Your friend,Tasha,is about to move to Italy with her family.She fears interacting with people she doesn't know,who speak a language she doesn't speak,and who have different cultural traditions and worldviews.What advice can you give Tasha about understanding and communicating with the new people she will meet?

-This essay can go in a number of directions,but one approach would be to follow the guidelines for improving intercultural competence: the ability to adapt one's behavior toward another in ways that are appropriate to the other person's culture.To do so:
-Develop knowledge by seeking information about the other person's worldview,culture,language,and history,for example.
-Ask questions and listen effectively.
-Create a third culture with someone from a different cultural background.
-Tasha can develop strategies to accept others who are different from her by tolerating ambiguity,developing mindfulness,and avoiding making negative judgments.
-Or,Tasha might want to develop skills to be capable of putting into action what she knows and wants to achieve.The skills underlying being interculturally competent are to:
-Develop flexibility-learn as you communicate on the spot.
-Become other-oriented by socially decentering-cognitive process in which you take into account the other person's thoughts,values,background,and overall perspective.
-Appropriately adapt her communication to others-based on the individual,the relationship,or the situation.