Social Dimensions,Intercultural Communication, Elements of Intercultural Communication, Four Areas of the Study of language

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2. Chapter III
Intercultural Communication

3. Intercultural Communication- is an
academic field of study
which seeks to understand
how people from different
countries and culture behave
and communicate and
perceive the world around
them. (http//www.intercultural.org/)

4. Elements of Intercultural Communication
Perceptions: beliefs, values, attitudes, world
views, and social organizations
Verbal Processes: the ways in which cultures
employ symbols to portray things and
experiences

5. Nonverbal Processes: shared thoughts and feelings
of bodily behaviour, time and space(Kinesics,
Proxemics, Paralanguage, Haptics, Chronemics,
Oculesics)
Contextual Elements: business, education and health
care, tourism and personal relationships

6. Why do we study Intercultural Communication?
 Increases Self-awareness of our own culture and helps to avoid Ethnocentrism
 Demographic Changes The constant demographic shifts that countries and
communities experience result to more immigrants, refugees and undocumented
individuals.
 Workplace and Economic Globalization To compete effectively in a global
market we must understand how business and cultural practices are conducted in
other countries.
 Creative Problem Solving According to research, we learn from people who are
different than us from those who are similar to us (Stanberg/Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2005).
 Global and Intrapersonal Peace Respect is fundamental to peace, global and
intrapersonal. If we are at peace with ourselves, we will hold more compassion
and caring for others around us (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2005).

7. Importance of Intercultural Communication in Education
Education relies on effective interaction between teachers and
learners. Teachers should therefore be sensitive to the potentially
problematic outcomes of intercultural communication in the
culturally diverse class.
Communication can a useful source of IC and mutual enrichment
between culturally diverse students if managed proactively by the
teacher. Otherwise, communication could be a source of frustration,
misapprehensions, intercultural conflict and ultimately school
failure.

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Paralanguage
Gestures, Glances, Tone of Voice
Kinesics
Language of gestures, expressions and
postures
Communication and Language
Throughout the world, human beings
are thousands of language to
communicate with one another. Some
of these are spoken in many countries
and enjoy international status, while
others are used in country or region or
even in a single village.
Linguists refer to all of these auxiliary
communication devices as
paralanguage.
It helps prevent ineffective
communication.

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What is a Language?
A language is a system of verbal and, in many
cases, written symbols with rules about how those
symbols can be strung together to convey more
complex meanings.
Language is the key factor in the human race’s
success
in creating and preserving culture, for without
language the ability to convey ideas and traditions
impossible.

10. 1. Phonology – the system of sounds that a particular language uses, includes not only
the language’s basic unit of sounds, or phonemes, but rules about how we put
phonemes together to form words and rules about the proper intonations patterns for
phrases and sentences.
2. Semantics – is the study of word meanings and word combinations. Comprehension
of written as well as spoken language requires not only a knowledge of specific words
and their definitions but an understanding of how we use words and how we combine
them in phrases, clauses, and sentences.
3. Grammar- describes the structure of a language consists of two major parts:
a) Morphology- language’s study of smallest units of meaning, called morphemes-suffixes,
prefixes, and root words.
b) Syntax- is the grammatical structure of sentences. The format in which words and
phrases are arranged to create sentences is called syntax.
Four Areas of the Study of Language

11. 4. Pragmatics- is defined as an approach to things that focuses on the practical or logical
response. Addressing problems logically and practically is an example of pragmatism.
Four Areas of the Study of Language

12. Perhaps the most significant of the inventions made possible by
culture is language. The learning of culture takes place through
language. From our enormous capacity to learn and use
language is derived our collective memory (myths, fables,
sayings, and ballads). As well as writing, art, and all other media
that shape human consciousness and store and transmit
knowledge.
Language is an integral part of culture and human culture cannot
exist without it. All human societies have languages.
Language and Culture
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