Process Of Intercultural Communication Research Articles

МІЖКУЛЬТУРНА КОМУНІКАЦІЯ У СУЧАСНОМУ СВІТІ

The article analyses the content of the concept of ˝intercultural competence˝ and defines its elements as the basis of its own communicative behaviour. It also emphasises the socio-cultural significance of intercultural communication in the modern world. The problem of intercultural communication is one of the main in modern science. In the most general form, the process of intercultural communication is the interaction of individuals who are carriers of different cultures, each of which has its own language, types of behaviour, values, customs and traditions. In the process of communication, each participant acts simultaneously and as a separate individual, and as a member of a socio-cultural group, and as a representative of a particular cultural community, and as a representative of all mankind. Hence, he has simultaneously individual, as well as social, national, and universal knowledge in his mind. Development of competent intercultural communication skills requires its participants to understand what, when, and how it can and must be said or done. For successful implementation of these settings they need: socio-cultural (context) knowledge, communicative skills and abilities, as well as language knowledge. As a result of achieving life and professional goals, the individual must have the ability to intercultural communication: to adequately perceive and interpret different cultural values; consciously overcome the borders separating cultures; see in foreign cultures not only general but also common features; to consider various cultural phenomena and representatives of other cultures from the point of view of empathy; correlate existing ethno-cultural stereotypes with own experience and make adequate conclusions; to be able to view and change their assessments of another culture in accordance with the expansion of skills and experience of intercultural communication; to change self-esteem as a result of comprehending another culture and rejecting unwarranted stereotypes or prejudices; to accept new knowledge about another culture for a deeper knowledge of one’s own; systematise the facts of cultural life; synthesise and generalize your personal experience in intercultural dialogue.

Method of Modeling Linguistic Personality Types as Way of Studying National Picture of World

The article proposes the solution of the problem of cognitive modeling in the form of a linguistic personality type - a typed language personality whose behavior and whose value orientations significantly influence the linguistic culture as a whole and which are indicators of the ethnic and social identity of the society. A technique for modeling linguistic personality types with illustrative material is proposed. The study of linguistic personality types promotes a better understanding of the features of linguistic consciousness and communicative behavior of representatives of different societies, and, as a result, it allows optimizing the process of intercultural communication.

Intercultural connectors: Explaining the influence of extra-curricular activities and tutor programs on international student friendship network development

Finding ways to integrate international students into new cultural environments and foster meaningful local relationships is of interest to both international education practitioners and scholars seeking to explain intercultural communication processes. Kim’s (2001) integrative cross-cultural adaptation theory provides a framework for understanding the role that interpersonal relationships play for those studying abroad with both long-term and short-term trajectories. The current multi-method investigation focuses on the latter, examining the impact of housing, classroom makeup, extra-curricular activities, and tutor program participation on the friendship network development of 105 students from twenty different countries during one semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Findings from prospective panel data combined with in-depth interviews confirm that students had significantly more co-national and multi-national friends than host national friends upon arrival; however, participation in extra-curricular activities and satisfaction with tutor programs influenced increases in host national friendship over the course of the semester. Furthermore, the potential role that intercultural connectors play in host national friendship formation offers practical implications for tutor program development and new theoretical insight.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION OF A MULTICULTURAL FAMILY IN BURU REGENCY

This study aimed at; 1) exploring the process of intercultural communication in a multiculturalism family in Namlea; 2) investigating the functions of intercultural communication in a multiculturalism family; 3) knowing the multiculturalism family developing their intercultural competence. This research applied the qualitative research using a case study design. The informant of the research consisted of a multiculturalism family in Jikubesar of Buru Regency, Maluku. The data collection technique employed the observation, interview, field notes, and documentation. The technique of data analysis was data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results show that the adjusting and understanding others culture were the key of the success of the intercultural process in a multicultural family through some functions and strategies in developing the intercultural communication competence. The results of the study contributed to develop the communication model in the multicultural society such in the environment interaction. It also could be adapted as a strategy or model of teaching and learning a language in the multicultural classroom.Keywords: Intercultural communication, multicultural competence

