Ayame Mochizuki : English and Intercultural Communication

English and Intercultural Communication | Ayame Mochizuki | TEDxGKA

Intercultural Communication is to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds or social groups as ours.

The speaker tells us the keys that we have to keep in mind when we think about English and  Intercultural Communication. 

Japan's English level is low and mainly due to our cultural backgrounds lack of opportunities. This situation can be proved by emerging ourselves in English. 1)

English is important for various reasons such as commonness and advancement in globalization and its importance will keep increasing as globalization advances. 2)

Intercultural communication is a crucial skill because it allows us to reach out across different cultures and acknowledge their value. 3)

The speaker summarized her speech. Having a second language has helped me greatly not as Japanese, not as an English speaker but as a person. Some people may be unwilling towards this change. Undoubtedly, having a second language should not change us it's a completely different person, however, that doesn't mean it won't make a difference in us. Having a second language should improve us and by preparing us for a globalizing world widening our view of the world along with deepening our understanding of the unique and different identities of others and ourselves by interacting with many different people from the various cultural background.  We can combine all the good aspects of these cultures and build up our own one-of-a-kind unique identity that will make us a person free from the narrow views of a single nationality and make us global individuals.