Purposive

Communication
GROUP 5:
MARAMION
PANTORILLA
RIANO
URCIA
 LESSON 5

Coping with the

Challenges of
Intercultural
Communication
OBJECTIVES

01 Recognize the challenges of intercultural

communication;

02 Determine the sources of misunderstanding;

03 Identify the approaches to studying

intercultural communication;

04 Appreciate learning about other cultures and

identities;

05
Appreciate the value of co-existing with
individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
• It has become a widespread notion that
speakers’ use of different languages
results in intercultural miscommunication
and misunderstanding.
• For instance, the handshake which is
commonly done by people introduced to
each other by a third party should be done
and interpreted correctly as the type of
handshake varies from culture to culture.
 COUNTRY OR REGION

United States France Germany Japan Middle East

Firm Handshake and

Handshake
handshake, for free hand
with arm firmly
Firm men, placed on the
Soft Handshake extended,
Handshake traditionally forearm of the
accompanied
accompanied other person
by a bow
by a slight bow
 GREETINGS
Like handshakes, greeting rituals also
vary from culture to culture. Japanese
women bow differently from Japanese
men.

The German bow which is termed as

diener means a bow to and in
recognition of an authority. Thus, when
a person bows, he/she is actually
sending the message “at your service.”
 Sources of Misunderstanding

Kaur (2016) cites the

following as the
sources of
misunderstanding:
 Performance-related Gaps in world
misunderstanding knowledge
slips of the tongue and
mishearing which may be due to gaps in content
utterances spoken quickly and rather than
unclearly. language.

01 02 03 04 05
Language-related
Ambiguity misunderstanding Local context
lack of explicitness on the part of turns and the turns within
the speaker in the form of Ungrammaticalit sequences produced by the
problematic reference and y of sentences. participants as well as the
ambiguous semantics in which an repair moves that follow the
utterance is open to different displayed understanding.
interpretations.
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 Approaches to Studying
Intercultural Communication
Why is there a need to understand intercultural
communication?

It is easy to say that people belong to diverse cultures,

hence the need to understand others. Some people take it for granted
to read about and study first a country’s culture before they go and
travel to the place.
All cultures are equal and though sometimes difficult to
understand, you need to understand that no culture is superior or
inferior to another. It is only through awareness that you get to
compare other cultures with your own and appreciate cultural
diversities and learn to live with them. People have different
languages, lifestyles, and ways of thinking, speaking, and behaving.
This is the essence of cultural diversity.
THREE APPROACHES TO INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE OR
FUNCTIONALIST
INTERPRETATIVE
CRITICAL
 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

SUBMITTED TO: Mary Felannie Tiro Llaguno LPT ,

MA