(Intercultural communication)

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Cultural Understanding

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Title

Cross-cultural understanding

Intercultural communication

Corresponding Authors:

1-Mr. / Girgis Haroun, the senior researcher.

2- 4 of my assistant Colleagues.

Editor

Edited by: Mr./ Girgis Hanna Haroun

Supervisor:

Senior supervisors of English in Egypt.

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Subject:

Intercultural Communication

Online since : April, 2023

Affiliation:

The Ministry of Education in Egypt.

Table of Contents

The Research

Structure Plan

Chapter : 1 : The Research Abstract.

Chapter : 2 : The Research Introduction.

Chapter : 3 : The Research Methods and Tools.

Chapter : 4 : The Research Results.

Chapter : 5 : The Research Outcomes and impact.

Chapter : 6 : The Research Discussion.

Chapter 7 : The Research Conclusion.

Chapter : 8 : The Research Limitations.

Chapter : 9 : The Research Acknowledgement.

Chapter : 10 : The Research References.

By : Mr. / Girgis Hanna Haroun Abdoh.

Abstract

Intercultural communication

Cross-cultural understanding

This thesis has been written on commission by me, Girgis

Hanna Haroun, a supervisor of English at high schools and

colleges in Egypt. Several preliminary interviews made

us very interested at the situations at schools and helped

us to formulate our research question: “How does

communication affect the productivity of schools,

organizations, societies,communities all over the world?"

Moreover, it made our research have two purposes, one of

academic character, and one of practical character.

The academic purpose is in investigating relationship

between communication, culture and language,

i.e. efficiency and productivity. The practical purpose

is in giving analysis-based recommendations about

possible ways to increase productivity

and efficiency to our educational organizations.

The findings of our research revealed that words,

grammatical study, diverse cultures and texts have roles.

Communication is a dynamic interactive process that

involves the effective transmission of facts, ideas, thoughts,

feelings, cultures and values.

Intercultural communication skills are those required to

communicate, or share information, with people from

other cultures and social groups.Communication is

instrumental or directly satisfies certain needs like

physical, emotional, social, psychological.

1-To inform. 2-To entertain. 3-To regulate.

4-To instruct.

5-To influence. 6-To motivate. 7-To persuade.

8-To inquire.

Types of Communication include oral and written

communication, verbal and Non-verbal communication.

Communication steps include;

1-Ideation:

2-Encoding

3-Transmission:

4-Decoding

5-Feedback.

Intercultural communication

Cross-cultural understanding

1-Introduction

Cross-cultural understanding

means learning to value other cultures and

respect their views. This comes when people

move from thinking that “different” means

“wrong,” to thinking that there might be

another way, to being tolerant and accepting.

Learning how to make new discoveries that will contribute

to a better understanding of how natural language is used

and processed in real-life situations. Whenever we use

language – whether it’s written, spoken or signed – we’re

communicating. How does this work, and how and why

does miscommunication occur? How does language fit

together and how do we learn to understand each other?

This study provides a research devoted to the

interdisciplinary study of language and communication.

The investigation of language and its communication

functions is treated as a concern shared in common

by those working in applied linguistics, child development,

cultural studies, discourse analysis, intellectual history,

legal studies, language evolution, linguistic anthropology,

linguistics, philosophy, the politics of language,

pragmatics, psychology, rhetoric and semiotics.

Language allows people to communicate with

great precision. The Language and Communication

group studies how people use language in specific

discourse contexts, to share information with others,

and to persuade or otherwise affect them.

Our overall goal is to understand how language is

actually used, when it is used effectively, and why.

For instance, how do particular text characteristics

interact with a reader's cognitive architecture such

that information is conveyed in a coherent,

comprehensible way? How does language

interact with people's emotional and motivational

architecture so that it effectively moves or persuades

them?

1-The Research Vision, Mission and

Objectives

The vision is (Communication between learners,

individuals, societies, nations and countries all over

the world).

The mission is Doing research theses

The Objectives are:Solving problems that arise from

the diverse cultures and their conflicts inside the

education organizations and among nations.

2-A problem needs a solution

The differences and disputes between individuals,

societies and communities come out of the

differences in communication that result from the

differences in languages and cultures.

Problems

The problems in intercultural communication usually

come from problems in message transmission.

In communication between people of the same

culture, the person who receives the message

interprets it based on values, beliefs, and

expectations for behavior similar to those of the

person who sent the message.

When this happens, the way the message is

interpreted by the receiver is likely to be fairly

similar to what the speaker intended. However,

when the receiver of the message is a person

from a different culture, the receiver uses

information from his or her culture to interpret

the message. The message that the receiver

interprets may be very different from what the

speaker intended.

