Ihsana El Khuluqo, Ihsana El Khuluqo
The third wave has put the information technology era. Communication and
transportation occupy important role in people migration from one place to another. This
occurred to students of Pattani Thailand who migrated to Indonesia to study in UIN SGD in
Bandung. They encountered problems to communicate across cultures and adapt to a new
environment.
This study will focus intercultural communication competence of Pattani students.
To deal with the subject, the study used a qualitative approach, data collected through
interviews by a non-participant observation and document analysis. The theory used
intercultural communication of Gudykuns, data analysis model of Miles and Huberman that
relies on data analysis. The study concluded that Pattani students did not have enough
culture cognition; see themselves as exclusive group; insufficient interaction with
surrounding community; closed attitudes; verbal communication behavior; and less active in
interpersonal relationship.