Health/Medical/Learning/Self-Improvement Articles --- Cross-Cultural Communication --- Who am I
When you communicate with people who have different cultures, sometimes you would feel your own identity strongly quiver. It may make you to have a fundamental question for yourself.
When you communicate with people who have different cultures, sometimes you would feel your own identity strongly quiver. It may make you to have a fundamental question for yourself.
For people who were born, have been grown, and are living in a single society, common sense and tradition in it would be like a matter of course for them.
If their roles were determined in the society, they would feel there are no doubt about reason for existence.
The idea of those people are immobilized, because they don't find other choices in the society.
However, sometimes even those with full of stereotypes have to suffer when the society is rapidly changing.
Those who have continued the life many years in the same organization, will not withstand the rapid changes of the environment.
They lose sight of themselves by the sudden changes of society or by losing their own role suddenly.
It would be good to know different cultures, and communicate with a variety of people before your thoughts result in immobilization.
You can prevent the immobilization by interacting with a variety of people, by making cross-cultural communication from early stage.
Go to expand you own possibility by having a fundamental question like what are human beings or who am I.
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Meaning of Culture
Culture is shown by turning things into sentences. Culture stands for mental activities of people that are written mainly by words. Culture is things and activities created in order to develop and enhance the life of people.
Why Culture Difference
There are various cultures in the world. Why do people have different cultures? Why isn't the world standardized? Because culture is a bunch of information and mental activities.
The Role of Culture
Culture plays a variety of roles for people living in society. People's behaviors are affected by culture. Culture will change societies and the entire country. Here we mention about the role that culture has.
Communication is
Communication is referred to transmit information. In broad meaning that is to interact with people through the exchange of information. Sharing the information will be also included in the communication.
Verbal or Nonverbal
There are two ways of communication. The way by the language, and the way hat do not depend on the language. People make communication not only by using language conversation, but by using nonverbal conversation.
Mechanism to "Misunderstand"
People will misunderstand. People do misunderstanding in everyday life, at work, on watching TV, and on reading books. Where there are communications, there are misunderstandings. But sometimes misunderstandings cause serious problems.
Eliminating the Preconceptions and Prejudice
Knowing the different cultures and learning the communication have very important meaning. In the world, there are a lot of people with different birthplaces, different growth environments, and different thoughts.
Improve Favorable Impression
The so-called selfish people do not try to understand others. They do not think of others. And yet, they are sad saying "people do not understand me."
Who am I
When you communicate with people who have different cultures, sometimes you would feel your own identity strongly quiver. It may make you to have a fundamental question for yourself.
Proud of Your Culture
Exchanges with different cultures are the places of various discovery, and also are the places of representation. By cross-cultural communication you can know the culture that you did not know, and you will be able to express your culture.