Barreras Culturales en la Comunicación y Ética en la gestión de Relaciones Públicas de empresas multinacionales turísticas en Cuba: un estudio de caso

Cuba is opening the way to the development of foreign investment, which, starting from the economic, political and social transformations that unfold in the country, is of great importance. Knowing the characteristics of the management in the facilities of the nation, under the mixed administration, is a vital task if you want to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the practice of tourism. This requires a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, as it favors the interrelation of intercultural communication processes that can be positive or harmful to the future of Cuban society and organizational culture. This work characterizes the implementation of Public Relations in the Hotels Parque Central and Iberostar Varadero, both under the multinational management of the Spanish hotel chain Iberostar Hotels and Resorts in association with the Cubanacan national chain, exploring the Cultural Barriers to Communication that Can hinder their strategic objectives. Special attention is also given to the ethical aspects of the communication management of the two hotels studied. The case study method was used mainly qualitatively. The techniques of structured observation, semi-structured surveys, bibliographic review, document review and in-depth interview were used to clarify doubts. Through the results obtained, it was perceived the importance of knowing the Cultural Barriers to Communication to efficiently manage the hotels, mainly when it is a multinational network operating in another country.

On the “Garden of Delights” as a model of analysis of the intercultural communication processes

The observation of Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Delights” triptych is the starting point for a short essay on the possible interpretation of this work by its last purchaser, Filipe II of Spain. Additionally, this essay leads to the proposal of a model, based on three categories of analysis, for the critical interpretation of the global course that humanity has been taking since the beginning of the great intercontinental navigations, initially carried out by the Portuguese and the Spanish. The proposed model intends to contribute to the defragmentation of the memory of a long process marked by the tension between hegemonic forces and dynamics of interculturality.

On the Western Overseas Students’ Intercultural Communication Competence in Their Chinese Application Letter Writing

For a second foreign language learner, writing an application letter in target language is not only a test for the level of target language, but also a process of intercultural communication. This paper attempts to explore the manifestation and performance of some western overseas students’ intercultural communication competence in their Chinese application letter compositions which are collected from a dynamic composition corpus. Through the analysis of collected corpus, it aims to identify how overseas students situated in different culture can communicate in a target language through a written form and what kind of thinking pattern they hold exists in their application letter writing, which may influence their cross-cultural communication. The result of this research suggests that intercultural communication competence of western overseas students still need to be improved.

Nursing Students' Intercultural Learning via Internationalization at Home: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

We attempted to map out the processes of intercultural communication, interaction, and reflection by examining the intercultural learning that took place among nursing students. Through an understa ...

Mediating between discourse worlds: developing the symbolic competence of advanced-level bilingual learners of Japanese through translation

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the role that translation may play in developing the symbolic competence of advanced-level bilingual learners. To this end, it examines how a group of bilingual learners engaged with a translation task that was assigned to them as part of their study in an advanced-level Japanese language class at an Australian university. Analysis of the students’ translations and their translation processes showed that they were engaging in a complex process of intercultural communication that prompted them to reflect on the symbolic dimensions of the text: how the text is framed, how the author is positioned, and how prior discourses shape the production and reception of the text. The paper thus argues that translation may be an effective approach for developing advanced-level bilingual learners’ symbolic competence to mediate between interlocutors who belong to different ‘discourse worlds.’

Fostering Intercultural Competence of Students during Translation Classes at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Abstract Intercultural communication has become a scientific discipline which aims at improving communication during intercultural contacts by means of fostering the intercultural awareness and competence of the interlocutors involved within the intercultural communication process. In view of the intensifying European and international contacts the interest for this competency has grown during the last decades. This can among others be observed within foreign language teaching, but also in the training of translators at university level where new didactical approaches and teaching methods are being developed in order to improve the intercultural of future translators. This article presents a preliminary collaboration between the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and non-profit organization of translators, as well as the theoretical and practical backgrounds of a project which that they envisage to realize in future in order to transform its participants into intercultural competent translators.

PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI ANTAR BUDAYA DALAM KELUARGA KAWIN CAMPUR TERHADAP POLA MENDIDIK ANAK DI KOMPLEK SETIA BUDI INDAH

Mix marriage as regulated in Article 57 Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning marriage that is committed by a couple with different nationality. The Nationality of the Republic of Indonesia in Law Number 12 of 2006, is explained that children as the result of mix marriage can have double nationalities but limited. The process of communication that is using in the mixing marriage is the process of intercultural communication. In establishment of an interpersonal communication between eastern culture and western culture. This communication takes place not just for a day or two, but takes place during the stay of foreign citizens and citizens relations with in Indonesia. The patterns of children's education is one of the problems that often occur in mixed marriages. Most of the mixing marriage used the foreign pattern of their child's education. This is because foreigners want their children get an education equivalent to the education of the country of origin may be obtained. The results showed that the process of intercultural communication can be well-established and effective among the four mixed marriage couples. Overall informants seeks to honor and respect for cultural differences in their marriage.They tried to blend and merge with the cultur of their partner.Changes in view of the world (religion,values,and behaviors) on minorities and chose to follow the beliefs of the dominant partner.

Psychological Aspects of the Formation of an Individual's Secondary Linguistic Identity in the Professional Training of Linguists

The article is devoted to one of the major problems of educational psychology: the professional training of specialists in intercultural communication. The proposed approach allows us to uncover the significance of the concept of “linguistic consciousness” and methods governing its application to the process of the formation of the secondary linguistic identity, which acts as an intermediary in intercultural dialogue. The phenomenon of the linguistic identity is considered in the article from a psychological point of view. In this regard, the author offers a systematic overview of the process of intercultural communication based on a preliminary outline of the regulating role of linguistic consciousness in communicative activities.

Identity, History, Tolerance

The article discusses the role of historical narratives in the formation of identity. Rusen’s thesis on the contradiction of traditional historical identities that suggest an ethnocentric position with the processes of intercultural communication is analyzed. The potential of historical narratives in overcoming (or restricting) ethnocentrism is considered. It is shown that ethnocentrism is constituted by kinds of the configuration of historical writing rather than by a subjective position of historical narrative authors. The types of stories suggest a) the way of making history using only the criteria of success and failure in the interpretation of the past; b) interpretation of history as teleological continuity; c) merely the necessity to justify (to substantiate claims) or to discredit something. It is alleged that the realization that the form of historical knowledge constructs, not discovers, can facilitate liberation from referential fallacy on the whole and enslavement by certain kinds of stories in particular. It is concluded that the recognition of the constitutive nature of historical narratives allows being independent from the traditional forms of historical knowledge and traditional ideas about their cultural value. In particular, it allows reconsidering the need to apply historical knowledge when constructing identity.

The Wonder of Inspiration: Musical Universalizations of Rabindranath Tagore's Poems in Polish Culture

The paper presents select distinctive results of Polish fascination with the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, placing this phenomenon in the sphere of universalization within the syntagma of Polish national culture. The translations of Tagore’s poetry are presented as the first stage of the process of intercultural communication, based on the understanding of these literary works in the allegorical and symbolic styles of reception. Subsequently, the literary translations are perceived in the style of aesthetization. This style of reception of a work of art induces the occurrence of transcriptions of literary works – from the sign system of language into the sign system of music. Musical compositions found in contemporary Polish music are examples of concretizations of literary works.

Disidentifications Revisited: Queer(y)ing Intercultural Communication Theory

In this theoretical essay, we revisit Munoz's (1999) highly influential theory of disidentifications to explore the potentiality of queer (of color) identities, performances, and politics in intercultural communication processes. We seek to interrogate the fluid and complex nuances of (dis)identifications with hegemonic relations of power, oppression, and privilege through our narratives as queer transnational/migrant men of color. By arguing that sexuality, sex/gender, and body function as significant facets of overall identity, we move forward to discuss larger implications of disidentifications to communication theory.

