Learning Foreign Languages And Intercultural Business Communication Competences: A Strategic Behavior

Abstract

Rapid globalization and integrated business activities make it necessary to acquire intercultural communicative competences, which is one of the major objectives of teaching and learning of foreign languages. Our article delves into interpersonal interpretations, perceptions and the problems associated with intercultural communication skills today. Intercultural communication takes place when parties of distinct cultural backgrounds discuss projects, business plans, and strategic ideas in a language(s) other than theirs. However, the degree of socio-economic integration has brough about an increase in global business and trade, which has also given rise to such interactions among people, thus making it necessary for productive intercultural business communication to be taught and learnt at various levels life. The importance of intercultural business communication skills is justified and the processes of attaining and enhancing these skills have been identified and argued in this paper. It was established that Thus, it is, therefore, instructive to international organizations, companies and individuals in such agencies (who are either working, acting for or representing them) to ensure that effective intercultural communication is maintained in their institutions as this will subsequently promote tolerance and understanding, hence intercultural decision-making.