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    Intercultural Communication

    So, we need to learn how to communicate all over again, just like when we were children.
    And just like when we were children, this requires learning language as well as learning
    behavioral norms for good communication. However, this will be a bit different since we're
    adults learning how to communicate in someone else's culture, not our own.

    Intercultural communication is the verbal and nonverbal interaction between people from
    different cultural backgrounds. Basically, 'inter-' is a prefix that means 'between' and cultural
    means… well, from a culture, so intercultural communication is the communication between
    cultures. Sometimes, this is used to describe a single person trying to interact in a foreign
    environment but more often, it is a two-way street, where people from both cultures are
    trying to improve their communication.

    Now, if you want to learn about intercultural communication, it's important to understand
    what this is. But it's also important to understand what it isn't. Intercultural communication is
    targeted at allowing for positive and productive interaction. You are not joining this culture,
    you are not becoming a member of another society, you are not abandoning your own culture.
    That would be assimilation and that's not what we're after.

    Intercultural communication is also not simply a language proficiency. Yes, communication


    requires the ability to understand language, but just think about how much of your
    communication with even your own friends is nonverbal: our body language, our attitudes,
    the rituals from hand-shaking to the stink eye. Some researchers estimate that up to 93% of
    all human communication is nonverbal, although according to recent studies, it's actually
    closer to 60%.

    Still, that means that more than half of communication is never spoken. So, intercultural
    communication is going to take a lot more than just learning a language.

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