Typically, the term intercultural is used as a synonym for international in the sense that it is
used to refer to communication taking place between people with international backgrounds.
Thus, a different cultural background equals to a different national background, which
suggests that the communicators do not share the same mother tongue. In such situations
the communicators basically have two options: first, one party can switch over to the other
party's mother tongue; and second, both can use a common language which is neither …