Intercultural Communication

The closed, one-dimensional way of thinking can limit creativity, innovation, and progress because people are limited in their way of thinking, approaching, and interacting with people or challenges. Intercultural communication can only thrive and, therefore, contribute if people are encouraged to think as individuals, bring their cultural influences to the table, and share ideas outside the box.

• Avoid Insensitive Behavior

• Break the assumptions

• Discourage Herd Mentality

• Involve

Communicate with others without using words, but actions. designation of?

• Cultural adaptation

• Involve

• Non-verbal Behaviour

• Interpreatation

We have to blend into the situation we are in if we plan to work abroad in the future. Definition of?

• Empathise

• Attitude

• Adaptability

• Cultural sensitivity

It happens when individuals interact, negotiate, and create meanings while bringing in their varied cultural backgrounds.

• Intercultural competence

• Intercultural Communication

• Intercultural sensitivity

• Intercultural awareness

A competent communicator is a person who is effective in intercultural communication.

• True

• False

Intercultural _________ enables a communicator to understand and interact with other

cultures by applying attitudes and values, and understanding interaction skills (Huber and

Reynolds)

• communication

• sensitivity

• competence

• awareness

__________means seeing the value of other cultures regardless of their difference from your own culture.

It occurs when the people tend to believe that their own cultural norms are the right way to do things.

• Empathy

• Stereotyping

• Self-Awareness

• Ethnocentrism

_____It is the system of knowledge that is shared by a particular group composed of a relatively large number of individuals.

• Age

• Religion

• Gender

• Culture

• Social Status

Knowing who you are and in which cultural and social group you belong will enable you to relate better to others and to show sensitivity to them.

• Intercultural competence

• Self-Awareness

• Empathy

• Display of respect