What is Intercultural Communication

The interdisciplinary field of study that investigates how people of different cultural, religious, social, educational, etc. backgrounds interact and understand one another through different discourse systems and how these affect language use and attitudes of individuals in communication.

Communication with people from other cultures.

Communication between members of at least two different cultural communities.

Is a category of communication that involves interlocutors belonging to different cultural backgrounds.

Developing understanding of people from diverse origins to negotiate a multiplicity of meanings and enact them at specific situations.

Is a symbolic, interpretive, transactional, contextual process, in which people from different cultures create shared meanings.

Situated communication between individuals or groups of different linguistic and cultural origins.

“Intercultural” encompasses ethnic, religious, cultural, national, and geographic variances, and “communication” is perceived to be a verbal exchange of ideas and messages through the use of language, and involves an element of understanding on the part of the participants ( Arasaratnam, 2005 ).

Sharing of practices, values, traditions, beliefs, language, perspectives between members of diverse cultural groups.

Emphasizes the importance of foreign language education in fostering understanding and cooperation between different cultures, a significant aspect of the Czech educational approach.

Also cross-cultural communication which consists of interaction with people of different cultural backgrounds.

Meaningful verbal and nonverbal symbolic exchanges and relational outcomes between people from different cultures.

Any information exchange involving participants from more than one country or group. Gender, age, religious beliefs or political options, for instance, are traits that cause individuals to feel their belonging to a subgroup with their own shared values and norms within a country. Intercultural Competence: A complex set of active and passive skills that allows individuals to adapt to diverse cultural settings and to overcome cultural shocks and misunderstandings, developing specific strategies to solve conflicts that involve individuals with different cultural backgrounds.

A symbolic, interpretive, transactional, contextual process of communication between cultures to create shared meanings ( Lustig & Koester, 2007 ).

Relationship, type of contact, interaction or communication among groups of humans from different cultures. Interculturality is associated with: 1) Problems resulting from deficient communication (due to a lack of knowledge of the other person’s culture) in varied projects and programs: health, education, industry, etc. 2) Problems related to discrimination against persons of diverse racial and ethnic groups, and 3) Typically asymmetrical relationships between different cultural and ethnic groups.

Is the verbal and nonverbal interaction between people from different cultural backgrounds or orientations.

Communication (creation and consumption of messages) among individuals from different cultures who often possess differing social norms and rules, as well as different languages, experiences, and world views.

Intercultural communication is the discipline that studies communication from the perspective of the culture of those involved. The discipline analyzes affective, psychological, and social factors, and describes the communication process from cognitive, behavioral, and affective perspectives.

Intercultural communication occurs when cultural differences create dissimilar interpretations and expectations about how to communicate competently.

Intercultural communication, which is one of the popular concepts of recent times with the effect of tourism and many factors, is a field where the similar and different aspects of individuals from different cultures are examined based on communication.

The communication process that happens between individuals or groups of different linguistic and cultural origins. The differences in cultural origins entail differences in language, values, social norms, and perceptions.

Intercultural communication is the exchange of information, ideas, and values between individuals or groups from different cultural backgrounds. Aitmatov's cultural diplomacy efforts contributed to intercultural communication within the Turkic world and beyond.