Intercultural Communication Defined

InterculturalCommunication means the exchange or communication between people who havedifferent cultural backgrounds.

Barriers in InterculturalCommunication 

•Language differences

•Nonverbal communication

•Stereotypes

•Cultural bias on judgments

•High level of stress

Elements ofintercultural communication 

•One major goal of interculturalcommunication study is to discover the specific variables affecting the qualityof intercultural communication, although it is impossible to list all thesevariables, the major cultural elements falls into four general groups:•

•Perception

•Verbal processes

•Nonverbalprocess

•Contextualelements   (SamovarPorter & Sefanni,2000)