Bridging Linguistic and Cultural Differences: A Case Study on Intercultural Communication
| Author |
| Yumnam Arnest Meitei |
| Date of Publication: December, 2024 |
| Volume: XXIII, No.- XXVI |
| Abstract |
| Culture and language are always interrelated and there is always an interplay between these two whenever communication is carried out among individuals from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. With the advent of globalisation, the need to communicate across diverse cultures has gained momentum. In the contemporary global landscape, possessing only linguistic competence and communicative competence is inadequate; it is essential to acquire and possess intercultural communicative competence also to navigate in this multicultural and multilingual world. There is a constant interaction of people from diverse cultures in the educational institutes. With the coming of all these, to be an effective communicator, an understanding of the cultural nuances that come into play during an interaction becomes important. The objectives of this paper are to find out how students belonging to different communities try to mediate cultural differences and how possessing Intercultural Communicative Competence will help them in addressing and interpreting cultural differences. This study finds that Intercultural Communicative Competence is indispensable, and it helps in bridging linguistic and cultural divides and equips learners to gain the ability to interpret, mediate, and critically reflect on cultural differences. |
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