Intercultural Miscommunication

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to a person who has just learned English, formally, these words would seem confusing. They are taught to say “going to” and “have to” and hence, making more room for misunderstanding situations between cultures. A sentence such as “we are in the same boat” would seem silly to a foreign person who had recently learned the English language. They would wonder how a boat got into the story and why they and the other person were the only two in the boat.
Colloquial language is another part of communication that may confuse people who speak the languages when they hear it. It is again informal and not taught to people who have just learned the language. Even within the same language there is room for miscommunication. In English, there are many different versions and accents to consider in places all around the world. For example, accents sometimes change an English word completely. For example, Canadians say “hockey” and Americans pronounce it “hackey”. Two people, who know the ...

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