1、姓名：張守燕 學(xué)號：20120592班級：12物流1班The importance of intercultural communicationTo expound the importance of intercultural communication, we should first understand whatis intercultural communication. The so-called intercultural communication, that is, people ofdifferent cultural backgrounds come together t

2、o share their thoughts. For example, When we dobusiness with people from different cultures or different countries, we need to communicate withthem, we need exchange different views about the business on the matter of information.After understanding what is the intercultural communication，I realized

3、 that intercultural is nolonger important for us but had became a necessity part of our life. People can not live withoutCommunication. Communication is everywhere. Even when they are alone, people arebombarded with communication. Human communicationthat is, the ability to use language,the ability t

4、o exchange ideas with people around us in different cultures. Communication withothers is the essence of what it means to be human. Communication which is very important toour humans is the vehicle by which people initiate, maintain, and terminate their relationships withothers.Like communication, c

5、ulture is prevalence and has a profound effect on humans. Culture isalso invisible yet pervasive. As we go about our daily lives, we do not have a great sence of ourcultures influence. Culture exist everywhere around us betweendifferent nations even different countries. Culture has a direct influenc

6、e on the physical, relationaland perceptual environment. Yet most of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are profoundlyaffected by different cultures.In addition to the rapid growth of modern society, People have more and more exchanges,the importance of intercultural communication is becoming mor

7、e important. Communicating andestablishing relationships with people from different cultures can lead to a whole host of benefits,including healthier community, increased international and local commerce, reduced conflict,.Through open and honest intercultural communication environment, people can w

8、ork together toachieve goals that benefit everyone, regardless of group or unit. When interpersonal lack ofcommunication, conflicts are happening constantly. When our country were in the period of Qing,most Chinese only according someonesrumour then judges the British as the monster with thered hair

9、 and hook nose. And in British eyes, they look down upon Chinese because Chineseusually with braid hair and yellow skin. People used to judged foreigners by their appearance orfloating rumours. Furthermore, most of the conflicts comes from misunderstand and locke-rroomgossip. Lets take another examp

10、le, as we all know, every country has its totem. In china, dragonrepresent supreme and high prestige. Only the emperor deserved to be called. However, inwestern area, they take the dragon as the severe and evil animals. Once, there was a foreignadvertising company published a picture t make fun of t

11、he dragon and Chinese, which arouse ahuge storm in china. Bowing to the public pressure, the company had to made a public apology toall of Chinese.Let alone the communication between country to country, International communication alsoimportant for ethnic to ethnic. In particularity, china is a mult

12、i - ethnic country, to keep the closerelationship even more important. 56 ethnics, stands for 56 types of cultures. Talking about thepork in the face of the Hui is a big taboo. Manchu do not eat the dog and they will not hurt the dog.The Mongols hate black because they regard black as ominous colour

13、. The Uyghur would notwear the shorts outside, they thought it was quite disrespect others feeling. Greater emphasis hasgiven on implementation of policies toward ethnic minorities since the founding of China. Thepremise of racial equality and harmony is respect each other and carry forward the spir

14、it of unity.For this reason, we surely need to think highly of the value of intercultural communication to uniteall ethnic brothers and sisters, along with construction of our beautiful country.Standing on the narrow side, as a college student, intercultural communication is evenimportant. It can pr

15、ove that a student is a good student if he got good grades in his final exam orgained lots of certificates, but not a good learner. A good language learner would not limit himselfto the quantity of vocabulary. He will try his best to understanding the nations culture backgroundand current situation;

16、 he will pay attention to its difference but not generality. As we all know,England major got more chance than others to work aboard or in a foreign company. We maywork around the people with blond hair and blue eyes. In that situation, misunderstand happensmore often if we do not which words can no

17、t say. In another aspect to say, we can get along wellwith them if we act and talk like a native will act and talk. It can improve work efficiency and relaxworking environment to some extent.Only through intercultural communication can we make our communication easier and ourlife rich and colorful. Our ability to interact with persons from different cultures within and outsideour borde