OralComm Lesson 3 - Intercultural Communication

Intercultural Communication

sending and receiving of message across languages and culture

Culture

frame or reference and behavior patterns of people

Culture

values, traditions, social and political views, history, geographic location, language, social class, religion, ethnicity, age, gender, beliefs, assumptions

Intercultural Competence

entails acceptance of and respect for one’s cultural identity and open mindedness and sensitivity to others

Barriers to Intercultural Communication

• Ethnocentrism

• Stereotypes

• Interpretation of time (Chronemics)

• Personal Space Requirement (Proxemics)

• Differences in Body Language

• Translation Limitations

Ethnocentrism

tendency for people to believe that their own cultural norms are the right way of doing things, superiority complex

Stereotypes

generalized ideas of people in a certain group

Interpretation of time

Chronemics is defined as the study of how cultures perceive time and its use

Personal Space Requirements

Proxemics is the study of cultural space requirements

Differences in Body Language

basic gestures have varying cultural meanings

Translation Limitation

words in one language do not always have the equivalent meanings in other languages

Chronemics

time

Proxemics

space

Oculesics

gaze/eye contact

Olfatics

smell

Haptics

touch

Kinesics

body language

Chromatics

color