Barriers to Intercultural Communication Implications for English Teaching at Tertiary Level in Vietnam
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The increasing globalization has connected people from different corners of the world.While English has been deployed as the language for international communication, it cannot ensure smooth transaction as people from various countries embed their culture with the way they express themselves and the way they understand their interlocutors' messages.This paper analyzes some major cultural barriers, namely anxiety, ethnocentrism, stereotypes and prejudice, assuming similarity instead of difference, language, non-verbal misinterpretation, that have been mentioned in various literature with an aim to reconfirm the importance of corporation of those cultural factors with English language teaching, especially in the context of Vietnam -a country which has been proactive in integrating with the globalization.The teaching of culture in English courses in some major tertiary institutions are also reviewed.Under the light of the discussion and the current teaching situation in Vietnam, suggestions toward approaches to teach different cultural obstruction blocks have been put forward.
Author: Nguyen Thi Mai Huong
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411410787