Unit 1
Language Tools:
Suggesting Possibilities
Encounter:
The Taxi
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Intercultural Communication and Understanding Westerners
Letter to Fran:
Not Eating
Fran's Response:
Not Eating
Culture Difference Reading:
Individualist and Collectivist Cultures
Unit 2
Language Tools:
Different Degrees of Probability
Encounter:
The Gift
Intercultural 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
Intercultural Communication Reading:.
Generalizations and Stereotypes
Letter to Fran:
Who Pays?
Fran's Response:
Who Pays?
Culture Difference Reading:
Difference in Rank and Power
Unit 4
Language Tools:
Feelings and Parts of Speech
Encounter:
The Invitation
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Stress in Intercultural Encounters
Letter to Fran:
The Shopper
Fran's Response:
The Shopper
Culture Difference Reading:
Western Communication Styles
Unit 5
Language Tools:
Asking Personal Questions
Encounter:
Living Together
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Projected Cultural Similarity.
Letter to Fran:
The Goodnight Kiss
Fran's Response:
The Goodnight Kiss
Culture Difference Reading:
Conformity in Western Cultures
Unit 6
Language Tools:
Challenging Assumptions
Encounter:
Grandma
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Ethnocentrism
Letter to Fran:
Cars
Fran's Response:
Cars
Culture Difference Reading:
Family Relationships in the US
Unit 7
Language Tools:
Acknowledging Other People's Points of View
Encounter:
The English Club
Intercultural Communication Reading:
In-Groups and Out-Groups
Letter to Fran:
Critics
Fran's Response
Critics
Culture Difference Reading:
In/Out-Groups in Collectivist and Individualist
Cultures
Unit 8
Language Tools:
Conceding a Point
Encounter:
Borrowing
Intercultural Communication Reading:
War Stories
Letter to Fran:
Exceptions
Fran's Response:
Exceptions
Culture Difference Reading:
Dealing with Conflict
Unit 9
Language Tools:
Checking and Clarifying
Encounter:
Left Out of the Conversation
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Being an Effective Intercultural Communicator
Letter to Fran:
An American Friend
Fran's Response:
An American Friend
Culture Difference Reading:
Friendship Patterns
