Intercultural competence

(2008) describe intercultural competence as “the challenges in relating to others, such as White Americans, one 's own ethnic group, and one 's family” (p. 776). Immigrants from every nation experience this in some form as they learn to navigate their new home. Among 286 Chinese…

cultural competency practices ,because of the variety of ethnic miniorty groups. Cultural competence is the ability to relate effectively to individuals from a variety of cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Culturally competent services respond to the unique needs of members of miniority populations and are also sensitive to the ways in which people with disabilities experience the world. Cultural competence is essential to all five elements of patient/ client management, examination,…

business, dialect itself is not an issue and that correspondence issues are arranged in fundamental social suspicions. This paper reviews late research on issues identifying with the utilization of a most widely used language, ordinarily English, in intercultural business dealings, and in correspondence and peace making, and relates it to a pilot investigation of five Chinese business individuals who use English in their day by day business exchanges. The outcomes affirm that the decision of…

Communication and acquire advanced knowledge of Intercultural communication field at one of the universities in the United States. Intercultural communication is a relatively new area of study that is vital to explore as the process of globalization keeps growing every day. I am confident that importance of international and intercultural communication cannot be overestimated nowadays. Kazakhstan, as any other country, is faced with challenges of intercultural communication whether in business,…

mentioned on their website that they use the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) to ensure that diversity is managed on all levels of the organization. It is stated on their website that the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), “Assesses individual and organizational cross-cultural competence. As a very powerful and reliable tool, it provides a baseline assessment from which to develop the appropriate interventions to enhance cultural competence.”…

without a doubt, the best approach for solving new challenges, reaching our goals and, becoming a more integrally informed individual. Cultural competence is defined as the set of behaviors, attitudes, and policies that when together in a system enables that system to operate effectively in cross-cultural situations (Cross). Therefore, cultural…

their own culture and communication, and how other cultures differ in these respects; understanding how culture impacts communication; developing critical thinking skills to critically interpret intercultural interactions; and to promote awareness and sensitivity in terms of the complex nature of intercultural interactions (Driskell et al., 2010). Research indicates that internationalization of students and increased competency and awareness in varying cultural contexts is of utmost importance…

the question of the individual, society and therefore, culture inevitably in relation to their effects on the learning process. Having words such as “international”, “intercultural” or “diversity” in the content of many courses nowadays, language courses have also been affected by the necessity to equip learners with intercultural communication skills, which may well be counted as one of the primary goals of teaching a foreign language. This naturally takes language learners to a point…

Leininger (1991) cultural competence is an essential component of nursing, it guides behavior into satisfactory approach for the people in a particular group such as culture originates and develops within the communal structure through interpersonal communications. For a nurse to successfully give care for a client of a diverse cultural or ethnic practice, efficient intercultural communication, understanding, respect and acknowledgement for the individuality…

impact of new media of intercultural communication. He tries to focus on how new media is actually transforming through computer-mediated communication, social network sites, mobile phones, skype, text messaging, on-line games, virtual worlds and blogs. When focusing on who has used these media it consists of many different individuals from different cultures. It is no longer restricted to certain cultures, but it is used worldwide. According to Shuter to achieve intercultural dialogue,…