comes the influence of cultural migration between nations.Conditions at home and broad push or pull persons to leave their country to find peace,employment,learning, or a new start.Canada and the United States have been the destination of choice for generations of refugees,job seekers,and others seeking a change in political climate. The 1990 U.S.census reveals that nearly 20 million persons residing within U.S. borders are of recent foreign extraction.About 8.7 million of these arrived between 1980 and 1990.Some 32 million Americans speak a mother tongue besides English, and 14 million are not very fluent in English.Although various legislative initiatives have been made to declare English the official language at the state(Peterson,1988 and national level (Short,1988 )as many as one American in nine speaks black English vernacular(Ebonics)as a mother tongue-tied,17 million American Cuban, Mexican,Puerto Rican,or South American varieties of Spanish,and 4.5 million American first speak a language from Asia or the Pacific Islands.Some 91,000 Americans originate from the Philippines;75,000 come from Canada (including French bilinguals);74,000 have arrived from Cuban;71,000 are German;58,000 are Italian;and 56,000 originate from Korea.Since 1980,the average age of immigrants has dropped from 46.3 to 28. Earlier immigrants to the United States considered the United States to be a "melting pot"of ethnocentric;more recently.This image has been replaced by that of the“tossed salad,”in which each ethnic group retains its own“flavor.”Be their result a melting pot tossed salad,successive waves of imagination have rewoven the fabric of American and Canadian society,turning North America into a continent of persons of recent foreign ethnic origin. This multiethnic composition makes contact among North American co-cultures inevitable.Children in multicultural classrooms and workers in multinational corporations look for ways to learn and work efficiently in settings that are no longer defined exclusively by mainstream norms and rules.The quest for more productive interaction in international and domestic settings calls for a details understanding of the dynamics of communication among persons of diverse national and ethnic origin. Intercultural communication as a field of study investigates the dynamics of interaction among persons deferring ethnic or national origin. Development of Multiculturalism Changing North American demographics now affect every aspect of life.Johnson and Packer (1987)report five demographic trends in the United States that will affect organizational life in the twenty-first century: 1.The population and the workforce will grow more slowly 2.The average age of the population and the workforce will decline. 3 More women will enter the workforce. k More nonmainstream workers will enter the workforce. Immigrants will make up the largest share of the workforce since the 1920s. These demographic trends will produce classrooms and workforce that are defined by no predominant ethnic culture or gender.The tributaries of differentcomes the influence of cultural migration between nations. Conditions at home and broad push or pull persons to leave their country to find peace, employment, learning, or a new start. Canada and the United States have been the destination of choice for generations of refugees, job seekers, and others seeking a change in political climate. The 1990 U.S. census reveals that nearly 20 million persons residing within U.S. borders are of recent foreign extraction. About 8.7 million of these arrived between 1980 and 1990. Some 32 million Americans speak a mother tongue besides English, and 14 million are not very fluent in English. Although various legislative initiatives have been made to declare English the official language at the state (Peterson, 1988 ) and national level (Short,1988 ), as many as one American in nine speaks black English vernacular (Ebonics) as a mother tongue-tied, 17 million American Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or South American varieties of Spanish, and 4.5 million American first speak a language from Asia or the Pacific Islands. Some 91,000 Americans originate from the Philippines; 75,000 come from Canada (including French bilinguals); 74,000 have arrived from Cuban; 71,000 are German; 58,000 are Italian; and 56,000 originate from Korea. Since 1980, the average age of immigrants has dropped from 46.3 to 28. Earlier immigrants to the United States considered the United States to be a “melting pot” of ethnocentric; more recently. This image has been replaced by that of the “tossed salad,” in which each ethnic group retains its own “flavor.” Be their result a melting pot tossed salad, successive waves of imagination have rewoven the fabric of American and Canadian society, turning North America into a continent of persons of recent foreign ethnic origin. This multiethnic composition makes contact among North American co-cultures inevitable. Children in multicultural classrooms and workers in multinational corporations look for ways to learn and work efficiently in settings that are no longer defined exclusively by mainstream norms and rules. The quest for more productive interaction in international and domestic settings calls for a details understanding of the dynamics of communication among persons of diverse national and ethnic origin. Intercultural communication as a field of study investigates the dynamics of interaction among persons deferring ethnic or national origin. Development of Multiculturalism Changing North American demographics now affect every aspect of life. Johnson and Packer (1987) report five demographic trends in the United States that will affect organizational life in the twenty-first century: 1. The population and the workforce will grow more slowly. 2. The average age of the population and the workforce will decline. 3. More women will enter the workforce. 4. More nonmainstream workers will enter the workforce. 5. Immigrants will make up the largest share of the workforce since the 1920s. These demographic trends will produce classrooms and workforce that are defined by no predominant ethnic culture or gender. The tributaries of different