Unit 1 Imperatives for Intercultural Communication
Lead-in The Roads Linking the East with the West
Text A Why Study Intercultural Communication?
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Work Together to Build the Silk Road Economic Belt o and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Case Study
Unit 2 Communication and Culture
Lead-in A Monkey Exploring the Great World
Text A Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Questions of Culture
Case Study
Unit 3 Perception and Culture
Lead-in Gift
Text A Becoming a Sensitive Intercultural Perceiver
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Гext B How Ten Years in China Changed Me Forever
Case Studvy
Unit 4 Barriers to Intercultural Communication
Lead-in How to Get Them to Jump?
Text A Barriers to Effective Intercultural Communication
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Increasing Racial Discrimination Against Asians
Exposes Overall Racist Nature of U.S. Society
Case Study
Unit 5 Identity and Culture
Lead-in Who Am l?
Text A Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Am Not Your Asian Stereotype
Case Study
Cultural Values
Unit 6 Lead-in Proverbs and Values
Text A Values and Value Orientations Across Cultures
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Eastern vs. Western Parenting
Case Study
Unit 7 Language and Culture
Lead-in Eastern vs. Western Verbal Styles
Text A The Connection Between Language and Culture
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B How Language Shapes the Way We Think
Case Study
Unit 8 Nonverbal Communication and Culture
Lead-in Obama''s Bow in Japan
Text A The Silent Language
Expanding Intercultural Knowledge
Text B Understanding Personal Space Across Cultures
Case Study
Intercultural Conflict Management