Importance of Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of Intercultural Communication: A Discussion

Intercultural communication is communication among people from two or more cultures. It exists in contexts such as traveling, immigration, business transactions, diplomatic negotiations, and multicultural or multinational corporations. The increased diversity in the United States and globalization in the world has made intercultural communication an indispensable part of everyday life. Gonzalez, Marsha, and Victoria (pp. 56-67.) mention on daily basis, people may meet and need to communicate with someone from a different race, ethnic group, or nation someone who may have a different set of values, beliefs, norms, habits, and ...