Question

Linguistic knowledge leads to higher intercultural competence because:

a. it is the first step everyone needs to take to learn about intercultural communication.
b. we cannot communicate with people from different cultures if the interaction is not conducted in their first language.
c. knowing the difficulty of learning a second language helps us develop empathy for individuals who face challenges in new cultural contexts.
d. fluency in a foreign language increases tolerance for ambiguity.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. knowing the difficulty of learning a second language helps us develop empathy for individuals who face challenges in new cultural contexts

Explanation:

In second language learning, a language learner faces difficulties which helps him/her to have empathy for those who have undergone similar challenges. Empathy is a strong feeling of finding oneself in the role person who faced identical problems in but in different cultural context. The learning process by the difficult process leads the learners to understand the cultural sensitivity and competence of other cultures.