INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IS ONE OF THE CONCEPT OF LINGUISTIC.

2. It means that CULTURE is passed onvia COMMUNICATION &
COMMUNICATION reflects one′s CULTURE.
“Cultureis communication
andcommunicationis
culture” (Hall:1976)
Culture&
Communication
are Interrelated
(Martin&Nakayama:
2010)

3. • Everything that can be saidin one languagecannot be saidin
another
• Meanings are not directly translatable.
• Culturalaspects influence communication(Dadfar,H:2001)
– Level of Formality
– Level of directness and explicitness
– Level of showing emotion
– Level of context

4. ➡ In America, people shakehands
and even hug each other.
➡ But in India we just join hands to say
NAMASKAR.
How If An American talks to An
Indian?

5. DefinitionofInterculturalCommunication
Benefitsof StudyingICC
Obstaclesin InterculturalCommunication
Contextualizationin ICC
Ideologyin InterculturalCommunication
TeachingImplementation

6. • “Intercultural Communication is the communication among those people
who have so different cultural references that they perceive themselves as
pertainingtodifferentcultures.”(Alsina:1999:12)
• The EssencesofIntercultural Communicationare Understanding,Making
understood, Persuadingand Influencing(UMPI).
(Dadfar,H:2001)

7. – the effectivecommunication
from .
– communicationbetween
members of the
• Cross-cultural Communication- implies a comparison of and
contrast betweenparticular aspects of communicationbetween
cultures
(Dadfar,H:2001)

8. improving verbal and nonverbal communication;
becoming better in recognizing and undertaking communication
behavior in various contexts;
betteradaptationto a new environment;
betterunderstandingof one’s own culture
learning about customs and habitual behaviors of members of other
cultures.

9. Novinger, Tracy:2001)
Verbal Processes
• Accent
• Cadence (Rhythm)
• Connotation
• Idiom
• Polite Usage
Nonverbal Processes
• Kinesics(BodyMotionCommunication)
• Emblems(Gesture)
• Eye Contact
• FacialExpression
• Touch
• Posture
• Directness

10. • Contexttypically is created by the physical or social aspects of the
situationin which communicationoccurs. Ex: in a classroom, in
office. Etc
• Contextmay consist of the social, political & historical structures in
which thecommunicationoccurs. (Martin & Nakayama: 2010)
• Hall(1976:79) definestwo levels of context
– High = Contextual meaning
– Low = Explicit/ Clear meaning

12. A Collage
Can I
borrow
your Yule?
Yeah, it is
over there.
Yule ≠ A writer name
Yule = A book writen
by Yule
(things the writer produced)

13. Tim-Toomey (1999)
Low
• Individualistic values
• Self-face concern
• Linear logic
• Direct verbal style
• Predominant meanings are in
verbal messages
• Sender-oriented interaction
• Low scanning
• Analytical
High
•Group-oriented values
•Mutualface concern
•Spiral logic
•Indirect verbal style
•Predominant meanings are in context
•Listener- oriented interaction
•High scanning
•Holistic

14. • Ideology refers to a set of intellectualbeliefs of thinking individuals that are
substantiated and constrained by the shared beliefs of the society at large.
• Ideological elements often complicate ICC in allcontext.
• Conflict resulting from ideological differences could easilyescalateto
emotional and pychological level (Ramanathan:2005: 45-65)
• (John J. Gumpers) Examples=> Minority Populations in certain Country
– Traditional American/Indian (Ancestral Lg) X WhiteAmerican
– Aborigines X Australian

15. • InterculturalCommunicationis the communicationamongpeople
withdifferent cultural references.
• Diversity is a challengeas wellas an opportunity whichcan have
positive as wellas negativeinfluence.
• Acknowledging,understanding,accepting, valuing and celebrating
the differences amongpeople are to create equal employment
opportunities.

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TexasPress.
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classroomsin Gujarat,India.JournalofLanguage,Identity&Education,4,pp.45-65