Intercultural communication in business

Abstract

Nelson Mandela said, «If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart». This quotation fully reflects how important learning a foreign language is as a way to improve international communication in the globalized world. For example, this skill is very useful when you have a vacation or you need to go to work to another country. The boss tells you have to solve the problem with a foreign partner, but if you do not know how to speak another language how will you complete this task? It should be successful, not a failure. Communicating with people abroad is an integral part of the holiday abroad and only using gestures will be difficult to survive. The great German poet Goethe once said, «He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one». That is why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages.