Identifying Difference: Communicating or Communicating Effectively
Group Work
Translation
Case Study: Cases 5-8
Further Reading I Understanding Culture
Further Reading II Essentials of Human Communication
Unit 3
Warm Up
Reading I Different Lands, Different Friendships
Cufturaf lnformation: American Friendship
Survey
Identifying Difference: Family Structure
Reading II Comparing and Contrasting Cultures
Interview
Group Work
Sharing Knowledge: Confucian Cultural Patterns
Writing
Intercufturaf lnsigfit
Translation
Case Study: Cases 9-12
Further Reading I CulturalDimensions
Further Reading II High-Context and Low-Context Cultures
Warm Up
Reading I How Is Language Related to Culture
Fill-in Task
Group Work
Identifying Difference: Kinship Terms and More
Reading II Language-and-Cuhure, Two Sides of the Same Coin
Sharing Knowledge: How to Say "Yes" and"No"
Survey
Writing
Discovering Problems: Translating Across Languages
Translation
Case Study: Cases 13-16
Further Reading I The Sapir-WhorfHypothesis
Further Reading II Language, Thought, and Culture
Unit 5 Culture and Verbal Communication
Warm Up
Reading I Understanding the Culture of Conversation
Fill-in Task
Identifying Difference: Compliment Response
Interview
Reading II The Way People Speak
Group Work
Cufturaf lnformation: Making Telephone Calls
Intercufturaf lnsight
Translation
Case Study: Cases 17-20
Further Reading I Cross-Cultural Verbal Communication Styles
Further Reading II Preferences in the Organization of Verbal Codes
Unit 6 Culture and Nonverbal Communication
Warm Up
Reading I An Overview of Nonverbal Communication
Matching Task
Observation Task
Sharing Knowledge: Factors That Influence Touch
Reading II Gender and Nonverbal Communication
Writing
Group Work
Identifying Difference: Posture and Sitting Habits
Cufturaf lnformation: How the ]apanese Communicate Nonverbally
Translation
Case Studu: Cases 21-24
Further Reading I Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Further Reading II Sounds and Silence
Unit 7 Time and Space Across Cultures
Warm Up
Reading I The Heartbeat of Culture
Identifying Difference: What's the Rush?
Group Work
Debate
Intercuftural Insight
Reading II The Language of Space
Writing
Cufturaf Information: Home in Various Cultures
Sharing Knowledge: Cultures Built Into the Landscape
Translation
Case Study: Cases 25-28
Further Reading I Cultural Conceptions of Time
Further Reading II German Use of Space
Unit 8 Cross-Cultural Perception
Warm Up
Reading I French Leave and Dutch Courage
Fill-in Task
Cuftural Information: Wfw Is Gaijin ?
Survey
Reading II Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism
Discovering Problems: The Image of Others
Group Work
Writing
Sharing Knowledge: Culture and Perce_ption
Translation
Case Study: Cases 29-32
Further Reading I Behaviors That Separate Us
Further Reading II Stereotype and Prejudice
Unit 9 Intercultural Adaptation
Warm Up
Reading I Adapting to a New Culture
Interview
Sharing Knowledge: Two Views o_f Cufture Shock
Discovering Problems: Chinese Students Abroad
Reading II Overcoming Ethnocentrism in Communication
Group Work
Test Yourself
Identifying Difference: Little Things Where They Differ
Debate
Translation
Case Study: Cases 33-36
Further Reading I Sojourner Adaptation
Further Reading II Developing Mindfulness
Unit 10 Acquiring Intercultural Competence
Warm Up
Reading I A Culture Learning Story
Writing
Discovering Problems: First- and Second-Generation Immigrants
Sharing Knowledge: Metaphors of U.S. Cufturaf Diversity
Reading II Improving Intercultural Communication
Group Work
Intercufturaf lnsight
Matching Task
Identifying Difference: Description, Interpretation, and Evaluation
Translation
Case Study: Cases 37-40
Further Reading I The Future of Intercultural Communication
Further Reading II Intercultural Communication: A Matter of Our Survival
Acknowledgements