Presented by- Divya Choudhary Class- M A Semester- 3 Paper no.- 12

paper name – ELT Batch Year- 2015-17

Enrolment No.- PG15101007 Email id-

choudharydivya400@gmail.com Submitted to- Smt. S B Gardi

Department of English

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar

University

DefinitionIntercultural Communication is an interdisciplinary field

of research that studies how people understand each other across group boundaries of various sorts.

Communication between different cultures and social groups

Its is a field of research regarding people’s understanding across group boundaries of various sorts

E. g.- National, Geographical, Ethnic, Occupation, Class or Gender

According to Claire Kramsch intercultural communication in second language acquisition is acquired through authentic and legitimate discourse in the target language.

Types of Cultural Communication

Intercultural Communication

Multicultural Communication

Cross-Cultural Communication

Background “Culture is communication and

communication is culture” (The Silent Language-Hall)

The principles of intercultural communication developed by Hall

He discussed the concept of “high-context communication” and “low-context communication” (The Hidden Dimensions)

Share the

same languag

e

National

Culture

TESOL’S Goal

United States = It has traditionally been related to the behavioral sciences, psychology and professional Business training.

Europe = It has anthropology mostly associated with and the language science.

U. S. has been

traditionally related

Psychology

Behavioral Science

Professional

business training

View of Researchers

Researchers generally view intercultural communication as a problem created by differences in behaviors and world views among people who speak different languages and who belong to different cultures.

Major aspects of human interaction communication

The situation of communication

itself

Their non-verbal and paraverbal behavior

The way they structure their to meet their

communicative goals

The way members of

different groups realize various

speech acts

Management in intercultural communication

Get feedback from multiple parties

Build relations face to face

Improve listening and observation

skill

Use words,

picture, gesture

TESOL has always Goal the facilitation of communication among people who do not share the same language and national culture.

After the second world war, the rise of linguistics and of the social science .

Demands of market economics , gave prominence to spoken language and communication across culture in situations.

wInteraction

The Situation of communication itself.The stereotypes they entertain of each other, as

individuals and as members of a social groupNon-verbal and paraverbal behavior.The way they save their own and each other’s

face.The way they structure their discourse to meet

their communicative goals.The attitudes, Values and beliefs (Discourse)

they share with the social group they belong to.The way their language reflects these deeper

discourses.The way members of different groups realize

various speech acts

Problems in Intercultural communication

Problem in message transmission

The message that the receiver interprets may be very different from what the speaker intended

Unable to find understanding Urgent problems and conflict .

ConclusionIntercultural communication will have to deal with shifting identities and cross-cultural networks rather than with autonomous individuals located in stable and homogeneous national cultures

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