Improving Intercultural Communication Competence

本文着眼于为什么以及如何提高跨文化交际能力。由于跨文化交际的主要障碍是文化之间的误解,对此我们应该清楚的是,跨文化交际的能力高低反映了对其他文化的传统和价值观理解程度。但是我们还应当明白获得跨文化交际能力并不等同于获得知识。在学习如何提高我们的跨文化交际能力上我们仍然有很长的路要走。     

European Perspectives on Intercultural Communication

Some of the major aspects of intercultural communication in Italy in particular, and in Europe in general, are summarised in this paper. In the wake of developments in favour of political and social minority rights in the United States, voluntary movements in Europe arose in the 1970s and became stronger in the 1990s. Among their many activities, volunteers working to further intercultural education have taken on the role of multipliers, spreading the application of intercultural learning. They have served alternately as trainers of young people and students of experts, functioning as hinges between teaching and learning. In many European countries, intercultural education in schools is still left to volunteer initiatives. The peculiarity of intercultural communication lies in its pragmatic approach to reality. It is based on a few abstract general truths, such as the fact that all humans have a culture, value orientation, etc. allowing them to understand and interpret an endless amount of practical experiences. Here, we shall present an anthropological approach to intercultural relations, considering various issues, such as the differences between cultural and national identities, the development of ethnocentrism as a response to perceived foreign threats, and the differences between assimilation, inclusion and integration. The focus on the Mediterranean region provides an example of the intercultural communication that takes place among many western and eastern cultures.     

The Role of Intercultural Communication in Cyberterrorism

This article analyzes the role of intercultural communication in cyberterrorism. Cyberspace is a common site of meeting and interaction between cyberterrorists from multiple cultural backgrounds. It is also a place where cyberterrorists have to face law enforcement agents. As a result, intercultural clashes sometimes occur. This justifies the necessity for better understanding intercultural communication in Internet-mediated situations. Although there have been published pieces on hackers' culture, this article breaks new ground partly because no literature review has produced work on the role of intercultural communication in cyberterrorism.     

The Research on the Necessity of Intercultural Communication

Intercultural communication is a field of study which incorporates many aspects. The paper discusses the necessity of intercultural communication.     

Listening,Communication & Trust: Practitioners' Perspectives of Business/Organizational Relationships

“Relationship” is a term that is used frequently in business communication. But what exactly is a business/organizational relationship? How is one built and maintained? Are processes such as listening and communication integral elements? This study attempts to suggest answers to the aforementioned questions using data collected from interviews with business communication professionals.     

Transformative Intercultural Learning: A Short-Term International Study Tour

ABSTRACT

This article draws on and contributes to the body of knowledge on the development of cultural competence and study abroad experiences. The study program has been well established for several years and blends a 12-day intercultural immersion experience with preparatory classroom teaching and relevant assessment. This study builds on an earlier evaluation, adopting a robust qualitative approach. The study confirms that such experiences can significantly contribute to transformation in students’ capacity to challenge superficial cultural stereotypes and critically engage in the interplay among disadvantage, contextual factors, and sociopolitical structures. Developing critical reflection skills is an integral component in promoting transformation.     

Reflections on the Trend of Intercultural Communication in the Postmodern Context

Nowadays deconstruction has gradually changed people's way of thinking and people have come to establish the multifaceted thought patterns from multiple perspectives to ponder intercultural communication. Intercultural communication is neither static nor monolithic but fluid and constantly evolving. This paper starts with the microdefinition as well as an emic, culture-specific approach to the research. Then it presents the manifestations of the new trend. This essay adopts the framework of cultural pattern of Hall's high-context and low-context cultures. At last, the author gives some suggestions about how to shatter preconceptions and ethnocentrism to achieve effective communication in intercultural settings.     

文化视角下商业广告标语的汉译（英文）

随着中国与全球合作的商业契机越来越多,越来越多的外国企业将目光投向中国。为打造良好的品牌效应,广告成了重头戏,而广告标语则是重中之重。然而,因文化差异造成广告标语的误译,对于产品的推广来说打击相当沉重。本文通过分析英汉广告标语中蕴含的文化差异、汉译过程中采取的方法以及汉译广告标语文化影响及翻译法统计数据,总结出英语广告标语汉译的趋势。     

An Overview on Intercultural Communication Based on Gray's Anatomy S2

With the increasing development of apparent and intensified globalization, the world has become a true global village. In every field of this global village, such as in business, health care, education and so on, people can see intercultural communication everywhere, which means different world views, different ways of thinking, different understandings on the same matter, and different solutions can be seen coming from people of different cultural backgrounds. This essay will briefly talk about the phenomenon of cross-cultural communication in medical field based on Gray's Anatomy S2. The cases I'm going to mention in this article are about communication between doctors, communication between doctors and patients, communication between people who hold different religion and so on. In analyzing these cases, theories put forward by scholars such as Geert Hofstede, Edward T Hall, and Fon Trompenaars will be used.     

Personal Growth Towards Intercultural Competence Through an International Field Education Programme

Abstract

An international social work field education programme at the University of South Australia provides social work students with the opportunity to develop intercultural skills and intercultural sensitivity. The programme is conceptualised within a developmental framework that enables the identification of stages of personal growth and professional development from ethnocentrism to ‘interculturality’ or intercultural sensitivity. This framework, alongside the use of a clear ethical perspective and the reflective practice process, is a useful resource to assist students to identify their level of sophistication of cross-cultural competence and to respond to them in ways that facilitate their growth and development towards competent social workers working with difference and across cultures.     

Intercultural teaching through translation: an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) literacy course case in Afghanistan

The purpose of this study was to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) course through translation to students in Afghanistan. First, an interview was conducted to determine students’ computer skills. It was concluded that the students had almost no computer skills. The course was delivered to two groups of first-year students for 14 weeks during one semester. In group one, students were taught by a Turkish instructor through a translator. The course was delivered to group 2 by a native-language speaking teacher. At the end of the semester, students of both groups were given a final exam and were asked to comment about teaching speed, overall satisfaction, teacher reactions, course materials and future improvements to the course. Statistically, there was no significant difference between the final performances of students in both groups. The students also declared that they wanted to greatly improve their computer skills and use the Internet to make use of digital ICT resources for other courses, too. An additional finding was that there was a 20-min time-delay between the Turkish and native groups due to the translation process throughout each course session.