Intercultural education and communication

In a pluralistic and multicultural context such as the one that characterizes Europe, communication assumes a crucial role. Over time, repeated failed multicultural encounters can lead to negative prejudices and stereotypes, which can create an additional obstacle to the communication process. Communication conflict or misunderstanding is a mutually constructed product of all participants in the interaction. Although two people may know the same language code, they are unlikely to share the same implied meanings unless they share the same sociocultural categories.