作者简介

李本现，西安外国语大学教授。

目录

Unit 1 Why Study Intercultural Communication
Unit 2 History of Intercultural Communication
Unit 3 Review of Intercultural Communication Theories
Unit 4 Verbal Communication
Onit 5 Nonverbal Communication
Unit 6 Identity and Intercultural Communication
Unit 7 Cuhure Shock and Acculturation
Unit 8 Culture.Communication and Conflict
Unit 9 Intercultural Communication Com etence
Unit 10 Intercultural Communication in the Globalizing World
Unit 11 Intercultural Communication and Glocalization
Unit 12 Intercultural Communication and Ethic Issues.
Appendix Ⅰ Discussion Hints on Lead—in Critical Incidents and Reference Keys to the T／F Statements
Appendix Ⅱ Quiz to Test Your Knowledge and Application of What You Have learned

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American anthropologist Edward T.Hall distingui— shes cultures on the basis of their way of communicating along a dimension from high—context to low—context.In high—context cultures like native America，Latin America， Japan，China and Korea，meanings are not necessarily con— tained in words.If you want to interpret the meaning of a sentence，you should not only focus on the words them— selves，but also read between the lines and decode the non— verbal communication.For low—context cultures like Ger— many，Switzerland and America，verbal messages contain most of the information and very little is embedded in the context and the speakers.The former tends to be indirect and implicit whereas the latter tends to be direct and ex—plicit.
For the foreign language learners，success in develo— ping intercultural rapport is directly related to the ability to understand others' culturally influenced verbal commu— nication styles.It is often valuable to talk about cultural differences in communication styles before they result in serious misunderstandings.