1. Assuming similarities instead of difference – is one of the major intercultural communication barriers examined in 1990-s by LaRay M. Barna Discuss this barrier, its examples and ways to avoid it.
2. Languages can also build walls in intercultural communication. It is not enough to understand the language of the other culture or a have a good interpreter is an assistant, it is important to understand “the world” of that language and of this culture as each word and each thought carries with it important information about another nation, group and/or culture. Discuss how experiential equivalence is different from conceptual equivalence, think of examples and challenges that might be caused by discrepancies between those two. Suggest possible solutions.
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