A Constructivist Approach to Assessing Intercultural Communication Competence

Abstract:

Referencing the original definition of intercultural communication by E.T. Hall in The Silent Language, culture is the process of communication whereby groups of people coordinate meaning and action, and intercultural communication is the process whereby members of different groups coordinate meaning and action across cultural boundaries. It follows that intercultural communication competence (ICC) is the ability to do just that – to engage in a kind of meta-coordination that yields increased intercultural comprehension and collaboration.

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