Essays on Intercultural Communication

Communication helps us to share meaning amongst different kinds of people, in which they encode and decode messages. These messages may be verbal or non-verbal. Intercultural communication is when communication takes place between individuals from diverse cultures from all around the world. Intercultural communication can...

First year of college or university is challenging enough especially when you travel miles way from home to study abroad in an alien country, let alone having to deal with roommate conflicts. However, such conflicts are inevitable. That being said, conflict does not necessarily mean...

Through the development of modern technology, it has become easier for people from different countries to communicate. In a sense, the world has become a global community. Although the border between countries become more and more ambiguous, cultural differences still exist. As far as I...

Public institutions in the United States endeavored to provide a better societal experience for citizens. From education and crime prevention to housing and labor efforts, public organizations seek to impact the lives of people in a bevy of ways. Leadership and management strategies and tactics...

I believe that the intention behind these two modules is to communicate that during intercultural communication there are many cultural or pragmatic variables that might arise that would hinder communication in the target language. Both Professor Thomas Garza and Professor Dale Koike argue that there...

Identity and intercultural communication are crucial aspects when dealing with health care. As explained in Experiencing Intercultural Communication (EIC), as the world becomes more culturally diverse, so does the necessity to effectively communicate with other cultures and identities and acclimate with some form of affirmation...

The Honeymoon Stage is being curios and positive about new exciting experiences. People who are in this stage admire and even idealize the new culture. Hostility and Irritability Stage is starting to feel different and actually inferior. The new host culture is confusing or the...

The cultural connection between India and West Asia & North African region point towards some of the stark similarities between them because no other civilisation in the Asian continent have had as long and sustained historical engagement with the West Asia and North African region...

Waiting To Exhale When we are confronted with a radically different reality, it could be an oppressing experience. Steve Biko uses the phrase “culture contact” when referring to the exposure of one culture to another. Many people would think that culture shock only happens on...

There are some business etiquette that must be followed when doing business with the Japanese people, especially related to politeness and good manners which is more formal than South Korea. For example, exchanging the business card is an essential ritual after someone being introduced and...

Meaning is shared among communication partners who encode and decode messages. This process can be complex when communication partners involve struggle to attribute the same meaning. Partners from different cultures can find it very difficult to share meaning and might perceive communication between cultures as...

Communication is one of the most important functions to master in order for any business to be successful in today’s increasingly competitive markets, particularly for firms doing business internationally. Cultural factors have long been known to influence the communication and success potential of competition profitability...

Arts and technology have given birth an extraordinary creation—film, and it brings unparalleled artistic enjoyment to its audience. When film first appeared in the society, there are countless people knelt down before her beauty and charm. And TV has been defined as ‘the provoker of...

Negotiation is a challenging process because of the complexities that arise from different arguments, but also a crucial skill for managers, especially in a cross-cultural business context. Three main challenges of cross-cultural negotiations are: the individual’s effectiveness in communication, the process of negotiation across cultures,...

The difference of cultures around the world have created challenges in doing business across the border. Culture is the main issue that bothers the retailer plans to expand their business beyond domestic markets. Communication is a human nature. In each culture, there are different communication...

I never moved schools, not even once. For the past 18 years, I have always lived in a densely packed town called Bandar Lampung – a city on the southern tip of Sumatra Island, Indonesia. I had always been surrounded by familiar faces every single...

Introduction Intercultural communication is defined as “situated communication between individuals or groups of different linguistic and cultural origins”. Case Study Building and marshmallow spaghetti tower with a group of people from different countries. We had to work together to build a standing tower using 5...

The article “Case Study of Cross Cultural Communication Issues for Filipino Call Centre Staff and Their Australian Customers” was written by Alison Owens (2008), an Australian Senior Research Associate. Its main purpose is to observe current challenges of cross cultural business communication over the telephone,...

Movie Description Bend it Like Beckham follows the story of Jess Bhamra as she is growing up while trying to find a balance between the society she lives and her family. The movie is set in the United Kingdom during the early 21st century when...

Nigeria is a country located in west Africa. Nigeria borders with Cameroon in the north, chad in the northeast and Niger in the north. Nigeria originated from British colonial and gain independent 1st October 1960. Nigeria is the largest and popular country in African” Giant...

The United States has one of the most demographically diverse population in the world, due to the immigration of so many groups of people. People from all over the world come to the “land of the free and home of the brave” for many reasons....

When people interact with the unknown they act differently than when they around the familiar, it is just the way that humanity is. However, stereotypes of different cultures have made this an effect that occurs on a larger scale. For example when a child who...

Introduction Today, people with different cultures and countries work together at the workplace, more international students are on their journey to acquire academic knowledge and more people are travelling the world. Hence, it is fundamental to understand these cultural differences to avoid any miscommunication. Working...

Nonverbal communication between people is communication through sending and receiving wordless messages. There are not many differences in nonverbal communication styles in American and Polish culture. In both, the U.S.A. and Poland we agree that eye contact is one of the most important element of...

Communication has been defined in many ways by different scholars. It is defined as a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behaviour (Webster, 1828). It can as well be said to be in form of...

Edward Hall’s high and low context framework is classified by how certain cultures communicate and the role context or the relevant environment has on their communication styles and patterns. Such context could be body language, behavior, where one is located in the room, and the...

The Lewis Model of Cross-Cultural Communication was created by Richard D. Lewis. The center of the model characterizes social standards into Linear-Active, Multi-Active and Re-Active, or some blend. In Richard Lewis’ model my way of life has a place in the direct actives. The direct...

An important, yet, often overlooked aspect of nursing care is cultural competence. To achieve any level of cultural competence one must be open to learning and accepting other cultures. There are many features of a culture that are key to achieving cultural competence. Below, I...

Introduction Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are nuisance at best and often a disaster. These cultural barriers affect the ability of doing international business. Many of the challenges can be seen throughout the Gung Ho. The movie...

The term “Gung Ho” is an Americanized Chinese expression for “Work” and “Together”. Gung Ho is a 1986 comedy film which was directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton. The movie is a very good reflection of the real time issues or challenges that...