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KEYWORDS

Culture, Intercultural, Globalization, Multinational workforce, Worldview, Attitudinal Barrier

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Define the term „Culture‟.

2. What is termed as intercultural communication?

3. Write a short note on „Worldview‟.

4. Why is attitude one of the major barriers to intrapersonal communication?

5. What are the main causes of attitudinal barriers in communication?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Why is an awareness about intercultural communication extremely important in intercultural

situations?

2. Effective intercultural communication is gaining significance in the context of globalization.
Justify.

Activity:
Interact with students from different cultures in your college and observe their nonverbal behaviour.

FURTHER READING

1. Elizabeth Kuhnke, Body Language for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, West Sussex,
2007.
2. Valerie Manusov& Miles L. Patterson. Ed. The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal

Communication, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, 2006.

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