Barriers to Intercultural Communication and Ways to Overcome Them

Intercultural
communication

Inter cultural communication
Table of Contents
Three levels of culture.....................................................................................................................1
Relation between language and culture...........................................................................................1
Barriers to inter cultural communication.........................................................................................1
 Language difference.............................................................................................................1
 Cultural Relativism...............................................................................................................2
 Ethnocentrism.......................................................................................................................2
Cultural difference and also understanding of cultural diversity in the workplace.........................3
Appointing specialists..................................................................................................................3
Respecting the difference.............................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4
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Inter cultural communication
Three levels of culture
It can be stated that there are various barriers to intercultural communication faced by the
companies in the present business world. In this paper, the discussion will be made on the
concepts barrier to intercultural communication and the ways to remove the barriers from the
environment of the business. There are three level of culture such as Artifacts in which there is
an organizational structure and also the process which is considered. The next level of culture is
espoused values in which the strategies and goals are determined. Basic assumption and values is
the culture that relates with the beliefs and perceptions. So, these are the three cultures on which
the overall communication process is also concerned (Laforet, 2016).
Relation between language and culture
It has been observed that language and culture are interrelated. It is stated that language is
considered as the external expression and also the internal thoughts that are verbalized by the
individual. There is a link related to language and culture as it has been seen that the language
showcase the culture. The people who belong from different culture have different language.
When the individual learns new language then they not only focus on word arrangement but also
focus on the particular customer and behavior of the society. If the culture changes then the
language of the society also changes. The particular language points out the culture of the
specific group and also learning a language is not only considering the alphabet but also it takes
into consideration the customs of the people or the society (Azzopardi and McNeill, 2016).
Barriers to inter cultural communication
There are various barriers that relate to inter cultural communication. It is important for the
companies to minimize these barriers so that it could be easy to accomplish the large market
share in the competitive market. There are different barriers to intercultural communication such
as:
 Language difference
Language is known as exchange gate of communication and it is the source through which
different values and ideas are exchanged among two individuals. If the exchange groups are
cross cultural then it create the major barrier of exchange. Communication gap takes place due
to the difference in the language among the exchange groups. It is considered as inter cultural
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