This document discusses elements of intercultural communication including perception, verbal processes, nonverbal processes, and contextual elements. It notes that intercultural communication refers to communication between people with distinct cultural perceptions and symbol systems. The document also discusses why studying intercultural communication is important, such as increasing self-awareness, dealing with demographic changes, globalization in the workplace and economy, and promoting creative problem solving and global and personal peace.

3. It refers to communication between
people whose cultural perceptions and
symbol systems are distinct enough to
alter the communication event.

4. Elements of Intercultural Communication
Perception
Verbal
Processes
Nonverbal
Processes
Contextual
Elements

5. Perception

6. Verbal Processes
Ways in which cultures employ symbols
to portray things and experiences.

7. Nonverbal Processes
Shared thoughts
and feelings of
bodily behavior,
time and space.

8. Contextual Elements

9. Why do we study
Intercultural
Communication ?

10. Increases
Self-Awareness

11. Demographic
changes

12. Workplace and
Economic
Globalization

13. Creative
Problem Solving

14. Global
and
Intrapersonal
Peace Respect

15. Importance of Intercultural
Communication

16. Successful educators are effective
communicators and thus culturally
competent in cross-cultural encounters.
(Rouz 2002)

17. Communication is a prerequisite of
effective transfer of knowledge in schools.
(Linds 1997)

18. COMMUNICATION
AND LANGUAGE

19. Throughout the world,
human beings use
thousands of language to
communicate with one
another.

20. Communication is far more
than speech and writing.

21. Is the language of gestures,
expressions and postures.
PARALANGUAGE

22. Paralanguage is often more
important in communication
than what is actually being
said orally.

23. The most common form of
paralanguage is body
language or kinesics.

24. As we all know from
experience, the spoken word
does not communicate all
that we know about a social
institution.