The Necessity of Intercultural Communication

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1、TheNecessityofInterculturalCommunicationPeoplecannotlivewithoutCommunication.Communicationiseverywhere.Evenwhentheyarealone,peoplearebombardedwithcommunication.Humancommunication—thatis,theabilitytouselanguage,theabilitytoexchangeideaswithpeoplearoundusindifferentcultures.C

2、ommunicationwithothersistheessenceofwhatitmeanstobehuman.Communicationwhichisveryimportanttoourhumansisthevehiclebywhichpeopleinitiate,maintain,andterminatetheirrelationshipswithothers.Likecommunication,cultureisprevalenceandhasaprofoundeffectonhumans.Cultureisalsoinvisible

3、yetpervasive.Aswegoaboutourdailylives,wedonothaveagreatsenceofourculture’sinfluence.Cultureexisteverywherearoundusbetweendifferentnationsevendifferentcountries.Culturehasadirectinfluenceonthephysical,relationalandperceptualenvironment.Yetmostofourthoughts,emotions,andbehavi

4、orsareprofoundlyaffectedbydifferentcultures.Inadditiontotherapidgrowthofmodernsociety,Peoplehavemoreandmoreexchanges,theimportanceofinterculturalcommunicationisbecomingmoreimportant.Interculturalcommunicationoccurswheneveraminimumoftwopersonsfromdifferentculturesorcountries

5、cometogetherandexchangeverbalandnonverbalsymbols.Itcanoccurseverywhere.Forexample,Whenwedobusinesswithpeoplefromdifferentculturesordifferentcountries,weneedtocommunicatewiththem,weneedexchangedifferentviewsaboutthebusinessonthematterofinformation.Amainthemethroughoutthistex

6、tisthatinterculturalcommunicationisindispensable.Successfullycommunicattingwithsomeonefromadifferentcultureordifferentcountrieswhichisverydifficulttoourhumanrequiresadegreeofcommunicationcompetence.Mostmodelsofcommunicationcompetenceincludeaaffective,andbehavioralcomponent,

7、whichisindispensableincross-culturalcommunication.Withtherapidgrowthofthemodernsociety,thebenefitsoftheInterculturalcommunicationareevengreater.Communicatingandestablishingrelationshipswithpeoplefromdifferentculturescanleadtoawholehostofbenefits,includinghealthiercommunitie

8、s;increasedinternational,national,andlocalcommerce;reducedconflict;andpersonalgrow