WHA T IS I NT ER C U LT U R A L

COMMU N I C A T I ON ?
• INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IS THE VERBAL AND NONVERBAL INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. BASICALLY, 'INTER-' IS A PREFIX THAT MEANS 'BETWEEN' AND CULTURAL
MEANS… WELL, FROM A CULTURE, SO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
CULTURES. SOMETIMES, THIS IS USED TO DESCRIBE A SINGLE PERSON TRYING TO INTERACT IN A FOREIGN
ENVIRONMENT BUT MORE OFTEN, IT IS A TWO-WAY STREET, WHERE PEOPLE FROM BOTH CULTURES ARE TRYING TO
IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNICATION.

• INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IS WIDELY REGARDED AS BEING MUCH MORE CHALLENGING THAN THE NORMAL
COMMUNICATION BECAUSE IT OCCURS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE WITH EXTENSIVELY DIFFERENT WORLD
VIEWS .
 IMPO R T A N C E OF
INTER CU L T U R A L
CO M M U N I C AT IO N
• INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION OFFERS THE ABILITY TO DEAL ACROSS CULTURES, WHICH IS INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT, AS THE WORLD GETS SMALLER. GETTING SMALLER DOESN’T MEAN THE WORLD IS BECOMING IDENTICAL,
IT MEANS HAVING MORE AND MORE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT.

• THE MAIN PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT COMMUNICATION IS TO BRING ABOUT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
TWO OR MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND INFORMATION. IT IS WITH THE HELP OF
COMMUNICATION THAT ALL PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE FORMED AND MAINTAINED;
COMMUNICATION THUS IS A WAY OF BEING A HUMAN. ON THE OTHER HAND, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
REFERS TO CREATION OF SHARED MEANING BY PEOPLE BELONGING TO DIFFERENT CULTURAL VALUES, NORMS,
BELIEFS AND PERSPECTIVES.
DIFF ER EN T C U L T U R E S I N
SOCIETY
RELIGION

•   THE SERVICE AND WORSHIP OF GOD OR THE SUPERNATURAL COMMITMENT OR DEVOTION TO

RELIGIOUS FAITH OR OBSERVANCE.

• THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION POWER OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE ARE USEFUL FOR BUILDING
GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS AND CO-EXISTENCE INITIATIVES.

• IT COULD GO POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION AND CONTEXT.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

•  THE FIELD OF STUDY THAT DEALS MAINLY WITH METHODS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS.
THE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT RESULTING FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

• PROVIDE HIM/HER WITH ABILITIES TO VALORIZE HIS/HER EXISTENCE AND ACHIEVE THE EXPRESSION OF
HIS/HER OWN FEATURES.
GENDER

• THE BEHAVIORAL, CULTURAL, OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ONE SEX

• EVERYONE IS BORN INTO A CULTURE, GENDER, GENERATION AND FAMILY, HOWEVER, IN ALMOST
EVERY CULTURE THAT "THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT TO THE EXPERIENCE OF
MEN". THESE EXPERIENCES WOULD BECOME NOTICEABLE WITHIN THE DIFFERENT DISCOURSE SYSTEMS
ECONOMIC STATUS

• HAVING PRACTICAL OR INDUSTRIAL SIGNIFICANCE OR USES MAINLY AFFECTING MATERIAL RESOURCES.

• DEFINES THE MATERIAL WEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER IN A GLOBAL AND ECONOMIC SCALE.
RACE

• A CATEGORY OF HUMANKIND THAT SHARES CERTAIN DISTINCTIVE PHYSICAL TRAITS. AN ACTUALLY OR

POTENTIALLY INTERBREEDING GROUP WITHIN A SPECIES  ALSO  A TAXONOMIC CATEGORY
REPRESENTING SUCH A GROUP

• HAS EITHER A DIVISION WITH OTHER RACES OR UNION WITHIN THE RACES IN A STEREO TYPICAL
SCENARIO BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON EVERY SITUATION.
SOURCE:
• HTTPS://STUDY.COM/ACADEMY/LESSON/INTERCULTURAL-COMMUNICATION-DEFINITION-MODEL-STRATEGIES.HTML
• HTTPS://WWW.UKESSAYS.COM/ESSAYS/BUSINESS/THE-IMPORTANCE-OF-INTER-CULTURAL-COMMUNICATION-BUSINE
SS-ESSAY.PHP

• HTTPS://MKBCONSEIL.CH/INTERCULTURAL-COMMUNICATION-IMPORTANT-KNOW-SUMMARY-INTERVIEW-DR-MILTON-B
ENNETT/

• HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/PULSE/INFLUENCE-RELIGION-INTERCULTURAL-COMMUNICATION-CASE-STUDY-HOSSAM-
AWAD

• HTTPS://WWW.MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
• NGOZI N. IHEANACHO, A. G. M. EMUKAH
• HTTP://WWW.MARKEDBYTEACHERS.COM/UNIVERSITY-DEGREE/SOCIAL-STUDIES/ASSESS-THE-IMPACT-OF-GENDER-ON-
INTERCULTURAL-COMMUNICATION.HTML