Intercultural communication skills: What Japanese businesses today need

Yoshida, Tomoko; Yashiro, Kyoko; Suzuki, Yuka

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.04.013

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“…As pointed out, intercultural communication competence helps individuals to conduct proper interactions in a multicultural environment. At the same time, English language proficiency enables individuals to perform proper language and language is the means of communication (Aba, 2015;Moreno, 2016;Yoshida et al, 2013). The findings from this study are supportive of the cited assertions on the relationship between communication competence and language proficiency.…”

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“…Communication is the main transporter of culture and social relationships, and communication competence and language proficiency are the main requirements enable individuals to conduct successful communication (Kim & McKay-Semmler, 2013;Yoshida et al, 2013). Thus, this study was carried to assess the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) among Arab students from different nationalities in Malaysia.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to Reed (2008), intercultural communication competence as a main predictor of intercultural interactions focuses on the understanding of those cultural norms that may influence daily interactions among individuals. The important skills in intercultural interactions among different people are: initiation, the necessary skills to express own feelings and ideas and the abilities to estimate thinking of others, language skills and communication competence, and also logical thinking and mental strength (Yoshida, Yashiro & Suzuki, 2013).…”

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“…Communication is the main carrier enables different people to share their cultural values, and to establish social relationships (Kim & McKay-Semmler, 2013), and language is the main means of communication among different people (Yamao & Sekiguchi, 2015). At the same time, Yoshida et al (2013) introduce language proficiency and communication competence as the main requirements for conducting successful communication among people from different cultures.…”

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A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence Among Arab Students in Malaysia

Sarwari

Nubli

2018

SSRN Journal

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This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) of Arab students in Malaysia. This study included both of the quantitative and the qualitative data sets to further the information. The participants of this study were 108 Arab students from nine different Asian and African nationalities. Based on the results of this study, English language was the main means of education for the participants, and the main means of their communication with students from other cultures. The results from this study found some significant correlations between the attributes of ELP and ICCC. The good levels of ELP encouraged and enabled individuals to be involved in daily interactions with their peers from different countries who speak different languages, and their interactions helped them to improve the levels of their ELP. Moreover, the participants who obtained higher scores in English language proficiency test got higher mean scores in ICCC as well. Based on the results, in some cases, their personal characteristics and the low levels of their ELP had negative effects on the process of interactions among Arab and other students. The results of this study may add some interesting information in the literature regarding the relationships between ELP and ICCC of Arab students in an Asian multicultural collegiate environment.

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A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence Among Arab Students in Malaysia

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2018

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“…Competence has also been seen more broadly as failing to meet employer expectations (Jackson ), and this is significant in relation to communication skills and vocational education. Communication, it is argued, should be more person‐centred in theory and practice (Motschnig and Nyki ) and more intercultural in its approach to employability (Yoshida ).…”

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Communication is key: A study of the development of communication key skills in China

Harris

Zhong

2015

English in Education

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Measuring Competence for Global Business: In Search of Authentic Data in Japanese Business Corporations

Tanaka

2021

Good Data in Business and Professional Discourse Research and Teaching

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Intercultural communication skills: What Japanese businesses today need

Cited by 18 publications

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A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence Among Arab Students in Malaysia

A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence Among Arab Students in Malaysia

Communication is key: A study of the development of communication key skills in China

Measuring Competence for Global Business: In Search of Authentic Data in Japanese Business Corporations

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