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Recently,wehavealreadystudiedtheinterculturalcommunication。

Speaktotheimportanceofstudyinginterculturalcommunication，wemayfirsttalkaboutwhatisinterculturalcommunication.

Theoreticallyspeaking,interculturalcommunicationisabroadconceptwhichhasbroadapplication:

itmayrefertocommunicationbetweendifferentraces，nationsorcountriesandbetweendifferentpoliticalandeconomicsystems；

itmayrefertocommunicationbetweendifferentgenders，agegroups，occupations，socialclassesoreducationallevels；

itmayalsorefertocommunicationbetweendifferentregionsofonecountry。

Inthemeantime,theinterculturalcommunicationhavethreeforms：

interracialcommunication，interethniccommunicationandinterculturalcommunication.

Theworldwideinterestininterculturalcommunicationgrowsoutoftremendouschangesintechnology，economy,immigrationpatternandtheemergenceofmulticulturalism。

Theadvancednewtechnologyandtheincreaseofculturalmigration,alsotheeconomicglobalizationandthegrowthofthewordpopulationarethemainreasonsforincreasinginterculturalcommunication。

Withtheglobalizationoftheworldeconomyandwideuseoftheinternetwhichistearingdownnationalboundaries，interculturalcommunicationhasbecomepartofourdailylife。

Asaresult，understandothercultureisindispensibleandneedforinterculturalknowledgeandskillsthatleadtointerculturalcommunicationcompetencebecomeessentialinoursociety。

Theimportanceofstudyinginterculturalcommunicationcannotbeoverstated。

Firstofall,wecanincreaseourculturalawarenessbystudyinginterculturalcommunication.Becausesuchawarenessisthefirststeptointerculturalcommunicationcompetence.Simply，interculturalawarenesscanbeviewedasacognitiveprocessofunderstandingother’svalues,attitudes，beliefsandoutlooks。

Second，Itcanreducecommunicationbarriersandfacilitateadaptiontoglobalanddomesticworkplacediversitybystudyinginterculturalcommunication。

Differentcultureshavedifferentcommunicationstyles,soitisnotenoughtohaveagoodcommunicationonlyknowingthegrammarandvocabularyofalanguage。

Therefore，whencommunicatingwithothersfromothercultures，wemustneedanunderstandingofeachother’scultureaswellasalanguageincommon。

Understandingtheseculturalbackgroundsanddifferencesisveryessentialifwearehaveeffectiveinterculturalcommunicationbetweencolleaguesfromdifferentculturalbackgrounds，andifwewanttoensurethatateamisaworkingharmoniously.

Third,wecanhelptoreducethecommunicativeconflictsbystudyinginterculturalcommunication.Conflictisinevitableinallsocialandpersonalrelationships。

Itcanconnotesastateoflackofagreementorcollisionbetweentwoforcesorsystems.Thisstatecanbeexpressedeitheropenlyorsubtly.Weneedtolearntobetolerantofexternaldifferencessothatwedonotletthesedifferencesimpedecommunication.Harmoniousrelationshipsarenecessaryinallaspectsofhumaneffortifpeoplearetogetalongwithanotherandaccomplishtherequirementoflifeandsociety。

Inaddition,interculturalcommunicationcanalsowideningpeople'

svisionandimprovinginterculturalcompetence。

Fromother’sculture,wecangetsomethingwedon’thaveinourownculture。

Finally，interculturalcommunicationisanimportantmeanofexpressingyourselfbecauseitexistsdifferentwaysofexpressionandsodifferentkindofcommunicationdependingonthecultureyoubelongto.Thewayofcommunicatingwillnotbethesameasothercountriesanditisimportanttoknowsomevaluesofotherculturesandsoofotherwaysofcommunicatingfor,firstofall,avoidingsomemisunderstandingsandthenknowingbettersomeaspectsofdifferentcultures.

Thatiswhyinterculturalcommunicationisanessentialexercisetodo;

apersonwhocomefromacertaincountrydoesnotnecessarilygetthesameideasabouttime，death,identity,asanotheronefromadifferentcountrybecauseeachpersonhasitsownidentity。

First，anationalidentity，definedbyasurname,afirstname,citizenship，anda"

personal"

identityperceivedaswhatareyouractivities,youropinionsaboutissuesoryourexperienceinlife。

Sometimes，yourownidentitycanbemodifiedorinfluencedbydifferentfactors，forexamplereligion，yourenvironment，yourfamily。

Thelatterexampleseemstobeaparadoxbecauseyoucangetyourownopinionsaboutsomethingbutyoucanbe”influenced”byyourfamilialsurroundingorthesocietywhereyouliveespeciallysomenotionsthatparentsandevensocietyteachyouwhenyouareachild，aspatriotismornationalism.

Thisinfluencecanreplaceyourpreviousvisionoflifeandchangingyourwayofexpressingyourselfandsoyourwayofcommunicatingbutyoucanal