Acknowledgements
To The Teacher: Teaching Encounters with Westerners
Unit 1
LANGUAGE TOOLS Suggesting Possibilities
ENCOUNTER: The Taxi
INTERCUTURAL COOMMUNICATION READING: Intercultural Communication and
Understanding Westerners
LETTER TO FRAN Not Eating
FRAN'S RESPNSE Not Eating
GULTURE DIFFFERENCE READING: Individualist and Collectivist Cultures
Unit 2
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Different Degrees of Probability
ENCOUNTER: The Gift
INTERGULTURAL COMMUNICATION READING: Interpreting What Foreigners Mean
LETTER TO FRAN: A Helping Hand
FRAN'S RESPONSE: A Helping Hand
CULTURE DIFFERENCE READING: Public and Private Behavior
Unit 3
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Making and Qualifying Generalizations
ENCOUNTER: Mistakes,
INTERGULTURAL COMMUNICATION READING: Generalizations and Stereotypes
LETTER TO FRAN: Who Pays?
FRAN'S RESPONSE: Who Pays? .
GULTURE DIFFERENCE READING:Difference in Rank and Power
Unit 4
LANUAGB TOOLS Feelings and Parts of Speech
ENCOUNTER: The Invitation
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION READING: Stress in intercultural Encouniers
LETTER TO FRAN: The Shopper
FRAN'S RESPONSE: The Shopper
CULTURE DIFFERENCE READING: Western Communication Styles
Unit 5
LANGUAGE TOOL'S Asking Personal Questions
ENCOUNTER: Living Together
INTERGULTURAL COMMUNICATION READiNG: Projected Cultural Similarity
LETTER TO FRAN: The Goodnight Kiss,
FRAN'S RESPONSE: TheGoodnight Kiss.
CULTURE DIFFERENCE READING: Conformity in Western Cultures
Unit 6
LANGUAGE.TOOLS: Challenging .Assumtmptions
ENCOUNTER: Grandma
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION READING:Ethnocentrism
LETER TO FRAN: Cars
FRAN'S RESPONSE: Cars
GUITURE DIFFERENCE RFADING: Family Relationships in the US
Unit 7
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Acknowledging Other People's Point of View
ENCOUNTER: The English Club
INTERCULTURAL In-Groups and Out-Groups
LETER TO FRAN: Critics
FRAN'S RESPONSE: Critics
GUITURE DIFFERENCE RFADING: In/Out-Groups in Collectivist and Individualist
Nuit 8
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Conceding a Point
ENCOUNTER: Borrowing
INTERCULTURAL COMMCNICATION READING: War Stories
LETER TO FRAN: Exceptions
FRAN'S RESPONSE: Exceptions
GUITURE DIFFERENCE RFADING: Dealing with Conflict
Nuit 9
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Checking and Clarifying
ENCOUNTER: Left Out of the Conversation
INTERCULTURAL COMMCNICATION READING: Being and Effective Intercultural Communicator
LETER TO FRAN: An American Friend
FRAN'S RESPONSE: An American Friend
GUITURE DIFFERENCE RFADING: Friendship Patterns
Nuit 10
LANGUAGE TOOLS: Clarifying Your Point
ENCOUNTER: Grades
INTERCULTURAL COMMCNICATION READING: Giving the Benefit of the Doubt
LETER TO FRAN: Out of the Nest
FRAN'S RESPONSE: Out of the Nest
GUITURE DIFFERENCE RFADING: Advice for Communicating with Westerners
Additional Encounter Exercises
References