![]() We do not need to notice culture’s impact on our communication for it to be important. Others have said that communication is only intercultural if we perceive it to be intercultural.īut we believe that culture could be impacting our interactions to some degree, even if we are not aware of it. With that in mind, some have said that all communication is intercultural, even if you are communicating with the person next door who looks and sounds very much like you. More and more, people see cultures not as nations but as groups of people that share a similar set of values, beliefs, etc. (Baldwin,2013) posits: ‘People have defined intercultural communication in different ways. They may conflict with our own understandings and assumptions, yet it does not necessarily mean that they are ‘inferior’, ‘wrong’ or ‘rude’. (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010) Yet different groups may have different values, ways of communicating, customs, conventions and assumptions. This may mean the ways of behaviour and things valued are considered ‘right’ and ‘true’ for everyone. It can often be seen as ‘common sense’, taken for granted and therefore not discussed, analysed or critiqued and considered ‘normal’ because of the shared values and assumptions. However, in order to facilitate communication between cultures it is necessary to understand human reality as socially constructed (Berger & Luckman 1967 cited in Paige 1993).” (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010)Ĭulture is made up of the shared values and assumptions of a particular group of people.Ĭulture may be fundamental, yet it is not innate. “As Paige, (1993) has pointed out, cultures have an internal logic and coherence and hence their own validity. (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010)įacilitating communication between cultures ![]() Are dynamic as they are created and recreated through shared interactions (Gudykunst, 1983).Change, though maybe slowly or irregularly.Learned from parents, schools, media and the broader community.Ī pattern of learned, group-related perceptions – including both verbal and nonverbal language, attitudes, values, belief systems, disbelief systems and behaviours that is accepted and expected by an identity group (Singer, 1998:5) (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010).T he ways we interact, behave and communicate with one another.A social system is comprised of values, norms and ways of behaving.A process of generating and sharing meaning within a social system.Culture is the non-biological aspects of life. It is the human part of the environment (Wang, Brislin, Wang, Williams, & Chao, 2000).” (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010). ![]() “Culture can be defined as human creation (Freire, 1970). ![]() “Thus, the ways in which people communicate, their language patterns, style, and nonverbal behaviours are all culturally determined” (Klopf & Park, 1982). (Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010) Our behaviours convey meaning because they are learned and shared within our cultures and hence are cultural. ![]() So Australians, Chinese, Lebanese and Sudanese learn to communicate like other Australians, Chinese, Lebanese and Sudanese. ” As a member of any cultural group we learn to communicate within that group. “Fundamental to intercultural communication is the belief that it is through culture that people learn to communicate. The world has become smaller, especially aided by rapid travel and modern communications technology and so we are interacting with people from many cultures different from our own, a difficult task if we do not know how. “Today the world we live in is “a global village” where no nation, group or culture can remain anonymous” (Samovar & Porter, 1991 in Teaching and Learning Unit, University of Melbourne, 2010). ![]()
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