Intercultural Communication Interview

The theorist of intercultural communication that could help solve the problem with communication with the United States and Mexico can come from different fields such as psychology, anthropology, and sociology (Chen & Starosta, 2000). It has been numerous theories use to help intercultural communication to primarily focused on the adjustment, adaptation, and research on each country (Huntington, 2005).

To guide my research, a variety of methods was implored. A few years ago, I was afforded the opportunity to study the development of Intercultural Education policies in communities of African descent in Ecuador. At the time, the country had started to make the plight of Afro-Ecuadorians more a part of the national discourse, and many new initiatives addressing the economic and social development of Afro-Ecuadorians had been erected. During the research study, I spent time visiting schools and community organizations aimed at fomenting educational opportunities for Afro-Ecuadorians in Chota Valley, Guayaquil, and Esmeraldas- regions that have the highest population of Afro-Ecuadorians. Although I was overwhelmed by the veracity of organizers, government officials, and school personnel committed to educational advancement for students of African descent, it was the efforts of leaders in Esmeraldas that

As of September 5, 2015 I have conducted my intercultural interview. The interview was conducted with Claire “Con” Meyer, a 27 year old agender individual from New Zealand. Contact was made via a skype call, facilitated by my friend Christine Donham, Con’s girlfriend. Although Christine had told me about Con, this was my first meeting with them . I asked them the following questions:

Intercultural Communication is the process that occurs when members of two or more cultures or co-cultures exchange messages in a manner that is influenced by their different cultural perceptions and symbol systems, both verbal and

The ability to grow and be successful in any society depends on its ability to transcend limitations of intercultural communication. The chief aim of social groupings is to harness the capacity of the human mind. The ability to channel this process information during communication impacts our social connections to one another, especially in intercultural communication.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines intercultural as “between or among people of different cultures” (Webster's New World College Dictionary, 2017). Definition alone, however, is not important to understand the nuances of how the intercultural communication affects our lives in this ever-globalizing meshing that is at the core of our universe now and will be part of our lives for the foreseeable future. The world we live in now not just requires us to understand the intercultural intricacies, it indeed demands that we master the art of communicating across multiple, diverse, and often, contrasting cultures that exist in the World today.

Similar to international students residing in the US, it seems like “first-generation” Americans also relate their mother tongues to their homes. In Beale 2017, bilingual person who has immigrated to the US from Russia when she was only five has lived in Brooklyn, New York City since then. Beale 2017 explains that New York City is a very diverse city where “a sense of communal identity” (Beale 2017: 1) is preserved in “large neighborhoods of immigrants from same cultural heritages” (Beale 2017: 1). This Russian-based bilingual individual, whose identity was profoundly shaped by her family, friends and neighborhoods in her youth, identifies herself as a Russian as opposed to Russian-American. Because of New York City’s own peculiar vibe, people would call themselves by their mother countries.

My respondent is a close friend who is a college-aged, 1.5 Generation self-identified Filipina-American, who eventually relocated to San Diego, California. For the purpose of confidentiality, she will be referred to as “Ayla.” This interview paper will focus on her early life as an immigrant, her views on culture, and her assimilation experience into mainstream American society as a young Filipina with strong ethnic roots, overall.

Intercultural communication is the circumstance in which people from diverse cultural backgrounds are engaged in communication (Samovar/Porter, 2001). Like all communication, intercultural communication is contextual which includes setting, situation, the people involved, and the relationship of those people.

I felt confident going into it. I did not make any script, so we were basically doing it “off the cuff.” I thought it might feel more natural that way. I feel good about coming to a compromise toward the end of the video when Mrs. Lee stated that she would be willing to give Lia her medications if a Shaman and doctor worked together to come up with a treatment plan for Lia.

Today, we live in a culturally diverse society due to globalization. As our world grows, expands and become increasingly more interconnected, the need for effective interpersonal communication among differing cultures has become apparent. When people from different cultures interact with one another there is intercultural communication because different cultures create different interpretation and expectations about what is seen as competent behaviors that will enable the construction of shared meanings.

Inter culture communication is the form of communication which is used to share information across different cultures and social group, It is also used in a wide range of communication issues that arise within an organisation of individuals of different educational backgrounds, Religious Social ethnic.

Intercultural communication competence refers to the ability of an individual to adapt and communicate appropriately and effectively across a wide array of cultural contexts. That is to say, for an individual to be considered an intercultural communicator they must understand other’s cultures as well as they understand their own, and apply this understanding to communication (Chen 1-2). With the increasing diversity at the workplace, school and other social settings, it has become increasingly important to learn how to communicate with people from a diverse array of cultures. More importantly, adapting to a more effective intercultural communication competence model provides us with learning opportunities occasioned by the interaction with people from other backgrounds. The intercultural communication competence model comes with some key components including tolerance for uncertainty, self-knowledge, and motivation. The greatest and most important of these aspects is motivation. An individual must be willing to foster relationships with people from a different cultural background. If an individual lacks the willingness to promote intercultural relationships, then other aspects of the intercultural communication model become moot.

You know that feeling of home whether it’s with family members or even your loved ones? I don’t think that home is something that is automatically there, I believe that it is something that’s created. I learned that lesson through the eyes of one of my older friends who came from India with his brother when he was 16 in order to make a living. My friend Vikas, told me everything he had to do and the struggles he conquered in order to make his own successful business here in the U.S. Some things he told be reminded me of interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, and intracultural communication. He had to have a lot of communication with his friend who also happened to be from India and some new friends and colleagues he met through his journey. Of course there was homesickness and the occasional depression, but that didn’t stop him from creating his now successful business.

Intercultural communication is commonly explained as an interaction between people of 'different cultures whether defined in terms of racial, ethnic or socioeconomic differences.' Human communication consists of verbal and nonverbal messages (language and gestures) which are shaped by gender, social class or culture. Thus, what perimeters define the intercultural exchange and what primary messages do we need or try to convey?