We faced a problem that needs a an urgent solution.

The problem is: We, the researching group, noticed

that the learning outcomes of high schools and

colleges are low. Learners didn't practice Languages

as means of communication. They used languages

as subjects to be memorized to answer its exercises

only through written tests.People differ because of the

difference in cultures, words, sentences, languages

and cultures.

3-Reasons for the research:

The reason for doing such research is that I and

my colleagues noticed that some organizations and

schools did not work as efficiently as they could, and

senior managers have encountered various problems.

There is no proper communication. Complaints were

numerous.

People worked in terms of only firm accountability

and punishment. People differ because of the

difference in cultures, words, sentences, language

s and cultures. There was no communication between

the wars fighting countries.

There was no vision, no mission, no objectives, no

team work, no love or respect and no good

performance. We have been asked to estimate the

situation, analyze it, and come up with solutions which

could increase efficiency and productivity;

in other words, increase organizational performance.

After preliminary interviews with the senior managers

and teachers at schools, we have identified our areas

of the interest: ( Practice creats communication,

Communication and culture, Communication and

language).

4- The researching questions:

How dodo language, culture and grammar affect

communication among learners and people?

How we make education organizations perform well

and learning outcomes high through using language

as a means of communication in life? How do people

and nations overcome the differences in languages,

ideas, thoughts, cultures ?

5-The problem solutions

Cultured diverse employers and employees must l

earn academically and practice actually the roles

played by leadership, organizational culture,

motivation and commitment.

6-Objectives:

This study enables you to:

1-Use the words, grammar constructions and texts

in communication 2-know that Language has

influence on actions and exchanges of information.

2-deepen your knowledge of everything from how

language interacts with culture and media to how

language changes over time and how language

enhances cognitive abilities.

Why Intercultural communication?

The world today is characterized by an ever growing

number of contacts resulting in communication

between people with different linguistic and

cultural backgrounds.

This communication takes place because of contacts

within the areas of business, military cooperation,

science, education, mass-media, entertainment,

tourism but also because of immigration brought

about by labor shortage or political conflicts.

Fast travel, international media, and the Internet

have made it easy for us to communicate with

people all over the world. The process of economic

globalization means that we cannot function in

isolation but must interact with the rest of the

world for survival.

The global nature of many widely diverse modern

problems and issues such as the environment,

governance of the Internet, poverty and international

terrorism call for cooperation between nations.

Intercultural communication is no longer an option,

but a necessity.

Identity

Ethnic and cultural identity

Cultural identities and ethnicity are becoming more

relational and contextual, as well as constantly

evolving.

They are complex, ambiguous and multifaceted.

Individuals undergo self- and cultural identity

transformation in order to achieve understanding,

harmony and balance within themselves and their

environment, and in their connection with others.

Cultures also change in this process, because social,

political, economic and historical influences affect

cultural and intercultural interactions.

Cultural groups reflect, re-create, unify, and maintain

their ethnic and cultural identities.

Cultural identities are negotiated, co-created, and

reinforced in communication with others.

They reflect our unique, personal life histories and

experiences. They may also be seen as

manifestations of social reality.

Racial identity

Race has been defined as a group of persons related

by common descent or heredity. It is a classification

of modern humans based on an arbitrary selection

of physical characteristics as skin color, facial form,

or eye shape. Race is a social construction of human

difference that is used to classify human beings into

separate value-based categories.

Ethnic identity

Ethnic refers to a group of people sharing a common

and distinctive culture, religion, language, etc.

Furthermore, it has been explained as the attribute of

membership in a group set off by racial, territorial,

economic, religious, cultural, aesthetic, or linguistic

uniqueness.

Ethnicity has been seen as a cultural marker that

indicates shared traditions, heritage, and ancestral

origins; ethnicity is defined psychologically and

historically. On the other hand ethnic identity may be

explained as an emotional bond that people share that

originates from their past and that gives them an

emotional force to claim their historical origins.

Cultural identity

It is commonly understood that culture and cultural

identity are umbrella terms that subsume racial and

ethnic identity. Culture has been defined as learned

and shared values, beliefs, thinking patterns and

behavior common to a particular group of people.

Culture forges a group's identity and assists in its

survival.Institutions, language, social structures and

various practices shared by a group of individuals

are also part of culture.

In addition, the individuals are connected by an

ancestral heritage, often linked to a particular

geographical location.

2-Materials and Methods

In order to find out the answer to the research question

and to fulfill both purposes of the research, we have

conducted a qualitative research.We used types of

qualitative research methods like an in-depth interview,

focus groups, ethnographic research, content analysis

and case study research that are usually used.

