Intercultural communication skills development as a basic requirement in the multicultural world

Abstract

In my text I try to argue that intercultural communication development is a complex process, which results in best effects if it is based on deep personal motivations. Those motivations, if directed towards understanding others, help to overcome barriers and own limits of an acting subject. I argue that the awareness of cultural differences and knowledge of their various understandings increase empathy and intercultural sensitivity. Solid communication skills allow confrontations with persons representing many various social categories and social groups. Such communication skills help also to eliminate the negative phenomenon of “invisible gropus”: social partners who are pre-judged as difficult ones, therefore avoided in communication situations.