenges in life due to societal and cultural norms. 2. Do you believe that speaking English is a pre-requisite to being Miss Universe? Why or Why not? Beauty pageants should celebrate diversity. While English is a global language, requiring it could exclude many qualified women. Character, talent and message are more important. 3. Why should you win in this pageant? Rather than focus on myself, I hope to bring people together and promote values

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Definition and Nature of Intercultural Communication

Here are potential responses that apply the traits of a competent intercultural communicator: 1. Who has it easier in life, man or woman? Why? I do not feel comfortable making generalizations about entire groups. Both men and women face challenges in life due to societal and cultural norms. 2. Do you believe that speaking English is a pre-requisite to being Miss Universe? Why or Why not? Beauty pageants should celebrate diversity. While English is a global language, requiring it could exclude many qualified women. Character, talent and message are more important. 3. Why should you win in this pageant? Rather than focus on myself, I hope to bring people together and promote values

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DEFINITION AND NATURE

OF INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION
 Intercultural happens when individuals interact,
negotiate, and create meanings while bringing in their
varied cultural backgrounds (Ting-Toomey, 1999).
 For some scholars, intercultural communication
pertains to communication among people from different
nationalities (Gudykunst, 2003).
 Still, others look at intercultural communication as
communication that is influenced by different ethnicities,
religions, and sexual orientations.
Both interpretations show that intercultural communication
takes place when people draw from their cultural identity to
understand values, prejudices, language, attitudes and
relationships (Gudkunst & Kim, 2003). Moreover, this facet of
communication can also be seen as a bargained understanding of
human experiences across diverse societies. Simply put,
intercultural communication is the sending and receiving of
messages across languages and cultures.
Sometimes, intercultural communication can flow smoothly and
become very interesting for across cultural group. However,
things may not go as planned when communication is disrupted
by cultural collisions.
When you speak, your speech is continuously
accompanied by gestures, facial expressions and other
body movements that add to what you are saying in
different ways. For example, nodding means “yes” in the
Indian subcontinent, Iran, most of Europe, Latin
America and North America. However, in Greece, Lebenon,
Syria, Palestine, Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and
Albania, nodding indicates disagreement.
Moreover, in the case of Japanese culture, silence as a
form of communication is more integrated in their
customs than in Western languages.
It is therefore important for you to acknowledge and
understand the many communication patterns present in
other cultures.
Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity
The developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) offers a structure
that explores how people experience cultural differences. According to Bennet and
Bennet (2004), it has six stages. These are the following:
1. Denial. The individual does not recognize cultural differences.
An individual in the denial stage might be heard saying:
“All cities are the same; they all have tall buildings, fast food chains, and
coffee shops.”
2. Defense. The individual starts to recognize cultural differences and is
intimidated
by them resulting in either a superior view on own culture or an unjustified high
regard for the new one.
An individual in the defense stage might be heard saying:
“This culture does not view life the way we do; our culture is certainly better.”
“There ways are better than my own; I wish I were one of them.”
3. Minimization. Although, individual see individual differences, they
bank more on the universality of ideas rather on cultural differences.
An individual in the minimization stage might be heard saying:
“Once we see through the cultural differences, we really are just the
same!”
4. Acceptance. The individual begins to appreciate important cultural
differences, in behaviors and eventually in values.
An individual in the acceptance stage might be heard saying:
“These people and I have different values and experiences, and I think we
can from one another.
5. Adaptation. The individual is very open to world views when
accepting new perspectives.
An individual in the adaptation might be heard saying:
“To address our issue, I have to adjust my approach to consider both my
own my own and counterpart’s background.
6. Integration. Individuals start to go beyond their cultures and
themselves and their actions based on multifarious cultural viewpoints.
An individual in the integration stage might heard saying:
“I can look at things from the perspective of various cultures.”
Once you understand these stages, you may apply it to :
 recognize communication behaviors which differ from your
own,
 take into account what can influence these types of behaviors.
Try to analyze how linguistics and cultural communities differ
in terms of communication behavior and influencing factors
(Allwood, 1985)
• World Bank (2010) identifies the following traits that define a competent
intercultural communicator:
1. flexibility and the ability to tolerate high levels of uncertainty
2. reflectiveness or mindfulness
3. open-mindedness
4. sensitivity
5. adaptability
6. ability to engage in divergent thinking (or thinking creatively) and
systems-level thinking (or thinking how each one in a system or
organization influences each other).
7. politeness
• Note that in addition to culture, other elements such as gender,
age, social status, and religion must also be taken into
consideration when communicating with others. Refrain from
showing a bias when talking to someone by following the tips
below.
1. Avoid stereotypes, i.e., generalization about a certain group.
2. Challenge gender norms; avoid using “he” and “man” to refer
to a general group of people. To remedy this, you may use
plural pronouns or rewrite the sentence to avoid using
pronouns. The use of his/her is also acceptable.
3. Do not talk down on younger people
and the elderly.
4. Be sensitive to the religious practices of
others.
5. Be polite at all times; do not belittle
people you perceive to be on a lower social
class than you.
Apply the traits of a competent intercultural communicator in
answering the following questions:

1. Who has it easier in life, man


or woman? Why?
2. Do you believe that speaking
English is a pre-requisite to being
Miss Universe? Why or Why not?
3. Why should you win in this
pageant?
4. What would like to read as the
headline in tomorrow’s newspaper?
Explain?
5. If you had a chance to change
anything in your body, what would
it be and why?
Group Output
Promote the importance of intercultural
communication. Form a triad and visualize
the importance of intercultural
communication by coming up with a
slogan (like world peace, stop global
warming, no terrorism, no smoking, etc.)
Make use of a white poster paper. Show
and explain you work to the class.

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