This has been done by interviewing twenty schools

managers and 20 educational leaders or administers

beside 50 teachers and senior teachers working at

schools and education zones and supervision.

These semi-structured interviews resulted in

qualitative data, which had been processed and

analyzed using coding technique.

Our research used 2 methods:

One of academic character, and one of

practical character.

1-The academic purpose is in investigating

relationship between organizational structure,

leadership, and communication and organizational

performance, i.e. efficiency and productivity.

2-The practical purpose is in giving analysis-based

recommendations about possible ways to increase

productivity and efficiency to our educational

organizations.

3-We used interviews, lectures, debates, experiencing,

observations, analysis, synthesis, assessment,

feedback and evaluation.

4-We held workshops, modeling, training units

authentic field practice in actual fields and we

assessed, followed and evaluated what we

recommended academically before.

It took 3 months to conduct our experiences that

we acquired from our professors in East Anglia

University, England.

5-Discussion

The purpose of the discussion is to interpret and describe the

significance of our findings in light of what was already

known about the research problem being investigated

and to explain any new understanding or insights that

emerged as a result of our study of the problem.

DISCUSSION provides the explanation and interpretation of

results or findings by comparing with the findings in prior

studies.

Then, I can say that: compared to the previous study about

(Intercultural Communication), I say that my research is

different .

My research recommended the following:

Assessment

Courses on the theory and content of intercultural

communication tend to evaluate knowledge by

means of written examination and essay.

Alternatively projects may involve students applying

their theoretical knowledge to particular communicative

situations or conducting small‐scale ethnographic or

case study research from home.

Evaluation of intercultural communication as practice

may occur in the assessment of general language

courses (e.g. translation), but since intercultural

communication is not systematically taught as part

of general language courses, formalized assessment

is not widespread. In some institutions, however,

the practice of writing logbooks is established, and

intercultural awareness is assessed through reflective

essays.

Any such assessment is likely to be integrated with

other factors associated with advanced language learning.

There is little sign of role‐play or self‐assessment

being widely practiced, though, in exceptional cases,

it can be effectively integrated into oral assessment,

e.g. through situation‐based interpreting.

Given that intercultural competence can be separated

into knowledge, skills and attitudes, only the knowledge

component can, strictly speaking, be assessed in

traditional ways.

Skills and attitudes need to be assessed in other ways

such as role‐play, observation, self‐assessment or

reflection on critical incidents. Yet such assessment

practices are not widespread within European higher

education language programs.

6-Limitations

“The empirical results reported herein should be

considered in the light of some limitations.”

1-Time constraints

Just as researchers have deadlines to turn in their

class papers, academic researchers also must

meet the deadline for submitting a research

manuscript to a journal. Therefore, the time

available to study a research problem and to

measure change over time is constrained by

the deadline of my “assignment.”

I should have Made sure I choose a research

problem that I will be able to complete well before

the assignment’s deadline. If time constraints

negatively impacted my studyin any way,

acknowledge this impact by mentioning a need

for a future study (e.g., a longitudinal study) to

answer this research problem.

2-Conflicts arising from

cultural bias and other

personal issues

Researchers might be biased views due to their

cultural backgrounds or perspectives of certain

phenomena,and this can affect a study’s legitimacy.

Also, it is possible that researchers will have

biases toward data and results that only support

their hypotheses or arguments. In order to avoid

these problems, the author(s) of a study should

examine whether the way the problem was

stated and the data-gathering process were carried

out appropriately.I found a difficulty , but I did it .

3-More study:

I suggest additional studies in the future as the

subject of my research is of a national importance

to my great country. Leading a multicultural team

is very important.

Cross cultural management, cos'è e perché è importante: formazione per il lavoro

7-Conclusion

In conclusion, I provide a brief conclusion that ties each

of the findings together and provides a narrative bridge

to the discussion section of the your paper. We reached

to the objectives we set before and the vision we dreamed

of through implementing our mission, goals and objectives.

Through conclusion, I give my recommendations.

We reached to the objectives we set before and the vision

we dreamed of through implementing our mission, goals and

objectives. All people at any organization knew and practiced

their work according to the organization principles, values,

vision, mission, goals and objectives. All people became loyal

to their organization in terms of communication, responsibility,

tolerance, understanding, good relation, teamwork, love,

respect, the ideal atmosphere that paved the way to creation

and innovation.

Also, the leaders worked in terms of communication,

sharing, mercy, rewards, listening to complaints and

speaking, justice, responsibility, equality, solving

problems, Democracy,,commercial awareness and

technical skills.