Open AccessA Study on Affective Barriers in Intercultural Communication and Related Strategies
Author(s) -
Sha Zhu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
theory and practice in language studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0692
pISSN - 1799-2591
DOI - 10.17507/tpls.1012.20
Subject(s) - intercultural communication , psychology , intercultural competence , competence (human resources) , affect (linguistics) , language barrier , social psychology , political science , communication , pedagogy , law
Intercultural communication acts a pivotal part in international activities and there are many barriers involved in it. If the communicators are short of the understanding of the barriers in the process of intercultural communication, especially the affective barriers, the whole interaction will be affected; even worse, there will be some serious conflicts. Thus, this paper will study the affective barriers in intercultural communication, analyze the possible causes of the barriers, and put forward some effective strategies to help communicators enhance their cross-cultural competence.