Chapter 11: Globalisation and Intercultural communication

Question 1

3 phrases of acquiring intercultural comm abilities

Answer 1

Awareness
Knowledge
Skills (Awareness + knowledge + practice)

Question 2

2 types of intercultural competence courses

Answer 2

Culture specific

Culture generic

Question 3

Culture specific

Answer 3

• Focuses on knowledge about the other culture.
• “Expatriate briefings”, focuses on how to live.
• Not much time on the expatriates’ own culture.

Question 4

Culture generic intercultural competence

Answer 4

-Focuses on awareness of and general knowledge about the cultural differences.