- Intercultural competence is not a matter of psychology.
- First, second and third encounters are crucial for establishing a trustful relationship.
- There is no such thing as general interculturality.
- You never deal with cultures, always with individuals.
- Effective communication without language is rarely possible.
- Intercultural communication may affect your personal and professional success. Mistakes may have serious consequences and affect your career.
- Mistakes in intercultural encounters are not usually grammar mistakes and may not even be language mistakes.
- Nevertheless, how we use language to establish a trustful relationship in intercultural encounters is crucial and must be taken seriously in training.
Di Rudolf Camerer
Rudi Camerer comes from language testing and, today, directs a language and intercultural consultancy, elc-European Language Competence, Frankfurt/M. & Saarbrücken, Germany. He is the author of a number of publications on the teaching and testing of intercultural competence and, with Judith Mader, co-authored Intercultural Competence in Business English (Cornelsen 2012). Dirige ELC European Language Competence, una società di consulenza linguistica ed interculturale con sede a Francoforte e a Saarbruecken, in Germania. Ha un back ground di valutazione della competenza linguistica. E’ autore di diverse pubblicazioni sulll’insegnamento e la valutazione della competenza interculturale, e con Judith Mader ha scritto “Intercutural Competence in Business Engish” (Cornelsen 2012).