商务英语理论与实务 教学课件 ppt 作者 蒋景东situation 2Three levels of intercultural communication.pptVIP

Three Levels of Intercultural Communication Intercultural Communication Three Levels of Intercultural Communication In the first place, at the intrapersonal level, each person stands alone. The process of communication is monitored by each participant. From the angle of individual’s perspective, each participant’s personal perception is formed by the individual experience in the context of a particular culture. Three Levels of Intercultural Communication Each participant will behave according to the way in which he or she perceives the external world. Hence the values and beliefs instructed by culture meet incoming human and environmental data, and the reconciliation that takes place yields perception. Individual perception strongly affects each participant in intercultural communication. Three Levels of Intercultural Communication Secondly, at the interpersonal level, communication interaction brings together two or more participants who have different beliefs, value systems and norms of behavior from one another. Three Levels of Intercultural Communication The act of communication involves a mechanism for interpreting or translating meaning. Whether or not participants can understand each other depends on the extent to which they share personal, social and cultural experiences and are aware of variations of communicative style or strategy derived from culture. Three Levels of Intercultural Communication Finally , at the third level-the synthetic level-the results of interpersonal contact are gathered and analyzed. Hence the dynamic of interaction are eventually worked out on the basis of an analysis made at both intrapersonal and interpersonal levels. * * *