Theme 1: WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION?

Intercultural communication is an ancient activity as a human being. However, intercultural communication as a subject is relatively new

The correct name in the field of "intercultural communication" usually honors the American anthropologist Edward T. Hall first used in the 1959 book "Silent Language". This book is sometimes called "Foundation of Fields". (Heart 1998)

Before this book was published, Hall was a staff member of the US Department of Foreign Affairs (1951 - 1955). So he and his colleagues developed the first paradigm of so-called intercultural communication.

Classification of systematic empirical research and nonverbal communication (defined as communication without word exchange)

Emphasizing information exchange at unconscious levels, especially focusing on nonverbal communication

The beginning of intercultural communication is for application purposes, not a theoretical consideration. Training is the main problem. The first target audience includes US diplomats and development staff who need to improve intercultural skills.

Intercultural communication training and training from diplomatic academy to university and other organizations. In the 1970s, university courses began, academic textbooks for intercultural exchanges began to appear on a large scale in the United States. In Europe, the first university course for intercultural communication took place in the 1980s. Jyväskylä University is one of the pioneers in this field.

Since the early days, the number of applications focused on education and training has increased, and cross-cultural communication has also developed and matched as an academic field with its own theoretical building.

Theme 6 Cross-Cultural Intercultural Communication What is Intercultural Communication? Cross-cultural communication  Cross-cultural communication is usually defined by two core concepts: culture and communication. Intercultural communication  What is culture? Cross-cultural communication  Culture is mainly used as labels or categories for collective life experiences that represent widely recognizable groups such as countries and regions of the world.  Over the years, cultural concepts include sub-cultures to other sociological groups, including small groups from domestic racial and ethnic groups and gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, geographic area It expanded like it. Intercultural communication  What is the main field of intercultural communication research? Intercultural communication  Research on cultural communication is based on a specific (internal or culturally specific) viewpoint.

Cross-Cultural Communication Intercultural communication is often interpreted as "interactions between people of different cultures, whether based on ethnic, ethnic or socio-economic differences." Human communication includes oral and non-verbal information (languages ​​and gestures) formed by gender, social class or culture. So what is the definition of intercultural communication and the main information we are trying to tell or tell? Communication during our communication process or intercultural communication is all cultural. It grows with us, how we learn to speak, and even how we learn nonverbal communication. That said, intercultural communication or "a symbolic communication process in which individuals of two or more different cultural communities try to negotiate a common meaning in an interactive context" is an evolving field (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2012, p. 5). In today's world, intercultural