Every communication event is to some degree intercultural
Uploaded by siuking on Apr 29, 2002
Intercultural communication is very common in modern society, it appears in every stage of society. It includes in different situation of communication such as in interpersonally, small groups, public speaking or media. That¡¦s why intercultural communication is the basic element of communication because each time we communicate with others in different situation, it is highly related to the intercultural communication, as its coverage is very wide.
In society, we meet different kinds of people every day, they come from different cultural background and this is a type of intercultural communication. Specifically, we meet a person who is foreigner and contains different beliefs, values, religion, or ways of behaving; it can be a kind of intercultural communication. Through communication, we exchange and compare different point of views in cultural, values, or ways of behaving. Such as people from Write to Black, or people from Hong Kong to Philippines, both culture are very different one. When we meet other people, it is generally a kind of intercultural communication as each people has different background of culture. No one will be the same.
Throughout intercultural communication, we will learn a lot and gain invaluable experience from the process of understanding cultural of other people. No matter what people we meet, we will touch the range of intercultural communication. We will send our culture to others and receive others culture. We will try to show the goodness of our culture and also try to accept others cultural. It is no doubt the way of intercultural communication was.