Culture Dichotomy in Intercultural Communication

Abstract

The concept of intercultural communication is based on the idea that all human behaviour and thought depend on paradigms: liquid, solid and a Janussian idea of the culture of individuals (Holliday, 2011; Hofstede, 2011). However, in a situation of contact with another language or another culture, intercultural communication triggers the process of selfsolidification and alteriterization, with regard to the foreign culture, as well as a reflection on proper behaviour and culture (Vikan; 1999). In fact, in the context of international mobility for student(s), the concept of intercultural communication includes, on the one hand, the empathy, which means the ability of identification with others, acceptance of ambiguity and tolerance. On the other hand, it includes the antipathy, that is, judgment and prejudices as well as the feeling of rejecting the other's culture.