| Abstract [eng] |
In this decade growing processes of globalization, liberalization and integration postulate interaction between different cultures and multicultural academic atmosphere creation. So the intercultural problems and intercultural competence training become necessity. The topicality of work theme determines popular altitude, that every person different understand what he sees, hears or touches. This attitude is relevant between different cultures members, because very often it becomes the reason of intercultural problems, misunderstanding or even polemic. So the basic conditions trying successfully communicate with other culture members are: good foreign language skills, communicability, cultural flexibility, knowing about cultural differences, traditions. The International agreements and scientist studies emphasize students mobility surplus values – develops social, linguistic, intercultural skills, encourages new ways of thinking, increases European experience and placement perspectives. But on the other hand Erasmus students very often survive a lot of intercultural problems during studies in the abroad. In the scientist sphere we can find researchers about Erasmus students, but there is not information about problems in Erasmus studies. The work object – intercultural communication problems – any interferences which makes difficulty to understand sending information as sender wants. The objective of work – to analyze intercultural communication problems which arise for Erasmus students in studies abroad. The work propositions:  To describe Erasmus program and it‘s situation in Lithuania.  To analyze intercultural communication problems and the reason why it happens;  To analyze intercultural competence importance and factors of training trying to reduce intercultural problems.  To explore characteristic of Erasmus students intercultural problems which arise during studies in abroad. The research results reveal that mostly happening intercultural problems for Erasmus students are differences of languages, body language, opinion that every cultures are the same, not different, ethnocentrism, preconceptions, stereotypes, anxiety. Three the most important reasons of intercultural problems – verbal differences, nonverbal differences and lack of knowledge and experience. |