The Specificity of Discourse in the Lyrics of Modern English-speaking Authors

Songs of British authors of the XX century reflect the complex process of learning about the world, and fully mark the author's ability to create a special poetic reality. For the analysis of poetry taken lyrics Beatles “I Am the Walrus”, the study of this text suggests the process of intercultural communication in the translation from the English language, the detection of the local language picture of the world, available discourses and their interaction. Investigation of Beatles songs gives the translator an opportunity to navigate cultural situations, his own literary and linguistic analysis, and use the methods of cognitive research.

The Common Climate of Classroom Communication

The term classroom climate is a range of standards and traditions of communication of people. The climate of communication is limited by an extra linguistic situation. The aim of the modern linguists who research the intercultural norms and communication process is to form scientific foundation and conceptions about mutual relationship between a teacher and students. The study of climate skills is an actual topic in today's linguists and psychologists. Misunderstanding of any aspects of classroom climate leads to unexpected consequences, affect teacher-oriented process and student learning. Students do well in student-oriented process classrooms where they are actively involved with the materials and exciting methods of language teaching. Teachers have to change their teaching style and use innovative methods to create inclusive climate in which students will be able to be active participants.

Cultural Mediation: John Eliot’s Errand to the Otherness

- We pretend to revisit and reexamine some of the intercultural encounters between Protestant missionaries and Native peoples in New England in the seventeenth century. We intend to redeem the role that missionaries, particularly, John Eliot, played during the British colonization in the New World, mediating two different cultures, focusing on all the inherent process of intercultural communication. We will argue that during the mission to the “otherness” the English missionary, known as the “Apostle to the Indians”, played an outstanding role as a cultural mediator among the natives. During the British colonization in the New World there were great efforts to educate and evangelize the natives. In addition to the education and training of manpower, the missionaries endeavored in another key role: translating Western and indigenous cultures and mediating them. We will try to understand the extent to which a missionary like John Eliot could ‘mediate’ rather than merely ‘translate’ in order to improve the communication flow. In this sense, we will explore the income of concepts such as culture, cultural mediation and communication code in the construction of new approaches which allow us to think about the inter-symbolic communication processes. Yet mediation in the New World was not only about the process of translating, interpreting, educating or evangelizing but was, above all, about the process of regenerating the natives and defending them from the land-hunter colonists. We will display that Eliot’s errand to the otherness allows us to understand the construction of a native epistemology through the endless task of missionaries who were so committed to proselyting, teaching, educating, protecting the natives’ rights and mediating. Key words – John Eliot; Cultural mediation; mission; otherness

Argumentation integrity in intercultural education: a teaching project about a religious-ideological dialogue as challenge for school

In this article, we describe the multiple phases of a teaching project that was constructed around an actual request by a Muslim community in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to establish an Islamic cultural centre. The request provoked a sometimes heated discussion among politicians and citizens that was published in daily newspapers. A large number of the arguments that appeared in the newspapers failed to meet fair argumentation standards and strategies. The teaching project described here therefore aimed to sensitize future teachers to issues of argumentation integrity in dialogues, especially between persons with different religious and ideological convictions. The project was subdivided into three main phases, which treated the topic from different perspectives and with different methods: a simulation game dealing with the request by the Muslim community, a theory-based phase in which participants became acquainted with a construct of argumentation integrity and from this deduced standards and strategies relating to unfair argumentation, and an application phase in which the participants had to examine published arguments by politicians relating to the request by the Muslim community in order to identify rule violations in argumentations. The empirical results suggest that the project promoted insight into unfair argumentation. Such insight can improve interreligious and intercultural communication processes at school.

Assessing cultural-spatial change in European border areas

This article presents a theoretical approach to the empirical reconstruction of cultural-spatial change, building on knowledge sociology and social constructivism. A model with visualization is presented based on the assumption that cultural-spatial change in European border areas occurs within a process of interaction and communication between different cultures which have their own specific knowledge systems and related social practices. Border regions in this sense are regarded as “spaces with opportunities” that – in the context of neighbourhood cooperation and intercultural communication processes – provide particular opportunity structures for different cultures moving towards each other. Such a view means that border spaces thus have the potential to integrate different social interpretations of reality and within this process cultural-spatial change may take place.