Another approach is offered by the cultural dialogists. Cultural dialogists are those whose research and educational efforts are directed towards the investigation of cross-cultural communication. Their concerns are with the honing of intercultural communicative skills, fostering higher levels of both self-awareness and cross-cultural awareness, and the development of personality characteristics to enhance cross-cultural communication. The cultural dialogist emphasises internationalism, world-wide communication and humanism. The activity of the dialogists is primarily concerned with overcoming differences and the approach is culture-general