The Obstacles in Cross-cultural Communication

In Cross-cultural communication,the ability of the languages and the ability of the cultures are the crucial factors in the communicating activities.People with the same cultural background communicate with each other easily and smoothly,and understand each other better,and there are fewer or no obstacles in their communication at all.The different cultural backgrounds and traditions,the different social customs and everyday living habits,and the different values all will affect the communication quality and will surely result in obstacles in cross-cultural communication. The obstacles which frequently occur in the cross-cultural communication are:ethnocentrism,stereotyping, prejudice,and the different cultural backgrounds.In order to do away with the obstacles and to make the communication smoothly and successfully,the communicating parties both should observe the cooperative principles and politeness principles.And what’s more,they must discard their own prejudices,and respect others,together to fulfill the cross-cultural communicating activities.